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Purer water for the Caspian Sea

28-04-2010

In the 1990s the ecosystem of the Caspian Sea, a habitat for sturgeon, seals and other species, was endangered by pollution, oil spills, coastal discharges etc. and the littoral states could not undertake regular water quality monitoring to understand the status of its environment and ecosystems. The problematic situation aggravated after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The littoral states in collaboration with the international community have, in the late 1990ies initiated the protection of the unique Caspian Sea, by establishing the Caspian Environment Programme (CEP) and by signing the Tehran Convention.

The Caspian states have all ratified the Convention and committed themselves to the Strategic Action Plan. In order to support two of the targets of the CEP’s Strategic Action Plan, the EU has financed the CaspianMAP project (Caspian Water Quality Monitoring and Action Plan for Areas of Pollution Concern).

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