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Каспинфо октябрь 2001 |
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Название: Экологические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке Главные Пункты: * Национальный план Туркменистана по предупреждению и ликвидации разливов нефти, разработанный совместно с ЕБРР, предусматривает возложение затрат, связанных с ликвидацией разлива, очисткой прибрежных территорий, включая компенсацию за экологический ущерб, на виновника ЧП. * На нефтяной конференции в Алматы В.Калюжный заявил, что для сохранения экосистемы Каспия и предотвращения вымирания осетровых необходимо создать международный Центр контроля за экологическим состоянием моря. Позиция РФ о недопущении строительства подводных трубопроводов не изменилась. (03.10.2001) Полный Текст Экологические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке Экологические проблемы Каспия на англ. языке *** THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN APPROVED THE NATIONAL PLAN ON PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION OF OIL SPILLS Saparmurat Nyazov has signed the order approving the National Plan on Prevention and Elimination of Oil Spills. This document is designed is accordance with the active environmental legislation of Turkmenistan and takes into account the rules for development of hydrocarbon deposits established in the country. As the specialists of the Ministry note, the main purpose of the National Plan is to minimize the negative impact of oil spills on health and living conditions of the population and the environment. The National Plan determines the nature of responsibility for oil spills. In particular the plan says that the person, who is guilty of the accident, shall eliminate the oil spill. He/she shall cover expenses connected with the cleaning works, including compensation for ecological damage. It means that funds allocated to liquidators shall be paid back to the state. The state agencies are responsible for monitoring, provision of immediate actions for elimination of oil spills. 36 Electronic Bulletin: Caucasus Environmental News Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) *** #9 Caspian ecology in "critical" condition: Russian envoy ALMATY, Oct 3 (AFP) - Russia's envoy for the Caspian Sea Viktor Kalyuzhny called Wednesday for the five littoral states to take "urgent measures to clean up the inland sea's ecology which he said was in "critical" condition. "The state of biological resources in the Caspian is critical," Kalyuzhny said at an oil conference in Kazakh city of Almaty. He said some oil companies exploring the sea's resources used poisonous material for drilling, had polluted the sea with waste, and barred access to the oil sites by ecologists. Moreover uncontrolled poaching had created a serious depletion of the Caspian's sturgeon stocks, Kalyuzhny said. He suggested the five Caspian states -- Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan -- sign agreements that would "allow them to take urgent measures for the protection of the Caspian environment and fish." He also called for the creation of a joint Caspian center to monitor the sea's ecology. In June Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan agreed to suspend sturgeon fishing until the end of the year to help restore fish stocks. Slow progress in negotiations on the Caspian's legal status was one of the reasons for the lack of ecological cooperation between the Caspian states, Kalyuzhny told the oilmen. But "the ecology cannot wait while we dawdle over negotiating the sea's status," he warned. The division of the Caspian Sea's resources has been a source of dispute among the five littoral states since the collapse of the Soviet Union 10 years ago. Kalyuzhny confirmed Russia's opposition to the laying of undersea oil and gas pipelines, citing ecological risks. "Before starting such projects, the littoral states need to jointly solve the issues of the ecological safety (of the projects)," he said. Kazakhstan is planning to build an underwater link to the pipeline from Baku, in Azerbaijan, to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, heavily backed by the United States. Russia has expressed its opposition, fearing a loss of influence in the Central Asian region. Meanwhile, US ambassador in Kazakhstan Larry Napper discussed progress achieved in realising the 2.8 billion-dollars Baku-Ceyhan project. "A primary feasibility study has been completed, and the results back up the viability of the project," Napper said. A more detailed feasibility study, itself costing 120 million dollars, had got under way, he told the oilmen. |