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Aral Sea Disaster Conference

on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 19:10

 

 

"Exchanging Lessons of the Aral Sea Disaster"

October 27, 2011

This full day conference is the result of an exchange program with Uzbek partners under a grant to the Ramapo College Institute for Environmental Studies from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.

The Aral Sea disaster has earned a prominent place among the worst known ecological, social and economic disasters. The virtual disappearance from the face of the earth of one of the largest inland seas caused irreparable damage to the local population, once dependent upon fishing and fish processing for their livelihood.

Welcome to the Aral Sea Disaster Project!

on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 19:10

The first phase of this project, funded by the Trust for Mutual Understanding, involves travel to Uzbekistan by a team from the U.S. We are about to depart for this adventure.

On these pages, follow us as we move from Tashkent to Samarkand and then toward the Aral Region. We will use this website to record information from our trip, make postings, share pictures and post video clips. Feel free to follow us as we explore the Aral Sea Disaster and what we can learn from it to prevent making future catastrophic choices.

 

See the image of Aral Sea  Geographical Area.