Dams construction is an old art practiced by man since thousands of years. History of dams shows great innovations in this field, but failure cases, however, indicate gaps in human knowledge of safety measures that could have stopped such failures. Available statistics show of a great boom in building dams during the past century and […]

The water management infrastructure of Central Asia comprises a multitude of reservoirs, dams, irrigation systems and pumping stations, a great number of canals and tens of multipurpose hydraulic projects. The highest dam in the world, the Nurek Dam, a rockfill dam of300 metres in height, is located on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan, and one […]

Advancing Dam Safety in Central Asia: The Contribution of the UNECE Water Convention in The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

This Review is based on the analysis of national reports conducted by the experts from Central Asian countries, as well as on the outcomes of the expert group and the World Bank specialists’ workshop in Almaty (RK) on December, 5-6, 2019, at which existing experiences in university level education in water sector specialties in Central […]

As part of a series of case studies initiated and funded by The World Bank, the Study on Cooperation on the Syr Darya River in general aims to improve the regional water cooperation in Central Asia, particularly in the Aral Sea basin. The World Bank considers, in close cooperation with the other international funding agencies, […]

An official report describing the state of the environment in Tajikistan.

Environmental information is more relevant and necessary today than it was twenty years ago when the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro stimulated the rise of official national and international reporting on the environment. In the days before the Internet, finding official reports, facts and figures on the state […]

Main categories of FEMA dam safety publications and resources.

Dam Safety Guidelines,published by CDA in 2007 and revised in 2013, has become an important reference document for dam safety in Canada and internationally. Available in both English and French, the Guidelines consist of principles that are applicable to all dams, and an outline of processes and criteria for management of dam safety in accordance […]

New CAMP4ASB publications on climate change explain the latest scientific studies of climate impacts on selected rivers of Central Asia, climate adaptation actions by farmers and green technologies that could be used more broadly across the region.

Glacier mass loss is among the clearest indicators of atmospheric warming. The observation of these changes is one of the major objectives of the international climate monitoring strategy developed by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). Long-term glacier mass balance measurements are furthermore the basis for calibrating and validating models simulating future runoff of glacierised […]

A joint study conducted by CAREC and adelphi within the framework of Blue Peace Central Asia Initiative is published. The publication demonstrates the cost of inaction and the benefits of cooperation in the field of water management between the countries of the region. Central Asia is witnessing intense competition over water resources and their use […]