Kushner-Backed Development Sparks Concern Over Threat to Albania's Vjosë River Delta
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Jared Kushner is partially funding a company planning major tourist developments like hotels and an airport on Albania's Vjosë River delta, one of Europe's last unspoiled wild areas.
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Conservation groups are alarmed about the threat to the region's delicate ecosystem, home to rare wildlife like Dalmatian pelicans and endangered frogs.
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Kushner confirmed pursuing deals in Serbia and Albania, putting him in business with foreign states through his investment firm Affinity Partners.
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The Vjosë is considered Europe's last major undammed river outside Russia, flowing freely from Greece through Albanian wilderness to the Adriatic Sea.
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Ecologists say Kushner's planned development would "completely urbanize" a biodiversity hotspot vital for European water birds and other wildlife.