Europe's Last Wild Rivers Could Soon Drown [Video]

Taulant Hazizaj, a cage fighter turned environmentalist, stands on a browning hillside overlooking his extensive olive grove and the sweeping braids of the Vjosa River, watching as two workers scrape a small circle around the base of each tree, readying them for a new drip-irrigation system. Soon, though, too much water might be his problem because the Albanian government looks to implement a plan to build an enormous dam just downstream.

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