Trees for Lurë is non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 2019 with mission to reforest 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 remaining 10% of planting, only weekend events.
Our Tree nursery is located in Fushë Lurë at 1 100 a.s.m.l. and produces 15 000 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 highest protected areas of the national park.
Pavel Kunc
Co-founder, IT, Management
pavel@treesforlure.org | Instagram
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.
Joreld Dhamo
Graphic design, web & print
Joreld helps us with design for our printed and online materials.
Mirjana Pali
Events coordinator, Translations
Mirjana is handling the logistics and is translating the website into Albanian.
Olgerta Puta
Finance, Accounting, Law
Olgerta manages our finances and consults us on the Albanian law.
Gentjana Lasku
Planting events, monitoring
Gentjana helps us during planting events and monitoring of the trees and the nursery
Gojart Reci
Coordinator for the UK, Fundraising
Gojart connects us with the Albanian diaspora in the UK organizing events and fundraising.
External consultants
Ing. Marek Zeman / Lesy České republiky, s.p., Semenářský závod
Head of production
marek.zeman@lesycr.cz | Website
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
Florian Rizvanolli / until 2022
Events coordinator
Nazmi Ajazi / until 2021
Forestry expert