Transboundary Water Resources: Strategies for Regional Security and Ecological Stability (NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences)

after The Sovjet Era And Since Their Independence The New Central Asian Countries Are Rebuilding A System Of Water Resources Management: An Important Challenge For The Development Of The Whole Region. The Nato Workshop Held On 25-27 August 2003 By The Federal Agency For Nature Conservation, Germany And The Siberian Branch Of The Russian Academy Of Science, Attended By Experts From Five Central Asian Countries, Russia, Six Western European Countries, The Us And The Unep Offered Water Engineers And Nature Scientists As Well As Economic And Political Scientists And Practitioners From Water Administrations And International River Commissions To Meet In Novosibirsk And Develop Sustainable Approaches In The Management Of Central Asian Water Resources. this Book Presents Important Aspects Of Transboundary Water Resources, I.e. The Global Water Crisis: Problems And Perspectives; Regional Experiences In Solving Water Problems In Central Asia; Problems And Management Of Transboundary Water Resources; Ecological And Economic Aspects Of Water Management; Scientific Analysis And Tools Of Water Changes; Strategic Implications Of Water Access Arisen During The Workshop. a Final Recommendation In The Area Of Equitable Sharing Of Benefits, Monitoring And Data Collection As Well As Proposals For Central Asia Transboundary Waters Programme Were Set In The Book As The Main Result Of The Meeting. After the sovjet era and since their independence the new Central Asian countries are rebuilding a system of water resources management: an important challenge for the development of the whole region. The NATO workshop held on 25-27 August 2003 by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, attended by experts from five Central Asian countries, Russia, six Western European countries, the US and the UNEP offered water engineers and nature scientists as well as economic and political scientists and practitioners from water administrations and international river commissions to meet in Novosibirsk and develop sustainable approaches in the management of Central Asian water resources. This book presents important aspects of transboundary water resources, i.e. the global water crisis: problems and perspectives; regional experiences in solving water problems in Central Asia; problems and management of transboundary water resources; ecological and economic aspects of water management; scientific analysis and tools of water changes; strategic implications of water access arisen during the workshop. A final recommendation in the area of equitable sharing of benefits, monitoring and data collection as well as proposals for Central Asia transboundary waters programme were set in the book as the main result of the meeting. Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Environmentally sustainable water use for sustainable development and enhancing security in Central Asia......Page 9 On the problem of the Caspian Sea level forecasting......Page 34 Regional experiences in water resources problem solving in Kyrgyzstan......Page 43 Regional experience in solving problems of water resources in Uzbekistan......Page 49 Regional experiences in solving of water resources problems in Tajikistan......Page 61 Challenges of transboundary water management in the Danube River basin......Page 79 Transboundary water problems in the basin of the Irtysh River......Page 89 Transboundary water problems in the Kur – Araz basin......Page 98 Nature conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity......Page 113 Sustainable water management in Europe – The water framework directive......Page 124 The role of economics to promote a sustainable use and management of transboundary water resources......Page 131 Satellite altimetry for monitoring lake level changes......Page 143 Treaty principles and patterns: Selected international water agreements as lessons for the resolution of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya water dispute......Page 149 Critical Geography – The strategic influence of water in Central Asia......Page 171 List of Workshop Participants......Page 196 Freshwater is a fundamental requirement for human survival and socio-economic development.