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The illegal dumping of waste close to the Caspian Sea is increasing pollution, as runoff seeps into the groundwater and directly contaminates the sea. - Khashayar Javanmardi 2024 courtesy Loose Joints
The Protocol for the Protection of the Caspian Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities was signed in Moscow, Russian Federation, on December 12, 2012 at the 4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Tehran Convention.
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
The Caspian Sea, including Baku Bay, has been polluted by oil leakages and the dumping of raw or inadequately treated sewage, reducing the yield of caviar and fish. [1] In the Soviet period, Azerbaijan was pressed to use extremely heavy applications of pesticides to improve its output of scarce subtropical crops for the rest of the Soviet Union ...
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the "catastrophic" shrinking of the Caspian Sea, and said that the two had ...
There is also a lack of communication with neighboring countries bordering the Caspian Sea. The Absheron Peninsula, which meets the Caspian Sea and where the capital Baku is located, is the ecologically most devastated area in the world due to oil spills and widespread use of toxic agrochemicals, including DDT. [2] [3]
Azerbaijan has over 7 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves under the Caspian Sea. [9] Energy consumption is estimated at about 16% of GHG, while transportation is estimated at about 10% of GHG. [7] The climate of Azerbaijan has increased by 1.3 degrees, while extreme weather events are increasing.
In order to elaborate a Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, a special working group at the level of deputy foreign ministers was established in 1996 by the Caspian states. Negotiation of the document lasted more than 20 years before its signing on 12 August 2018 by the heads of five Caspian states at the summit in Kazakhstan.