By Trend
The delegation of Turkmenistan will take part in the Central
Asia Climate Change Conference to be held on the initiative of the
World Bank (WB) April 3-4 in Tashkent,
Trend reports with reference to the Neutral Turkmenistan
newspaper.
The event will bring together about 200 specialists from state
agencies of Central Asian countries and will be held with the
support of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (IFAS),
the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) and
Uzgidromet Center of Meteorological Service.
The agenda includes an exchange of views on trends in climatic
changes, their impact on natural ecosystems, environment and public
health. The event participants will discuss a set of measures to
minimize the negative effects of climate change and adaptation
measures, the report said.
Turkmenistan borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran and
Afghanistan and uses water resources coming in accordance with
agreed quotas from four trans-boundary rivers, namely the Amu
Darya, Tejen, Atrek and Murgab rivers. Turkmenistan is affected by
the problem of the ecology of the Aral Sea, which is most
noticeable in the country’s northern Dashoguz Region, where
problems have arisen with the provision of drinking water, the
fight against salinization of cultivation lands, land degradation
and desertification.
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