The project was dedicated to examining the practical issues of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in Central Asia, and culminated in a workshop held at Bishkek in February 2004.

The countries which make up Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – are all interconnected by shared water resources, and together they are facing major …

The Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) was established in accordance with the "Agreement on collaboration in the sphere of joint water resources management within interstate …

A continuous inter-state dialogue on water resource management included discussions on what kinds of institutions should be overseeing water man-agement in Central Asia, and the question was raised …

Abstract Central Asia contains one of the largest internal drainage basins in the world, and its continental location results in limited availability of both surface and ground-water. Since the …

The catchment of the river Kharaa in Mongolia reflects the multiple region-specific challenges of water management in Central Asia. Located between Mongolia‘s capital in the South and the Russian …

The coef ficient of transboundary water dependence (the fraction of river runoff coming from outside) is 4.2% in Kazakhstan, 77% in Uzbekistan, and 82% in Turkmenistan which proves that the states of …