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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).

The Khazarskiy State Nature Reserve, the Caspian Group of the IUCN Joint SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan; e-mail address: mammedowmerdan514@gmail.com

Каспийское побережье и прилегающая низменность Туркменистана являются местом массового пролёта и зимовки водно-болотных птиц, ареалы популяций которых располагаются также в России и Казахстане. Поэтому в предлагаемый список птиц включены редкие виды не только Туркменистана, но и находящиеся в Красных книгах данных стран. При организации охраны редких видов необходимо учитывать состояние их популяций и на прилежащих территориях соседних стран. В работу вошли материалы, собранные нами за период с 70-х годов прошлого столетия до настоящего времени и преимущественно на территории Хазарского (Красноводского) заповедника и прилежащих территориях.

В настоящей работе даётся анализ динамики численности каспийского тюленя в Туркменском секторе Каспийского моря. Показаны места встреч и данные учётов по сезонам и годам. Обсуждаются лимитирующие факторы, причины гибели и вопросы сохранения.

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.

ОЦЕНКА НАЦИОНАЛЬНОГО ПОТЕНЦИАЛА КАЗАХСТАНА ДЛЯ ВЫПОЛНЕНИЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ КОНВЕНЦИЙ

Вестник АГТУ 

Отчет по показателям по биоразнообразию Казахстана

Концепция Республики Казахстан

Рассмотрена возможность составления сценарных прогнозов водных ресурсов рек Жайык-Каспийского бассейна по отдельным водохозяйственным участкам. Для характеристики современного климата в качестве базового использован период 1980-2000 гг. Для характеристики климата 21 века использованы обновленные проекции климата до 2050 гг., полученные в Казгидромете. В основу методики прогноза положена зависимость величины стока весеннего половодья от степени увлажненности почвы и запасов воды в снеге перед началом таяния.

The Red Data Book of Turkmenistan

Volume 1: Plants and Fungi Ed. 3rd, Revised and updated — Ashgabat: Turkmenistan, 2011. — 288 pp.

The Book contains data on 115 species of plants, described in the articles with the reference to the status, category, importance for the gene pool preservation, brief description, distribution, habitat, number, biological peculiarities, limiting factors, information on the introduction in cultivation, applied and proposed conservation actions, as well research proposals.

The contents of the book includes 3 species of Fungi (Eumycota), 5 species of Lichens, 2 species of Bryophyta, 8 species of Polypodiophyta, 97 species of Magnolyophyta (Anglosperms). Each article is supported by a picture and a graphic map of the species distribution in Turkmenistan. The Book is intended for nature protection services, specialists in the field of botany and ecology, teachers and students of higher educational institutions and secondary schools as well as the broad range of readers interested in the country’s flora.

Статья рассказывает о завершении осеннего сезона наблюдений за миграцией «краснокнижной» кречётки Международной орнитологической экспедиции. Кречетка - редкая водно-болотная птица, обитающая в степях Евразии. Птица молчалива, лишь изредка издаёт скрипящие звуки «кре-кре-кре», отсюда и название. Обитает в степях и полупустынях юга России, Центрального Казахстана, зимует на северо-востоке Африки, Ближнем Востоке, западе Индии, в Иране. Вид внесен в Красные книги МСОП, Туркменистана, Узбекистана, России и Казахстана. В настоящее время усилия учёных направлены на сохранение целостности комплекса экологических систем, где обитают такие редкие виды орнитофауны. Приблизительный подсчёт этого редкого вида в 2015 г. составил 3,5 тысячи особей.

The seal is the only marine mammal in the Caspian Sea, feeding on tulkas and other small fish, and preyed upon by land animals. It is an endemic species for the Caspian Sea and is vulnerable on that point of view. During its life history the Caspian seal migrates from the frozen North Caspian waters in the winter to the South Caspian in the summer timer and back to the North to give birth to the pups on the ice. During these migration time the seals can be found everywhere in the sea.

Active conservation efforts will be required to assure the Caspian seal does not eliminate from the Earth. As a major mammal, anchoring one end of the food web, it also plays an important role in the biodiversity of the Caspian Sea and is a remarkable indicator of the Caspian ecosystems health.

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).

Основные места концентрации белуги, севрюги, осетра, кефали, судака, сельдей, воблы, сазана и рыбец в Туркменском секторе Каспия.

On August 11, 2017, a number of events were held by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MENR) connected with the 12 August – “Caspian Day” for the purpose of raising public awareness with regard to the problems and conservation of the Caspian Sea. A meeting was held at MENR by way of the discussion of environmental issues of the Caspian Sea, implemented works and mechanism of involvement of the public in the protection of the Caspian Sea with the participation of certain governmental bodies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), as well as the youth. Furthermore, a cleansing action was conducted at the coastal zone of Novkhani beach in order to increase the public role, and strengthen the collaboration with public on the betterment of the environmental state of the Caspian Sea and its littoral zone. It should be noted that 2 hectare area was cleaned during the cleansing action, and the collected wastes were recycled. The main objective of the celebration of “Caspian Day” is the strengths mobilization on the protection of the Caspian Sea environment from pollution, conservation, restoration, sustainable and effective use of biological resources of the sea, and public enlightenment in this sphere.