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The Aral Sea (Background/History (To reconstruct the former Aral Sea…
The Aral Sea
Background/History
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Climate, land use, and hydrology of the Aral Sea basin are tightly interconnected
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By 2007, the Aral Sea was half of its original size
In 2011, the connection between the AD river and the Aral Sea disappeared
Soviet government made the decision to divert AD and SD river from the Aral sea to the deserts for agricultural purposes
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Moving Forward
Overall, extensive maintenance and new capital investments and necessary
Sustainable development
Ensuring that the needs of the present are meet without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needst
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A dam was built in 2005 on the northernmost lake expand that has showed promising return of fish populations and wetlands
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Tragedy of the Commons
The depletion of the Aral Sea is due to farmers using it as a limitless resource -- thinking that individually they aren't doing anything bad, but collectively are draining the entire thing
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Effects
Environmental
Dust storms, erosion, poor water quality
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54,000 square km of exposed sea bed covered in salt, pesticides, agricultural runoff
Local population
As the fisheries were depleted, the local population suffered economically
60,000 related jobs were lost
previously average at 40,000 metric tons of fish
Health
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The loss of fish also greatly reduced dietary variety, worsening malnutrition and anemia, particularly in pregnant women
Liver, kidney, and eye problems
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Access
35 million people lost access the the lake's water, fish, reed beds, and transport functions
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