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Innovative approaches to ecosystem restoration : Kazakhstan's Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea First Phase Project (English)

Until the 1960s, the Aral Sea was the world's fourth-largest lake. Shared by five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic) the Aral Sea basin supported a vibrant economy, with many people relying on fishing and agriculture for their livelihoods. However, decades of poorly designed and implemented industrial and agricultural development significantly transformed the Aral Sea. Most notable was...
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Innovative approaches to ecosystem restoration : Kazakhstan's Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea First Phase Project (English). Water feature stories ; issue no. 23 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/888771468089960580

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