Trees for Lurë is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 2019 with a mission to help with reforestation of the most damaged areas of the Lurë-Dejës Mt. National Park.
Our Reforestation project is 90% executed by the local team, this includes site preparation and planting the saplings. The team consists of 60% men and 50% women, usually whole families participate during our operations. Volunteers are invited for the remaining 10% of planting, only weekend events.
Our Tree nursery is located in Fushë Lurë at 1 100 a.s.m.l. and can produce 20,000 saplings per year. It provides additional job opportunities for the local community. We grow Pinus nigra, Pinus Peuce and Abies alba saplings using seeds collected from the national park. Our saplings fulfill all requirements for planting in the highest protected areas of the Lurë-Dejës Mt. National Park.
Pavel Kunc
Co-founder
Pavel manages the project, works on the IT support and handles finances, making sure we can execute our plans.
Anisa Coniku
Coordinator for Albania, Fundraising
Anisa focuses on corporate and institutional fundraising in Albania.
Ersan Karameto
Planting events support
Ersan helps us with logistics and organization of the planting events.
Mirjana Pali
Mirjana handles the logistics for the school events and translates the website into Albanian.
Olgerta Puta
Olgerta manages our finances according to Albanian law.
Gentjana Lasku
Gentjana helps us during planting events and monitoring of the trees and the nursery
External consultants
Ing. Marek Zeman / Lesy České republiky, s.p., Semenářský závod
Head of production
Mr. Zeman is sharing with us his vast knowledge relating to seed processing, storage, disinfection and germination.
Previous collaborations
Dorjan Bulku / until 2023
Co-founder, Coordinator for Albania, Fundraising
Gojart Reci / until 2023
Coordinator for the UK, Fundraising
Florian Rizvanolli / until 2022
Events coordinator
Nazmi Ajazi / until 2021
Forestry expert