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Lake Balkhash: A Future Aral Sea?
March 3rd, 2009
China and Central Asia: Working Together to Manage the Balkhash-Alakol Basin
November 29th, 2007
Lake Balkhash: A Future Aral Sea?
March 3rd, 2009
Via Registan, an interesting look at Lake Balkhash which – due to the international nature of the watershed, the development of oil in China and heavy industry on the its shores – may unfortunately be on track for a similar fate as The Aral Sea unless China, Kazakhstan and the other Central Asian nations work [...]
Read more »China and Central Asia: Working Together to Manage the Balkhash-Alakol Basin
November 29th, 2007
News from the Central Asia Water site that a draft agreement on the use of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin has been prepared. As the article notes: “…Kazakhstan’s Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Iskakov stated that Kazakhstan, China and Kyrgyzstan prepared an agreement on rational use of the Balkhash-Alakol basin. According to the Minister, ecological consequences of [...]
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