BIOPROSPECT
Maliq Municipality, Albania
Pilot Areas
PHEASANT FOREST
Maliq’s mixed forest is located in the village of Drithas of the commune of Libonik, Korça district, near Maliq town, 813.5 m above sea level. It has 45 ha. A semi-natural mixed forest, consisting of poplar, willow, lime tree, pine and spruce. It is a remnant of the former forest that covered the swampy and temperate northern part of the Korça hills. The maximum tree height is 22.7 m, the maximum diameter is 80 cm. There are scientific, educational, biological, aesthetic, didactic and tourist values. To go to the monument you have to follow the road from Libonik to Drithas and hence to the Maliqi forest.

