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Scientific, environmental, and political issues in the Circum-Caspian region /

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The rising waters have inundated coastal areas, including buildings, settlements, transportation infrastructure, and farmlands in each of the five countries that border the sea. The Caspian Sea is also rich in resources such as fisheries and hydrocarbons. The caviar of the Caspian sturgeon is a high...

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Corporate Authors: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region Moscow, Russia, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Glantz, Michael H. (Editor), Zonn, I. S. (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer Science+Business Media, [1997]
Series:NATO ASI series. Environment ; vol. 29.
Subjects:
Caspian Sea Region > Environmental conditions > Congresses.
Environmental management > Caspian Sea Region > Congresses.
Sea level > Caspian Sea Region > Congresses.
Umweltveränderung.
Kongress.
Umweltpolitik.
Meeresspiegel.
Zunahme.
Kaspisches Meer (Region)
Kaspisches Meer.
Politique de l'environnement > Caspienne, Mer > Congrès.
Environnement > Caspienne, Mer > Congrès.
Mer > Niveau > Caspienne, Mer > Congrès.
Gestion de l'environnement > Caspienne, Mer (région)
Ecology.
Environmental management.
Sea level.
Caspian Sea Region.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
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Summary:The rising waters have inundated coastal areas, including buildings, settlements, transportation infrastructure, and farmlands in each of the five countries that border the sea. The Caspian Sea is also rich in resources such as fisheries and hydrocarbons. The caviar of the Caspian sturgeon is a highly valued export commodity, but the fishery is at risk from the rising sea level, pollution and oil spills. The oil reserves of the region are second in size only to the Persian Gulf. Only recently the Caspian was shared by two sovereign nations: the Soviet Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran. With the breakup of the USSR in 1991, three additional sovereign riparian States were added to the Caspian coastline: Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Turkmenistan. International oil politics have become more complicated and more intense since the breakup, raising such international legal issues as the legal status of the sea (or is it a lake?) and its overland pipelines across different countries to sea ports with access to world markets. Problems in other semi-enclosed bodies of water are also discussed, since such seas share similar environmental problems and potential solutions.
Item Description:"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research workshop on The Scientific, Environmental, and Political issues of the Circum-Caspian Region Moscow, Russia, 13-16 May 1996"--Title page verso.
Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1997.
"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789401155021 (electronic bk.)
940115502X (electronic bk.)