Medicinal and aromatic plants are one of the main commodities of the Albanian economy generating incomes for about tens of thousands of people living in marginal areas, making Albania famous in the main importing markets like USA and Germany. After the proper management and exploitation of such a natural resource during the planned economy, in the last two decades serious threats pose a great risk for the biodiversity and economics of this sector. This monograph, based on a long relevant experience, attempts to analyse this sector from both the social and economic viewpoint and to recommend...

Infrastructure, energy or other large-scale public or private projects require acquisition, easement or rental of agriculture, pasture or forest land. Beside the specific country's laws and regulations, investors have to follow various benchmarks applied by funding institutions as international standards. Together, these standards are designed to assure that adverse impacts on people, their rights, livelihoods, culture and environment are avoided or at least minimized, mitigated, offset and/or compensated. For these purposes, these projects are planned in remote rural areas, were there is a...