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Название: "The Caspian". Бюллетень КЭП. Сентябрь 2001 г. (англ.) Главные Пункты: * В выпуске: - 11-12 сентября 2001 г. в Астрахани состоялся Семинар - тренинг по программе малых совместных грантов КЭП, организованный Администрацией Астраханской области, Всемирным Банком и др. Приоритетные направления ПМСГ - охрана трансграничного биоразнообразия и защита исчезающих видов Каспия; экологическая безопасность сточных вод и др.; - Азербайджан: ихтиолог А.Оруджев, канд. биол. наук, для спасения популяции каспийского лосося предлагает создать пруды для разведения рыбы, которые решат также проблему браконьерства, восстановить места нереста; - Россия: в осеннюю путину к промыслу допущено 105 вместо 162 рыбодобывающих предприятий и организаций; - и др. сообщения. (17.10.2001) Полный Текст "The Caspian". Бюллетень КЭП. Сентябрь 2001 г. (англ.) CASPIAN # 09 = IN THIS ISSUE CEP & REGIONAL NEWS COUNTRY NEWS AZERBAIJAN KAZAKHSTAN TURKMENISTAN =RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE CASPIAN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME'S WEB PAGE AT:= WWW.CASPIANENVIRONMENT.ORG CEP & REGIONAL NEWS CASPIAN COUNTRIES' EXPERTS FAILED TO REACH A CONSENSUS BAKU, 21 SEPTEMBER, AZER-PRESS. Experts of the five Caspian states could not agree during their meeting in Astana on the final document concerning the summit postponed on more than occasions. They decided to meet again, according to Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov. 'We did not insist on the document's finalization just then. Another meeting is likely to happen, during which we shall finalize some other details. The work on the text is going on,' said Yerlan Idrisov. The special working group for the legal status of the Caspian Sea comprises the deputy foreign ministers of the five coastal countries; they finished their work in Astana and passed a communiquй on Friday. A press officer at Kazakhstan's Foreign Office said that the parties arranged for another meeting of the working group; the dates and the venue are not decided yet, but this meeting can take place in Moscow. Representatives of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia and Turkmenistan spent four instead of two days discussing the draft in Astana. Mr. Idrisov says that Kazakhstan is in no rush. 'The negotiations over the Caspian Sea have lasted for nine years and we, in particular Kazakhstan, have much patience. Our policy is consequential, and we trace the progress of these negotiating process,' said Mr. Idrisov. As regards the summit of the littoral countries, it has been postponed on several occasions, and it remains unknown when it is going to happen at the long last. Russia proposes to keep in force the borders set under the international agreements signed by the USSR. Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan support this point of view. Turkmenistan says there are no disagreements and offers to give each state a 12-mile coastal zone plus a 35-mile economic interest zone, whereas the centre of the sea should remain, in the opinion of Turkmenistan, in the common use. Iran insists that the sea must be divided into equal 20% sections. TRAINING SEMINAR FOR CEP MSGP was organized on= 11-12 September in Astrakhan on initiative and with support of Astrakhan Regional Administration (Committee of Economic Development and Trade), World Bank and other agencies involved in realization of MSGP. Deep interest to MSGP taken from the administration and enterprises is accounted primarily by the fact that most priority issues addressed are in line with regional environmental priorities, i.e., protection of transboundary biodiversity and endangered species of the Caspian, environmental safety of sewage waters and provision with clear drinking water, preventing air, water and soil pollution from industrial and agricultural activities, agricultural ecology, environmentally clean and resource-saving technologies. Representatives from the Astrakhan region, Dagestan and Kalmykia, industrial, agricultural, fisheries and housing and communal services took part in the work of the seminar. On the second day, the Lead Consultant Vassily B. Rodionov instructed the proponents individually. ?There are real perspectives for the mutual work with World Bank on the large investment projects in the Astrakhan region¦ stated K.I. Rogachev, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Trade. Source: PPA Russia AZERBAIJAN AZERI PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO IRAN IS POSTPONED. BAKU, 17 SEPTEMBER, AZER-PRESS. As agreed between the governments of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Heydar Aliyev's visit to Tehran previously scheduled for 17-19 September has been postponed. The presidential press service informs that the visit's new dates will be agreed via diplomatic channels. Apparently, the president's visit, which actually had been postponed more than once before, is this time shelved owing to jet-bombing in Washington and New York, and the Iranian-US revenge consultations that followed. Heydar Aliyev's visit to Iran was arranged for when the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Iran came to Baku at the end of August. Heydar Aliyev plans to discuss the status of the Caspian Sea as the topmost issue during his trip to Tehran. Iran's claims to the Alov-Araz-Sharg block of perspective structures in South Caspian under operation of BP in accordance with the production sharing agreement signed with Azerbaijan led to the incident at the end of July: an Iranian warship approached Azerbaijan's marine acquisition vessel Geophysic-3 and drove it out of the contract area. Source:= Azer-Press AN AZERI SCIENTIST OFFERS TO ELABORATE A FISH ECONOMY CONCEPTION. BAKU, 17 SEPTEMBER, AZER-PRESS. The Azeri biologist Adil Orujev comes up with the initiative of developing short and long-term national fish economy conceptions of Azerbaijan; the initiative is put forward to the government. 