Joni Vorpsi was protesting outside the Albanian Parliament when he heard the draft law he was there to stop had passed. Law 21/2024, as it’s officially known, is a nightmare for environmentalists as it enables the construction of five-star mega resorts anywhere in the country – including protected natural areas. Its approval came in February, three days after Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner went public with his plans to create two resorts by the Vjosa River delta, an ecologically priceless wetland. “It was devastating,” says Vorpsi, a project manager at the Protection and Preservation …