Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan)
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Type: Poster
Duration: September 1975 - August 2001
Is Lake Balkhash going to dry out? If the countries which border it continue to set very
low prices for the lake water and that of its feeder rivers, which encourages intensive use,
it is possible. While the local economy (agriculture and mining) are benefitting from
this financial largesse today, the future looks less rosy. Scarcity threatens. The small lakes
to the southeast are already nearly dry.
Data credit(s):
Pascal Peduzzi (UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva)
GRID unit:
Global Change and Vulnerability
UNEP region: Asia and the Pacific/Central Asia
UNEP priorities:
Ecosystems Management, Environmental Governance
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english version (2006, Size:0.19Mb)
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