'This will be an extensive document reflecting concrete measures for improving the republic's fish-related industries and restoration of some disappearing fish species,' Mr. Orujev explained. In particular, his proposal is concerned with the currently reducing population of the Caspian salmon. 'This problem is so acute that this species may disappear altogether very soon,' Mr. Orujev noted. According to him, there were no producing fish for Azerbaijan's fisheries for three years on end. Uncontrolled fishing of specifically the Caspian salmon, by poachers as well as by state organizations, caused the salmon population's reduction. The Caspian salmon is very popular at world markets for its taste and rate of growing. According to Mr. Orujev, the population can still be restored: there must be a trans-border programme for this purpose, which must envisage restoration of the breeding areas and creation of a genetic fund. Also, some percentage of the fishing licensing fees and of the money of the state environmental fund can be spent on re-creating the fish resources of the country. The critical situation with the Caspian salmon in Russian waters caused activation of the fisheries' work. In our case, specialists offer to use breeding funds and eliminate the problem of poaching. Special pond management programmes can be elaborated with the aid of local non-governmental as well as international organizations. First of all, the food basis must be maintained by building a large fodder factory in Azerbaijan. 'Azerbaijan still has appropriate specialists and institutions to handle the problem and elaborate food methodologies - the food for the salmon can be bred in ponds, lakes, water reservoirs and the warm water produced by the power stations,' says Mr. Orujev. As for financial sources, he pointed at the money that Azerbaijan is getting for preservation for biological diversity, and for the strategy of setting up the national preserve of Shahdag. Source:= PPA Azerbaijan = = KAZAKHSTAN = Draft of CCTBM final document coordinated= Astana, September 10, 2001. (CNA). The text of the draft of the final document is coordinated during the session of senior officials of state-members of CCTBM (Conference for Cooperation and Trust Building Measures), the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported today. The signing of the draft of the final document is planned on November 8-10, 2001 in Alma-Ata. The main paragraphs of the draft including 50 items are disarmament, measures of trust in the region, new and traditional threatens and perspectives of creating new= political international regional institute of security. The work on the final document of CCTBM began after the meeting of Foreign Ministers of CCTBM state-members in September 1999. During the last week the experts worked on the documents in Alma-Ata. Source: http://www.caspian.ru/cgi/eng/article.cgi?id=1106 = Chevron Company merges with Texaco. Astana, September 10, 2001. (CNA) The US Federal Commission for trade approved merging Chevron and Texaco companies, the official announcement of Chevron said. After integration ChevronTexaco Company will became the third largest oil and gas producer in the States. The total market cost of ChevronTexaco enterprises will amount at over USD 100 billion, the assets cost v USD 83 billion. Pure oil supply totals 11.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), everyday extraction is 2.7 BOE. Chevron is the largest private stockholder (15% shares) of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which finances 30% of the project cost. The company also possesses 50% shares of Tengizchevroil - soon the largest CPC client. Source: http://www.caspian.ru/cgi/eng/article.cgi?id=1101 = Kazakhstan-Chinese bilateral relations to be examined in Alma-Ata. Alma-Ata, September 10, 2001. (CNA). The International round table on bilateral relations of Kazakhstan and China will take place in Alma-Ata on Tuesday, September 11. A CNA correspondent was informed in Kazakh Institute of strategic researches under the state president that from the Chinese side the delegation of Shankhay Institute of international researches, which includes the deputy of the director of the Institute Van Syoshu and the head of the department of Russia and Central Asia Chjao Huashen, will participate in the meeting. Kazakhstan will be presented by scientists from the Institute of strategic researches headed the director Maulen =Ashimbayev. Source: http://www.caspian.ru/cgi/eng/article.cgi?id=1100 = = RUSSIA = 16 September - FORESTRY WORKERS- HOLIDAY Forests are among the most important environmental components, the vast natural laboratories for accumulation of oxygen and air purification, providing favorable climatic, hydrological and soil conditions. The Astrakhan region is the least wooded oblast- in Russian Federation; here forests are restricted to the Volga delta, situated on flood-lands, along the streams and on islands. Hence, only measures aimed to conservation and extension of forest areas are permitted and executed. Due to activities of the State forest-protection services the forest-covered area increased 13,100 ha in the last three years; no conflagrations happened this year. N. Voronin, Head of Committee for Natural resources of Astrakhan region Source: ?Volga¦ newspaper = AUTUMN FISHING SEASON started on September 6, in the Astrakhan region. 