Aral Sea basin: A sea dies, a sea also rises

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-327

  Glantz, Michael H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WATER LEVEL; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA; STANDARD; UZBEKISTAN; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA, CENTRAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; UZBEKISTAN; WATER SUPPLY;

AMU DARYA DELTA; ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34547138398     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[323:ASBASD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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12. Acknowledgments: This article is based on a presentation at the Aral Sea Conference in Stockholm, Sweden in October 2006, "Central Asia in Crisis: Who Speaks for the Aral Sea?". I would like to thank the director of the Aral Sea Society, Gia Kjellén, and to also thank Ambassador B. Kjellén. Their sincere concern for the fate of the Aral Sea Basin and its inhabitants is shared by members of the society as well as the speakers at the conference. Their encouragement for open discussion of the region's pressing issues provides a window of opportunity for change in the Aral. I would also like to acknowledge my long-time colleague on Aral Sea studies, Dr. Igor Zonn.
13. First submitted 22 February 2007. Accepted for publication 15 March 2007.