1 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA (IFAS) Mr. Mavlon Kazakov Mr. Mavlon Kazakov Member of EC IFAS, representative of the Republic of Tajikistan Groundwater modeling for arid and semi-arid areas Jun 2007 LANZHOU, CHINA I F A S

2 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA I F A S Map of the Central Asia

3 CENTRAL ASIA – BACKGROUND I F A S Area:about 4mln. km2 Population:about 54 mln Water resources:115.6 km3/year Irrigation area:about 8 mln. hectares Main rivers:Amudarya and Syrdarya Seas:Aral Sea, Caspian Sea Climate:continental, arid and semiarid

4 THE ARAL SEA CRISIS I F A S

5 THE ARAL SEA CRISIS I F A S FIGURESUNIT YEAR WATER LEVEL м53,4030,44* (42,0)** VOLUME kм3kм (2004) SURFACE thous. kм 2 68,9014,29* (2,86)** MINERALIZATION g/lg/l9,9090* (17)** WATER INFLOW km 3 /year63(12?) *Large Sea**Small Sea (Jan 2006)

6 THE ARAL SEA CRISIS I F A S

7 THE ARAL SEA CRISIS I F A S WIDE DEVELOPMENT OF VERGIN LANDS THE CONFLICT OF HUMANITY WITH NATURE ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INCREASING OF WATER MINERALIZATION SOIL SALINITY DECREASING OF CROP CAPACITY DEZERTIFICATION FLORA AND FOUNA CHANGIES SOCIAL PROBLEMS DECREASING OF LIVING STANDARTS OF THE POPULATION WORSENING OF HEALTH CONDITION OF THE POPULATION WORSENING OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY

8 I F A S REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZ REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA (IFAS) International Fund for saving the Aral Sea was established in 1993 by the Heads of the Central Asian States. The main goal of the Fund is to overcome the ecological crisis and to improve social-economic situation in the Aral Sea Basin acknowledged by the world community as one of the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century.

9 I F A S IFAS Structure THE COUNCIL OF THE HEADS OF STATES PRESIDENT INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR WATER COORDINATION INSPECTION COMMISSION IFAS BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF IFAS INTERSTATE SUSTANABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SIC ISDC SECRETAR IAT EXECUTIVE BOARD ON KAZAKHSTAN EXECUTIVE BOARD ON KYRGYZSTAN BRANCH IN TAJIKISTAN BRANCH IN DASHOGUZ NUKUSS BRANCH KZYLORDA DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE BOARD SECRETARIAT SIC ICWC SYRDARYA BWO AMUDARYA BWO

10 I F A S IFAS’ original mandate is to raise international awareness of, and concern with the Aral Sea environmental disaster and to coordinate and mobilize regional and international financing for the Aral Sea Basin Program. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA (IFAS)

11 I F A S PROJECTS & PROGRAMS 1.Aral Sea Basin Program 1 ( ). The Program included 8 components; 2.Water Environmental Management Project. The Project included 6 components; 3.Strategic action plan for improvement of environment and socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea Basin for the period of (ASBP-2). The Program includes 14 priorities and approved by IFAS Board Decision on August 28, 2003.

12 I F A S ARAL SEA BASIN PROGRAM-2 Development of agreed mechanism for comprehensive water resources management in the Aral Sea Basin 1 Rehabilitation of water facilities and improvement of usage of water and land resources 2 Improvement of environment monitoring system 3 Program for combating natural disasters 4 Regional program on social assistance 5

13 I F A S ARAL SEA BASIN PROGRAM-2 Strengthening of material-technical and legal basis of Interstate Agencies 6 Development and implementation of the regional and national programs on nature protecting measures in the zone of outflow formation 7 Development and implementation of regional and national programs on rational water consumption in the economic sectors of the Central Asian States 8 Development and implementation of international program on sanitary- ecological rehabilitation of settlements and natural ecosystems of Pryaralye 9 Development and international program on rehabilitation of ecological stability and biological productivity 10

14 I F A S ARAL SEA BASIN PROGRAM-2 Working out of steady development concept in the Aral Sea Basin 11 Regional action program on struggle against desertification 12 Development of wetland in downstream reaches of Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers 13 Rational use of saline collector-drainage waters 14

15 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA AmudaryaSyrdarya

16 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA Amudarya: Length – 2540 km Area – km2 Flow – million m3/year 95 % provision – 58.6 km3 5 % provision – km3 Syrdarya Length – 3019 km Area – km2 Flow – million m3/year 95 % provision – 23.5 km3 5 % provision – 51.1 km3

17 I F A S Flows formation in the Aral Sea basin Turkmenistan 2.4% Uzbekistan 7,6% Afghanistan and other countries 5.4 % Kazakhstan 3.9% Kyrgyz Republic 25.3% Tajikistan 55,4%

18 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA Underground waters (339 entrails are explored and approved for use) total regional stocks - 43, 49 km3 in the Amudarya basin - 25, 09 km3 in the Syrdarya basin - 18, 4 km3 The total magnitude of the approved stocks makes 16,64km3. The existing cumulative selection of waters for different water users makes about 11, 04 km3 per year, though in early 1990s it exceeded 14, 0 km3

19 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA The state Republic of Kazakhstan The Kyrgyz Republic Republic of Tajikistan Turkmenistan Republic of Uzbekistan Aral Sea Basin Including. Amu Darya Syr-Darya

20 I F A S Water use in the Aral Sea basin Turkmenistan 17.2% Uzbekistan 59.8% Kazakhstan 7.8% Kyrgyz Republic 3.14% Tajikistan 11.9%

21 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA At the and of my presentation I would like to made same proposals: 1. G-WADI cooperation with APWF, especially for preparation APWS 2.Establishe working group (WG) in the every sub-region and cooperations with coordinators from sub-regions preparation coordinated vision of the problem water resources using in the arid and semiarid aries, 3.Arid and semiarid projects with in the frame work of ASBP-2 4.The main attention must be focused: -rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation infrastructure and water and land resources utilization, -improvement of environment monitoring systems, -combating natural disasters.

22 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA INVITES YOU FOR COOPERATION REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN DUSHANBE city RUDAKI ave, 40 Tel: (992372) , Fax: (992372) e–mail:

23 I F A S INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!