Central Asia and Afghanistan are abundant in natural resources, including land, water and energy. However, in the Amu Darya Basin, there is an imbalanced use of water resources between the different economic and livelihoods needs of all basin countries.
The major characteristics of the...
This paper analyzes the differential impact of climate change policies on employment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In particular, the paper examines (i) how vulnerable labor markets are in Eastern European and Central Asian countries to future carbon regulation, and (ii) what countries can...
The Amu Darya River is the only source of water for the four countries and regions through which it passes: Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In
recent decades, the expansion of agriculture has put extreme strain on the surface waters and groundwater reserves...
This paper analyses groundwater resources use and management in the socioeconomic context of the Amu Darya River Basin which covers part of the following landlocked Central Asian countries: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. These agrarian nations for sustaining their vital...
Charts for water trends in Central Asia's main resevoirs
Indicators for water trends in Central Asia's main resevoirs
This report is a contribution from UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme to the World Water Assessment Programme. It was prepared within the framework of the joint UNESCO–Green Cross International project entitled “From Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential (PCCP): Water for Peace...
Among their many roles, glaciers serve as important reserves of freshwater. Water in the form of glaciers is particularly valuable because it constitutes a stock that tends to be released in periods when water in other forms is scarcest. These general characteristics of water create complex...
On November 10-12, 2008, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Foundation of Regional Policy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with support by the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute of the Asian Development Bank, held an international seminar on “Renewable Energy in...
The aim of this publication is to provide further substantive background information to support issues raised in the United Nations World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World (WWAP, 2009), concerning the requirements for institutional capacity development, and to provide a wider...
