INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA IFAS

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INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA (IFAS)
Mr. Mavlon KazakovMember of EC
IFAS,representative of the Republic of Tajikistan
Groundwater modeling for arid and semi-arid areas
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11-17 Jun 2007LANZHOU, CHINA
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Map of the Central Asia
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CENTRAL ASIA BACKGROUND
Area about 4mln. km2Population about 54
mlnWater resources 115.6 km3/yearIrrigation
area about 8 mln. hectares Main
rivers Amudarya and SyrdaryaSeas Aral Sea,
Caspian SeaClimate continental, arid and
semiarid
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THE ARAL SEA CRISIS
2004
1973
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THE ARAL SEA CRISIS
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Large Sea Small Sea (Jan 2006)
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THE ARAL SEA CRISIS
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THE ARAL SEA CRISIS
WIDE DEVELOPMENT OF VERGIN LANDS THE CONFLICT OF
HUMANITY WITH NATURE ECOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS INCREASING OF WATER MINERALIZATION
SOIL SALINITY DECREASING OF CROP
CAPACITY DEZERTIFICATION FLORA AND FOUNA
CHANGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . SOCIAL PROBLEMS DECREASING OF LIVING
STANDARTS OF THE POPULATION WORSENING OF HEALTH
CONDITION OF THE POPULATION WORSENING OF
DRINKING WATER QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA (IFAS)

• REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

• KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

• REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

• TURKMENISTAN

• REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

International Fund for saving the Aral Sea was
established in 1993 by the Heads of the Central
Asian States. The main goal of the Fund is to
overcome the ecological crisis and to improve
social-economic situation in the Aral Sea Basin
acknowledged by the world community as one of the
greatest catastrophe of the 20th century.
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IFAS Structure
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IFAS original mandate is to raise international
awareness of, and concern with the Aral Sea
environmental disaster and to coordinate and
mobilize regional and international financing for
the Aral Sea Basin Program.
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PROJECTS PROGRAMS

• Aral Sea Basin Program 1 (1993-1997). The Program
  included 8 components
• Water Environmental Management Project. The
  Project included 6 components
• Strategic action plan for improvement of
  environment and socio-economic situation in the
  Aral Sea Basin for the period of 2003-2010
  (ASBP-2). The Program includes 14 priorities and
  approved by IFAS Board Decision on August 28,
  2003.

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ARAL SEA BASIN PROGRAM-2
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Development of agreed mechanism for
comprehensive water resources management in the
Aral Sea Basin
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Rehabilitation of water facilities and
improvement of usage of water and land resources
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Improvement of environment monitoring system
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Program for combating natural disasters
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Regional program on social assistance
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Strengthening of material-technical and legal
basis of Interstate Agencies
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Development and implementation of the regional
and national programs on nature protecting
measures in the zone of outflow formation
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Development and implementation of regional and
national programs on rational water consumption
in the economic sectors of the Central Asian
States
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Development and implementation of international
program on sanitary-ecological rehabilitation of
settlements and natural ecosystems of Pryaralye
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Development and international program on
rehabilitation of ecological stability and
biological productivity
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ARAL SEA BASIN PROGRAM-2
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Working out of steady development concept in
the Aral Sea Basin
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Regional action program on struggle against
desertification
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Development of wetland in downstream reaches of
Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers
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Rational use of saline collector-drainage waters
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Amudarya
Syrdarya
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Amudarya Length 2540 km Area 309 000
km2 Flow 79 280 million m3/year 95
provision 58.6 km3 5 provision 109.9
km3 Syrdarya Length 3019 km Area 219 000
km2 Flow 37 203 million m3/year 95
provision 23.5 km3 5 provision 51.1 km3
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Flows formation in the Aral Sea basin
Afghanistan and other countries 5.4
Uzbekistan 7,6
Kazakhstan 3.9
Turkmenistan 2.4
Kyrgyz Republic 25.3
Tajikistan 55,4
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Underground waters (339 entrails are explored
and approved for use) total regional stocks -
43, 49 km3 in the Amudarya basin - 25, 09 km3
in the Syrdarya basin - 18, 4 km3 The total
magnitude of the approved stocks makes 16,64km3.
The existing cumulative selection of waters for
different water users makes about 11, 04 km3 per
year, though in early 1990s it exceeded 14, 0
km3
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Water use in the Aral Sea basin
Uzbekistan 59.8
Turkmenistan 17.2
Kazakhstan 7.8
Kyrgyz Republic 3.14
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Tajikistan 11.9
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At the and of my presentation I would like to
made same proposals1. G-WADI cooperation with
APWF, especially for preparation
APWS2.Establishe working group (WG) in the every
sub-region and cooperations with coordinators
from sub-regions preparation coordinated vision
of the problem water resources using in the arid
and semiarid aries,3.Arid and semiarid projects
with in the frame work of ASBP-24.The main
attention must be focused-rehabilitation and
improvement of irrigation infrastructure and
water and land resources utilization,-improvement
of environment monitoring systems,-combating
natural disasters.
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INVITES YOU FOR COOPERATION
REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN DUSHANBE city RUDAKI
ave, 40Tel [phone], 51 02 20 Fax
(992372) 23 58 40www.ec-ifas.org email
ecifas_at_tajik.net
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THANK YOUFOR ATTENTION!
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