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Tajikistan drought continues
- There's growing concern in Tajikistan over the lack of snow and rain
this winter, and the implications this will have for the coming
months.
- The relatively dry winter follows a severe drought last year, the
worst for over seventy years.
- Food is being urgently distributed to help the victims of that crisis,
although only a fraction of the aid requested has been received so
far.
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Dawn |
Pakistan warned of another drought
- Pakistan is heading towards another severe drought
spell due to less rainfall in the current winter season
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InstWarPeace |
China's Dangerous Thirst
- China's growing thirst for river water near its western borders is
raising fears of major ecological catastrophe in Kazakstan
- The Chinese have prolonged negotiations under various pretexts while
busily continuing construction of the Irtish channel.
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DOE |
Caspian Gas Production DOE Report 2000
- How Much Natural Gas Could be Exported from the Caspian Region? Natural
gas production in the Caspian Sea region is projected to reach 4.3 Tcf in
2000, of which 1.3 Tcf will be exported, mostly from
Turkmenistan
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FAO-org |
Drought causes famine in Afghanistan
- Three consecutive years of drought and intensifying economic problems
have jeopardized Afghanistan's food supply, putting millions in danger of
starvation
- The drought has resulted in near total failure of rainfed agriculture
and has substantially reduced irrigated farm production
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UN-OCHA |
Iran - Drought OCHA Situation Report No. 1
- Iran is experiencing the third consecutive year of extreme drought.
Ninety percent of the urban, rural, and nomadic populations are being severely
affected
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CNN |
Drought Iran Livestock
- Officials earlier said that water had been rationed in 30
citie
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010725 |
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WSJ |
Oil Boom Kazakstan Oil Boom
- [Reviewed]
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WSJ |
Disputes Caspian Oil Disputes
- [Reviewed]
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010821 |
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OneWorld-Net |
Thrashed by Drought and Soviet Legacy
- Tajikistan, considered the poorest of the republics that formed part
of the Soviet Union until 1991, faces its fourth consecutive year of
droug
- The Uzbek agricultural sector is almost completely dependent upon
irrigation
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Washpost |
Famine Tajikistan
- Successive crop failures have left 1 million
people in Tajikistan in need of urgent food aid,
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AssocPrs |
3rd Year Drought Central Asia3rd Year
- Facing the third consecutive year of drought, countries in central
Asia are facing severe food shortages and devastated crops and
livestock
- crop production has declined to nearly half the average
output
- There are 34 countries worldwide facing food emergencies, half of
which are in Africa
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FAS-USDA |
Drought and Flood Plague Iran's Rice Crop
- A third consecutive year of drought
- Iran's rice production has been down for the past three years
- his year's
drought affected 20 of 28 provinces in Iran
- In addition to a nationwide drought, heavy torrential rains during
August 10-13, 2001 triggered devastating floods that damaged rice, cotton,
and wheat producing areas
- These floods damaged thousands of hectares of farmland in Iran;
claimed hundreds of lives; and washed away roads and houses, causing millions
of dollars in damage.
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011017 |
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Guardian |
Taj Guard- Tajikistan Drought
- Food aid plea for 1m in Tajikistan
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011030 |
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Guardian |
Heat Central Asia Drought
- Drought-hit states facing famine
- Rising temperatures and low rainfall add to suffering
- Triggered by the lowest rainfall in living memory
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NYT |
River Iran Dries Up
- For two
years, its river has been bone dry, except for brief periods when man or
nature managed to make the water flow again. Where once water beckoned, there
is only a sandy, rocky plain stretching as far as the eye can bear to
look.
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WashPost |
drought Afghan
- "We don't want to plant poppy, but we have no choice," said Mohammed,
60, munching a handful of tender, dandelion-like poppy shoots. "There is
so little water that the wheat won't grow well, and cotton prices have fallen
by half. But with poppy, we can get 50 times the money. Everyone is starting
to grow it again."
- deep wells dug by wealthier
farmers last year have also run dry.
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DOE |
Kazakhstan: Flaring Report by DOE 2000
- Kazakhstan is the second largest oil producer among former Soviet
republics after Russia
- Kazakh gas production has been hampered by the lack of infrastructure,
with many oil producers flaring the gas instead of using it.
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CNN |
Brown Cloud Asia
- A dense blanket of pollution, dubbed the "Asian
Brown Cloud," is hovering over South Asia, with scientists warning it could
kill millions of people in the region, and pose a global threat.
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AmericanEDU |
Kazakhstan and Oil
- the Caspian Sea region
- contains the third largest reserve of oil and natural gas in
the
- world, behind the Gulf region and Siberia
- The region, however, is not without its own political turmoil.
- Developing oil fields in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan present
unique
- difficulties and extricating the oil from the region will be
even
- more tenuous. According to Chevron and oil analysts, a pipeline
is
- imperative to justify an increase in production. In the short-
- term, production capacity is approximately 200,000 barrels a day.
- Existing production can be transshipped by rail or
road
- Another problem is the flaring of
- natural gas; about 4.5 million cubic meter a day.
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