It is a great honor that our dear colleague Besjana Shehu, also the co-founder of AOS has been selected as one of the 10 nominees for the Future for Nature Award 2021. Her nomination has been shortlisted among 470 applications worldwide from motivated young people, closely involved in the conservation of wildlife, habitats, and biodiversity as a whole.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗷𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 (𝗖𝗬𝗖) was created by 𝗔𝗢𝗦-𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, one year ago with the purpose of including the younger generation in wildlife conservation and environmental related activities. The club consists of 35 students, 15-20 highly active, from “𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗺 𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶” 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗚𝗷𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘀𝘁ë𝗿; all driven by curiosity, passion for nature, and the …

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗢𝗦 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿! This past year was not easy for us all; the pandemic (Covid-19) caused a lot of suffering in many families, and created many obstacles and barriers in our routine but at the same time gave us some essential …

The weekend of BirdID 2020 Albania, was organized in two full days in the majestic landscape of Shkodra where the observations of our students, covered the area of Vau i Dejes, Shkodra lake, Pentari plain, Domni marsh and the riparian forest of Velipoja. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 – 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀’ 𝗗𝗮𝘆 Thousands of …

The Goosander (𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳) is the latest and the most special guest of Tirana Lake. Some pictures of this bird were taken today while it was swimming in the presence of other domestic and wild waterbirds that populate the Lake of Tirana. 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀? Despite being a resident …

Birdlife Europe together with AOS, are working closely on the fight against illegal killing and capture of wild birds. In the same vein, within the campaign “Flight For Survival”, AOS seeks the attention and commitment of national authorities in this war. Therefore, we invite you to read the article below and support us in this …

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] “𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗷𝗮𝗸𝗮, 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱” is latest documentary film by the journalist Artan Rama. It depicts a glimpse of the quintessential struggle between man and nature that takes place in the 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 (𝗜𝗕𝗔), in the 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲, in the 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲, in the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮, in the 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗷𝗮𝗸𝗮-𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 …

Even though partners and stakeholders could not meet in person for the BalkanDetox LIFE Kick-off Meeting due to the COVID-19 restrictions, we are glad to report that the meeting was a success nonetheless, and received a lot of interest and engagement by multiple relevant stakeholders!   Overview of Kick-off Meeting On Monday, 30 November 2020, …

The monitoring of the Egyptian Vulture (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) population is an initiative that study groups (from 14 countries in the Balkans, Africa and the Middle East), within the framework of LIFE project “Egyptian Vulture New Life”, undertake year after year to identify changes in population or distribution of territories in the Balkans or Africa. This …

BirdID 2020 Albania – the bird identification course led by AOS in collaboration with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Nord University – continued on November 21-22, 2020, with yet another interesting weekend of observations. A total of 55 bird species were recorded in the Important Bird Area of Lalzi Bay or in the wetland …