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Aral Sea was the fourth-largest body of inland water in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometres. It began shrinking in the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
Aral Sea deterioration has impacted not only the environment but also the lives of residents living near the vital water. Read more here.
The shrinking of the once-thriving Aral Sea started with a water division project in 1960 that was aimed to develop the desert region surrounding the waterbody. | Trending
Thousands were imprisoned under the regime of Islam Karimov, unjustly convicted on religious extremism and other charges. Many have been freed, but they remain unexonerated.
The list of fields of potential cooperation between the South Caucasus and Central Asia is endless; it’s time for this potential to be realized at the institutional level.