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      Europe's Last Wild Rivers Could Soon Drown [Slide Show]

      Hundreds of hydroelectric dams planned for rivers across the Balkans would provide green energy—at a big cost

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      Europe's Last Wild Rivers Could Soon Drown [Slide Show]
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      A farmer from Kuta turns hay in a field that will be flooded if the Vjosa River is dammed. Credits: John Wendle

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      • A shepherd from Kuta  watches over his flock of sheep in a field that will be flooded if the Pocem dam is built on the Vjosa River. John Wendle
      • Taibe Spaha,  79, from the village of Bence, is opposed to the proposed hydropower project in her small valley. She fears it will cut off freshwater supplies to her and her neighbors' livestock.
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      • A farmer in the village of Bence points to the Ali Pasha Aqueduct in the Bence Valley. The aqueduct was built during the Ottoman reign some time in the late 18th or early 19th century, testament to the long history of people manipulating water in the area... John Wendle
      • A farmer from Kuta  turns hay in a field that will be flooded if the Vjosa River is dammed. John Wendle
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