Aral Sea Basin Program (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) Water and Environmental Management Project
Rice, E. B.
The objective of the Aral Sea Basin Program (ASBP) Water and Environmental Management Project is to address the root causes of the overuse and degradation of the international waters of the Aral Sea Basin by assisting the Central Asian States in implementing the Strategic Action Program (SAP). Four specific objectives are: (a) stabilizing the environment; (b) rehabilitating the disaster zone around the Sea; (c) improving the management of international waters; and (d) building the capacity of the regional institutions. The components include: (a) a water and salt management component to prepare for the ASBP the common policy, strategy, and action programs; (b) a public awareness component to educate the general public to conserve water and to accept burdensome political decisions; (c) a dam and reservoir management component to complete the independent dam safety assessment, improve dam safety, address sedimentation, and prepare investment plans; (d) a transboundary water monitoring component to create the basic physical capacity tomonitor transboundary water flows and quality; (e) a wetlands restoration component to create the basic physical capacity to monitor transboundary water flows and quality; and (f) a project management support component to enable the Executive Committee of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea (EC-IFAS) to implement the project.
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