Pakistan, July 29 -- Environmental groups and scientists have warned that preliminary work on a luxury resort project linked to the Trump family has already caused significant and potentially irreversible damage to a protected coastal area in Albania.

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According to satellite imagery reviewed by AFP, extensive changes were made over a 25-day period in May, including the construction of a road, large-scale tree clearing and the building of a bridge across a channel connecting the Narta Lagoon to the Adriatic Sea.

The proposed $5.1 billion development is associated with a company linked to Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law. The project envisions luxury ...