9 thousand tons of bony fish (bream, wild carp, pike, pike-perch, etc.) are expected to be harvested in the fall. Following CITES recommendations, sturgeon fishing is prohibited and fishermen are requested to release captured fish into the water. Unlike the previous/spring season, more strict fishing regulations are introduced; the number of fisheries enterprises and organizations permitted for fishing reduced from 162 to 105 v that is by 1/3. Source: ?Komsomolets Kaspiya¦ = AUTUMN FOWLING SEASON in the Astrakhan region was opened on September 8. The total permissible number per one hunting at game preserve is 10 specimens (no more than 3 coots) in September, up to 20 specimens in October and November. The hunting license price increased considerably to 0.6 minimal salary (60 RUR). Environmental expertise executed by experts from Committee for Environmental resources assessed population growth coefficients of game animals at the territory of the region according to which permissible exclusion is ratified. No restrictions are laid to shooting wolves and jackals, their number does not reach safe level so far. Among the other game animals in the Astrakhan region are foxes, ermines, muskrats, wild boars and deer (hunting quota for the latter is the most restricted v up to 10% of population number) Source: ?Volga¦ newspaper = INTERNET CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION was established September 11, in Astrakhan regional scientific library within the framework of joint project of ISAR and Astrakhan library. The Center will render free Internet access for the local ecoNGOs,= disseminate information on ISAR= and other related Caspian programmes, monitor environmental information from Astrakhan mass media. The other international programmes and projects acting in the region were presented at the opening meeting, - Caspian Environment Programme (PPA Russia), IOI-Caspian Sea, Caspian Floating University. Contact information: 14 Trusova St., Astrakhan, 414000 Russia. E-mail: ecoastra@mail.ru = SAFEGUARD ASTRAKHAN ILMENS (lakes) was requested by the public: Liman-s resident, V. Ryaplov applied to the Astrakhan Inter-District Office of Public Prosecutor for Environmental Protection to check on the status of the ilmen= Limanskiy situated just in the center of the settlement. Examination was executed together with experts from Committee for Environmental Resources of the Astrakhan region and State Center for sanitary and epidemiological inspection, Liman District. In order to improve negative impacts of industrial activities, recommendations to adopt decisions/programme aimed to sanitation of the ilmen were directed to the local administration. Certain= suggestions on the issue were forwarded to the Governor Anatoly Guzhvin. O. Zavadina, Senior Assistant to the Astrakhan Inter-District Prosecutor for Environmental Protection Source: ?Volga¦ newspaper = = TURKMENISTAN = New gas field discovered in Turkmenistan= Ashkhabad, September 10, 2001. (CNA). New gas field on Tarymgaya area was recently discovered by Turkmenburgas specialists in Turkmenistan. A source in Turkmen Ministry of oil and gas industry informed CNA that the day volume of 3,657-meter deep well totals 550,000 cubic meters of gas. Tarymgaya is one of the most perspective gas fields in Turkmenistan. It is situated near export trunk gas pipelines and pumping stations, so that will help= transporting fuel without much expenses. Source: http://www.caspian.ru/cgi/eng/article.cgi?id=1103 = Turkmenistan ready to open its corridors for US to render humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan= Ashkhabad, September 25, 2001. (CNA). Turkmenistan government is ready to provide US its land and air spaces for delivery of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. Turkmenistan president Saparmurad Niyazov reported during the speech on national TV on Monday, that the US Secretary of State Collin Powell addressed him with such request during their phone talk. At the same time president Niyazov refuted some mass media reporting that he has already agreed to open the land and the air space for US antiterrorist operations. In particular, he stated that according to hands-off policy pursued by Turkmenistan, "there wont be any military forces on the territory of republic or military planes on the air space". According to Niyazov, during his conversation with Russia President Vladimir Putin he reported that Turkmenian government, realizing plight state of Afghan people, "is ready to render humanitarian assistance and to transport humanitarian goods from the world community through Turkmen territories". Russia President supported this position, Turkmen President concluded. Source: http://www.caspian.ru/cgi/eng/article.cgi?id=1539 More on the topic at: http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=85209/14:56 = = PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES = An NGO from Azerbaijan is seeking partners to cooperate in the area of ecotourism and ecoeducation. Interested parties may contact the chief of the NGO "Piligrim" at:= E-mail: piligrim@azdata.net= Home page: www.azerweb.com/Directories/director.cf m? Name=492 & = Please send us your contact information if you are interested in working together with an NGO, initiative group or Eco club in the Caspian region. = CONTACT INFORMATION Please send your inquires and feedback to the editor of ?The Caspian¦ at: Shokhrat A. Orazov, PPA Turkmenistan E-mail: shokhrat@yahoo.com = = Elina Farmanova Public Participation Advisor _____________________________________ Programme Coordination Unit Caspian Environment Programme Government Building 40 Uzeir Gadjibekov Str., Baku-370016, Azerbaijan Tel.: +99412 97 17 85 ======= +99412 93 80 03 Fax: +99412 97 17 86 Web Page: http://www.caspianenvironment.org= = = = |