The reason I thought these would be interesting is because one of the main purposes of Dimidia is to be an educational portal to information related to Dryland and Freshwater Degradation.
In that sense, I thought that these profiles of the conditions affecting these major inland bodies of water would be an important way to think and learn about similarities of these (and other) environmental problems.
For example:
- Recent environmental changes to these seas have been caused by human intervention.
- The Aral and Salton seas are closed water systems - having no outlets. Neither is able to support a fishing industry. Because of human water needs, the fishing industry of Lake Chad has been severely reduced.
- Environmental solutions to both the Salton and Aral seas are hindered by political obstacles.
Investigation of the Aral and Salton Seas
Lake Chad and the Aral Sea:
A Sad Tale of Two Seas
Both the Aral Sea and Lake Chad have established Basin Commissions who are looking at how to best improve the overall health of the water bodies and to manage the governments who depend on their waters.
2 comments:
WOW! I wish I had seen this before. My senior thesis is about the international public policy processes of the Aral Salton Sea areas. It is awaiting a decision of publication at Columbia University.
Ariel, thanks first for following my blog. I hope you will even consider offering additional thoughts and comments in the future.
Please also consider following Dimidia in the future because its educational component will ultimately be a very important phase to its overall success.
We hope to be doing some agro-forestry projects in Kazakhstan which can only be successful with the government's partnership.
They are working closely with a number of multi-lateral agencies to get the public policy pieces in place for success!
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