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According to the Tehran Convention Public Participation Strategy, the annual organization of the Caspian Sea Day in each of the coastal countries, launched on the occasion of the entry into force of the Convention on 12 August 2006, is one of the main mechanisms for the public involvement into the Caspian Sea marine environment protection.

The importance of this event lies in the broad involvement of stakeholders, including civil society organizations and the private sector, into efforts to implement the provisions of the Tehran Convention and its Protocols.

In 2016, all three Caspian constituent entities – the Astrakhan region, Republics of Dagestan and Kalmykia – held events devoted to or connected with the Caspian Sea Day.  Most of the events were conducted in the format of ecological actions, initiatives on cleaning-up the rivers shores and the Caspian Sea coast and via the topic-based events for schoolchildren and students.

The materials in English language are available in the second part of the document.

The present report has been prepared by the international legal consultant – Irina Krasnova, professor of environmental law of the Russian Academy of State Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, doctor of juridical science.

The report is prepared within the framework of the Caspian Environment Programme in accordance with the relevant UNEP/UNDP/TACIS project, the Terms of Reference for the International Consultancy of Legal National Assessments attached in Annex III to the project and the Workplan for CRTC/LREI.

Годовой отчет за 2016 г.

Вестник АГТУ 

The approach used in this assessment was to collect and analyze information on biodiversity and related areas through documentation searches and interviews with key individuals and organizations concerned with biodiversity, both throughout Kazakhstan and in Washington, D.C. (see Annex C, List of Persons Contacted). An extensive series of field trips was undertaken.