Comments on: The Sputtering Aral Sea http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/10/the-sputtering-aral-sea/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/10/the-sputtering-aral-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-374252 Brian Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:18:24 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/04/10/the-sputtering-aral-sea/#comment-374252 A rather misleading article about the Aral Sea came out today in RFERL saying that the 'Aral Sea Shows Signs of Recovery': http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/F74093B1-7878-4659-8210-69BD1A2688F9.html The thing about this is the only evidence of recovery they talk about are the dams built in Kazakhstan. So it's not like the Aral Sea itself is recovering, rather the former fishing towns near the sea are recovering. As far as I know they're not saving or obtaining any more water, they're just pushing it into more convenient places. Overall, the sea is still dying. A rather misleading article about the Aral Sea came out today in RFERL saying that the ‘Aral Sea Shows Signs of Recovery’:
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/F74093B1-7878-4659-8210-69BD1A2688F9.html

The thing about this is the only evidence of recovery they talk about are the dams built in Kazakhstan. So it’s not like the Aral Sea itself is recovering, rather the former fishing towns near the sea are recovering. As far as I know they’re not saving or obtaining any more water, they’re just pushing it into more convenient places. Overall, the sea is still dying.

]]> By: Al http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/10/the-sputtering-aral-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-374238 Al Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:38:50 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/04/10/the-sputtering-aral-sea/#comment-374238 And it's not encouraging at all to see that only one country is taking efforts on the Aral problem; while the most exposed to the problem is Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan is trying to take measures unilaterally. It's shameful for Uzbekistan not to take the same initiative. This just shows that we're incapable of acquiring trust of western financial institutions anymore. And it’s not encouraging at all to see that only one country is taking efforts on the Aral problem; while the most exposed to the problem is Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan is trying to take measures unilaterally. It’s shameful for Uzbekistan not to take the same initiative. This just shows that we’re incapable of acquiring trust of western financial institutions anymore.

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