The Aral Sea, located in Central Asia, has become one of the most important ecological tragedies, due to its gradual disappearance. Despite the efforts of several countries to contain drying, one of the largest lakes in the world is giving way to the desert.
The Aral Sea, located in Central Asia, has become one of the most important ecological tragedies, due to its gradual disappearance. Despite the efforts of several countries to contain drying, one of the largest lakes in the world is giving way to the desert.
Just a few decades, the Aral Sea surface exceeded in Costa Rica. The water used to bathe and give abundance to hot lands of Central Asia. Now it's just a desert.
The Soviet Union planted in the surrounding vast cotton fields to end dependence on imports of this item, but ended up exhausting the rivers that flowed into the Aral. With each passing decade, the sea began to disappear, until it is reduced to a puddle of sand and salt, a harmful combination that pollutes the air and living things.
Local hospitals are increasingly suffering from a type of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Murat Baysymov, largest of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan reveals: "Our government pays us 50% of what is called 'ecological extras' in our salaries. They do with living near Baikonur, where rockets are launched and the Aral Sea. We have serious health problems, young people are unfit for military service. "
A local resident who declined to give his name, says he remembers how friends and family began to fall sick, "new diseases emerged that we had never seen so many, especially respiratory. My husband has chronic bronchitis. This is how we live. There is salt in the air, but it feels on the skin and in the mouth. "
With the demise of the Soviet Union, the newly independent states of Central Asia took on the difficult task of recovering the ecosystem of the region. That's when it came to light other truths, such as the use of chemical fertilizers on crops that poisoned the waters.
Ardanbai Asambaiev, medical center hospital said: "The land is also heavily polluted. In essence we are living in a disaster zone. In the past we had 150 to 160 patients per year, mostly children with intestinal diseases are now about five per year. Same with viral hepatitis. All this thanks to drinking water. "
Three years ago, the so-called International Foundation for saving the Aral Sea intervened to protect people from contaminated water. Medet Ospanov, a member of the foundation told: "drinking water project solves many problems. Where possible pipes to distant towns and villages are conducted, creating local systems of distribution of this vital fluid. "
The construction of a dam to contain desiccation helped boost the level of water in the North Aral Sea. However, there is still a lot of work to do, especially in the south, where the high level of salinity caused the death of fish. The big question is whether the efforts of the international community sufficient to overcome the consequences of neglect and mismanagement decades.
The Aral Sea, located in Central Asia, has become one of the most important ecological tragedies, due to its gradual disappearance. Despite the efforts of several countries to contain drying, one of the largest lakes in the world is giving way to the desert.
Just a few decades, the Aral Sea surface exceeded in Costa Rica. The water used to bathe and give abundance to hot lands of Central Asia. Now it's just a desert.
The Soviet Union planted in the surrounding vast cotton fields to end dependence on imports of this item, but ended up exhausting the rivers that flowed into the Aral. With each passing decade, the sea began to disappear, until it is reduced to a puddle of sand and salt, a harmful combination that pollutes the air and living things.
Local hospitals are increasingly suffering from a type of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Murat Baysymov, largest of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan reveals: "Our government pays us 50% of what is called 'ecological extras' in our salaries. They do with living near Baikonur, where rockets are launched and the Aral Sea. We have serious health problems, young people are unfit for military service. "
A local resident who declined to give his name, says he remembers how friends and family began to fall sick, "new diseases emerged that we had never seen so many, especially respiratory. My husband has chronic bronchitis. This is how we live. There is salt in the air, but it feels on the skin and in the mouth. "
With the demise of the Soviet Union, the newly independent states of Central Asia took on the difficult task of recovering the ecosystem of the region. That's when it came to light other truths, such as the use of chemical fertilizers on crops that poisoned the waters.
Ardanbai Asambaiev, medical center hospital said: "The land is also heavily polluted. In essence we are living in a disaster zone. In the past we had 150 to 160 patients per year, mostly children with intestinal diseases are now about five per year. Same with viral hepatitis. All this thanks to drinking water. "
Three years ago, the so-called International Foundation for saving the Aral Sea intervened to protect people from contaminated water. Medet Ospanov, a member of the foundation told: "drinking water project solves many problems. Where possible pipes to distant towns and villages are conducted, creating local systems of distribution of this vital fluid. "
The construction of a dam to contain desiccation helped boost the level of water in the North Aral Sea. However, there is still a lot of work to do, especially in the south, where the high level of salinity caused the death of fish. The big question is whether the efforts of the international community sufficient to overcome the consequences of neglect and mismanagement decades.
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