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Workshop on transboundary water management in Central Asia

13 - 15 October 2010
Almaty Kazakhstan

A workshop on transboundary water management in Central Asia was held from 13 to 15 October 2010 in Almaty, Kazakhstan as part of the preparations of the second assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters under the Convention. The workshop was jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Ministry of Environment Protection of Kazakhstan, the International Water Assessment Centre (IWAC) hosted by the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). The press release on the event is available here.

The second Assessment is being prepared by sub-regions and work on Central Asia will focus on water bodies shared by Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as the countries that share basins with those, which include Afghanistan, China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation. At the workshop, more than 80 participants representing the concerned UNECE and non-UNECE States, international organizations and NGOs worked together to develop an accurate picture of all transboundary waters in the region - both surface and groundwaters - with the aim to monitor and bring positive changes to their management and lay the ground for strategic directions for future work under the Convention and in other political fora.

 

Programme

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Programme

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Registration form

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Logistical note (prepared by CAREC)

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List of participants

 

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Presentations

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Opening Session

Session 1: Water quantity issues and water allocations

   

Situation with water allocation in Kazakhstan: Aral Sea, Chu-Talas and other examples, Mr. Amirkhan Kenshimov, UNDP, Kazakhstan

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Water quantity issues in transboundary water cooperation of the Russian Federation in Central Asia, Ms. Olga Romanova, Deputy Director of Division of Water Resources and Water Management,, Federal Water Resources Agency, Russian Federation

   

Water Resources in Afghanistan: Panj-Amu & Harirod-Murghab River basins, Mr. Sultan Mahmood Mahmoodi, Ministry of Energy and Water, Afghanistan

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Session 2: Water quality aspects, including impacts of hazardous waste storage, water reuse practices, monitoring and assessment of water quality and effects on human health

   

‘Water Quality in Central Asia” Project, Ms. Yekaterina Strikileva, CAREC

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Monitoring and assessment of the water resources quality in the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Muhammadi Mamanazarov, Head of the Main Department for the Control of Land and Water Resources of the State Committee for Nature Protection, Uzbekistan

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Water quality in the Russian part of the Irtysh Basin, Mr. Sergey Kostarev, member of the Irtysh River Basin Board/Chairman, NGO, “Ecological Committee”

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Session 3: Climate change and its impact on water resources

   

The current knowledge about climate change and its impact on water resources in Tajikistan, Mr. Anvar Kamolidinov, Senior researcher, Tajik branch of SIC ICWC, Tajikistan

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Impact of climate change on water resources in Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Kydykbek Beishekeev, Acting Deputy Chairman/Ms. Ekaterina Sahvaeva, State Committee for Water Management and Reclamation, Kyrgyzstan

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Climate Change Impact on the Water Resources of Uzbekistan, Ms. Natalya Agaltseva, Head of Transboundary Monitoring Department, Uzhydromet, Uzbekistan

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Session 4: Legal and institutional aspects of transboundary water cooperation

   

Current instruments of transboundary water cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin and perspectives for improvement with the support of the Third Aral Sea Basin Programme, Mr. Kurbangeldy Ballyev, Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, Representative of Turkmenistan

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Transboundary water cooperation of Mongolia with the Russian Federation and China, Mr. Dorjsuren Dechinlkhundev, Secretary General, National Water Committee/Ts. Badrakh, Director, Government Agency-Water Authority, Mongolia

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Cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran with co-riparian countries in Central Asian: challenges and solutions, Mr. Alireza Najafi, Head of Transboundary Water Research & Studying Center, Ministry of Energy, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Statement of Afghanistan, Mr. Enayatullah Nabiel, Director-General of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan

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Session 5: The second Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters in Central Asia

   

Second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater – Central Asia, Mr. Boris Minarik, Director, IWAC/Ms. Annukka Lipponen, Water Convention Secretariat, UNECE

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The assessment of Ramsar sites within the second Assessment of transboundary waters: cases from Central Asia,
Ms. Tatiana Minaeva, Wetlands International

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Transboundary groundwaters in the second assessment:  assessment methodology and preliminary results of a UNESCO inventory of transboundary aquifers in Central Asia, Mr. Neno Kukuric, IGRAC & UNESCO - ISARM

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Session 6: Land degradation, desertification and water-related ecosystems

   

Water Resources on transboundary river Ile, Prof. Zh.D. Dostai, Institute of Geography, Kazakhstan

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Project on "Development of an integrated management plan of Ili-Balkhash basin", Mr. Iskandar Mirhashimov, CAREC

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Development of a climate-resilient network of wetland protected areas for the Central Asian region, Ms. Tatiyana Minaeva, Wetlands International

   

Closing remarks by Mr. Enayatullah Nabiel, Director-General of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan

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Basin presentations held in break-out sessions

   

Programme of the parallel breakout sessions

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Surface waters

   

Amudarya overview

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Atrek River. Prof. Eldar Rustamov, National focal point, Ramsar Convention, Turkmenistan

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Syrdarya - Arnasay, Mr. Michael Brombacher, BirdLife International

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Tobol, Ishim, Mr. Michael Brombacher, BirdLife International

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Chirchik, Mr. Ahmadjonov, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzbekistan

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Surkhandarya, Mr. Ahmadjonov, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzbekistan

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Chu-Talas, Mr. Takyrbashev/Ms.Sahvaeva, Kyrgyzstan

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Lake Xingkai, Ms. Li Jiao, Beijing Forestry University, China

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Argun River basin and Daurian wetlands, Ms. Tatiyana Minaeva, Wetlands International

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Amur, Ussuri, Razdolnaya, Ob, Irtysh, Tobol Rivers, Ms. Olga Romanova, Russian Federation

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Syrdarya, Ms. Sahvaeva, Kyrgyzstan

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Groundwaters

   

Transboundary groundwaters in Atrak and Qara-Qum basin, Mr. Ahmad Rajaei, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Groundwaters of the Russian Federation shared with Central Asian countries, Mr. Spektor/Mr. Korolev, Russian Federation

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State monitoring of groundwaters in Uzbekistan, Mr. Mavlonov/Mr. Abdullaev/Mr. Mavlyanov, Uzbekistan

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Transboundary aquifers in Kazakhstan, Mr. Podolnyi, Hydrogeoecological Research and Design Company “KazHYDEC”   PDF

Cu, Mr. Podolnyi, Hydrogeoecological Research and Design Company “KazHYDEC”

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Irtysh, Mr. Podolnyi, Hydrogeoecological Research and Design Company “KazHYDEC”

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Sirdarja, Mr. Podolnyi, Hydrogeoecological Research and Design Company “KazHYDEC”

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