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Настоящая информационная брошюра посвящена Рамочной конвенции по защите
морской среды Каспийского моря (Тегеранской конвенции), подписанной в 2003 году и вступившей в силу в 2006 году, и пути, которой она прошла от истоков формирования до ее становления и развития, и представляет в кратком систематизированном виде хронологию событий и деятельности в рамках Тегеранской конвенции.
Брошюра подготовлена временным Секретариатом Тегеранской конвенции с участием Сторон Конвенции. В брошюру включена авторская информация участников разработки и реализации Тегеранской конвенции на разных этапах ее становления и развития. Материалы информационной брошюры призваны способствовать пониманию общественностью и другими заинтересованными в реализации Конвенции Сторонами роли Тегеранской конвенции в сохранении морской и прибрежной среды и достижении целей устойчивого развития в регионе Каспийского моря.
Изложение материалов в хронологическом порядке показывает широкий спектр и объём тематических направлений деятельности Конвенции и подчеркивает ее значимость для решения природоохранных проблем региона Каспийского моря.
Материалы информационной брошюры могут быть использованы органами власти, общественностью, другими заинтересованными сторонами прикаспийских государств как информационно-справочный материал для более широкого ознакомления с Тегеранской конвенцией и ее мероприятиями в области охраны морской и прибрежной среды в регионе Каспийского моря.

Буклет в лучшем качестве на русском и английском языках доступен по ссылке. 

This informational brochure is dedicated to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention), signed in 2003 and entered into force in 2006, and the path it took from its origins to its formation and development, and presents in a short and systematic way a chronology of events and activities under the Tehran Convention.
Prepared by the interim Secretariat of the Tehran Convention with the collaboration of the Convention’s Parties, this brochure includes contributions from individuals involved in the development and implementation of the Tehran Convention at various stages of its establishment and advancement.
The materials in this brochure are intended to foster understanding among the public and other stakeholders regarding the role of the Tehran Convention in preserving the marine and coastal environment and achieving sustainable development goals in the Caspian Sea region.
The presentation of the materials in chronological order shows the wide range and scope of the Convention’s thematic areas of activity and highlights its importance for solving environmental problems in the Caspian Sea region.

The materials of the information brochure can be used by the authorities, the public, and other interested parties of the Caspian littoral states as information and reference material for wider familiarization with the Tehran Convention and its activities in the field of marine and coastal environment protection in the Caspian Sea region.

The Booklet in better quality in English and Russian languages is available here. 

Public Participation is stimulated in key international instruments such as the 1998 Aarhus Convention (Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Matters), signed and ratified by many of the Caspian Sea countries, and builds on the requirements of the Commission on Sustainable Development to promote the implementation of Agenda 21 and the follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.  Public participation is required within the Aarhus Convention and is in line with the principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Strategy for Civil Society Engagement in the Protection of the Caspian Sea Marine Environment was presented at the COP3 in Aktau, Kazakhstan, 10–12 August 2011. It contains an analysis and a number of recommendations to improve access to information and participation in decision-making and action towards the implementation of the Tehran Convention and its Protocols at the local, national and regional levels.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the Scientific Conference on the Climate Change in the Caspian Sea region. This collection includes all the abstracts selected by the Organizing Committee of the Conference. In addition, in the Proceedings you will find introductory words by key speakers of each section and welcome addresses from the guests of the Conference.

Scientific Conference on 27 and 28 October 2021 brought well over 80 leading scientists from the countries bordering the Caspian Sea together, to take stock and give a boost to research in the region underpinning the climate change policies and actions of Azerbaijan, IR Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Turkmenistan.

In 2001 the initial Caspian Regional Stakeholder Analysis was commissioned with the objective of identifying major stakeholder groups, their interests and impact on the Caspian environment. Also identification of potential conflicts between stakeholder groups was a key task of the initial study. In summer 2004 this follow-up study was conducted in order to observe trends in stakeholder interests, perceptions and concerns as they pertain to activities of the Caspian Environment Programme.

Map of Tourism provided by Manana Kurtrubadze for the SOE (2018).