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3 Feb 2025
Kazachstan announces 42% increase in Northern Aral Sea
On January 13th, the Astana Times in Kazakhstan reported an increase of water volume of 42% -reaching 27 billion cubic meters- in the Northern Aral Sea, as a result of the first phase of the project to preserve the Aral Sea. Results show that the salinity of the water in this section of the Aral Sea decreased almost by a factor of four, while the annual volume of fisheries increased to 8,000 tons...
5 Jul 2024
Waters rising in the Northern Aral Sea
In January 2024, Kazakhstan took over the 3-year presidency of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), a sea considered lost until a few years ago. As is the case in other parts of the world, the Aral Sea, in addition to having been the victim of overexploitation of water resources in upstream areas, is also seriously affected by the effects of climate change...
2 Nov 2022
Water, Climate Change and Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin
At Cairo Water Week, Soltan Rahimzoda, in his capacity as chair of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea, summarised some of the key contemporary issues in transboundary cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin. This falls within the theme of water for cooperation that has been identified as one of the key issues for discussion during the UN Water Conference in March 2023...
18 Nov 2021 Glasgow, Scotland
Video Interview: Sulton Rahimzoda
COP26 - Special Envoy Of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the High-Level Panel on Water and Climate Talks to "The Water Diplomat' / The water Diplomat.
6 Sep 2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Multiple Causes Of Central Asia Water Stress
The water resources available to the 5 republics of Central Asia are below the stress threshold of 1,700 m3 per person per year and risk falling further towards scarcity by 2050 if the nations do not undertake substantial investment in water infrastructure and management, as well as engage in transboundary water management and cooperation.
12 Jan 2021 LINCOLN, United Kingdom
Climate Change: Guilty! Genghis Khan Not Responsible For Demise Of River Civilizations
It was climate change, not the Mongol insurgency led by Genghis Khan that caused the demise of Central Asia’s river civilisations in the early 13th century, new research suggests. The lands around the Aral Sea basin were once home to advanced civilisations that for centuries used floodwater irrigation to farm...