space
About UNEP
space
space
United Nations Environment Programme
Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
top image
space
space space space
space
space

Newsletter and Technical Publications

<Forum on the Caspian, Aral and Dead Seas-Perspective
of Water Environmental Management and Politics>

<Symposium on the Aral Sea and The Surrounding Region
-Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment>


PROGRAMME

FORUM ON THE CASPIAN, ARAL AND DEAD SEAS
Perspectives of Water Environment Management and Politics

28 March 1995
Lake Biwa Research Institute, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Moderator : Mr. Ikuji Seko

14.00-14.15
OPENING ADDRESS
Dr. Richard Meganck, Director UNEP, International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)

Dr. Juha I. Uito, Academic Officer, United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo
" Management of International Waters in the UNU Programme"

14.15-14.40
ARAL SEA (1)
Dr. Michael Glantz, Director, National Center for Atmosphere Research, USA
" Creeping Environmental Phenomena in the Aral Sea Basin"

14.40-15.05
ARAL SEA (2)
Dr. A. Nurushev, Executive Director, Aral International Rehabilitation Fund
" Perspectives on the International Aral Sea Rehabilitation Fund"

15.05-15.20
COFFEE BREAK

15.20-15.45
CASPIAN SEA (1)
Dr. Mikiyasu Nakayama, The World Bank
" Role of International Organizations for Integrated Management of International Water Bodies"

15.45-16.10
CASPIAN SEA (2)
Prof. Genady N. Golubev, Moscow State University
" Environmental Policy Making for Sustainable Development of the Caspian Sea Area"

16.10-16.35
CASPIAN SEA (3)
Dr. Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh, University of London
" Lake Hamun, a Disaster in the Making"

16.35-17.00
DEAD SEA
Dr. Aaron T. Wolf, University of Alabama
" Principles for Confidence-Building Measures in the Jordan River Watershed"

17.00-17.30
INLAND LAKE WATER ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Dr. Habib N. El-Habr, UNEP
" United Nations Environment Perspectives on Inland Lake Water Management and Politics"

17.30-18.00
DISCUSSION

18.00
CLOSING ADDRESS
Prof. Iwao Kobori, Meiji University

EVENING
IETC reception

SYMPOSIUM ON THE ARAL SEA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION
Irrigated Agriculture and Environment

29 March 1995
Like Biwa Research Institute, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

09.20-09.30
OPENING ADDRESS
Prof. Tatuo Kira, Ex Officio Scientific Committee Member (ILEC)
" World Lakes in Crisis"

09.30-10.00
KEYNOTE LECTURE
U.M. Sultangazin, Kazakh National Academy of Sciences and Kyoto University
" Some Environmental Economic Models of Kazakhstan"

10.00-12.00
ARAL SEA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Chairperson: Prof. Tsuneo Tsukatani, Kyoto University

10.00-10.30
Dr. Igor S. Zonn, Soyuzvodproekt, Russia
" Aral, from Salvation of the Sea to Land Restoration"

10.30-11.00
Prof. H. Tsutsui and Mr. N. Hatcho, Kinki University
" Water Resources Development Problems and Features in the Aral Sea Basin"

11.00-11.30
Prof. N. Ishida, Mr. S. Tsujimura, Mr. H. Kubota, Kyoto University Ms. K. Izumi, Kyoto City "Environmental Problems in the Area of Syrdarya and the Aral Sea"

11.30-12.00
Dr. H. Maeda, LBRI Dr. H. Nakahara, Dr. Y. Katayama, Dr. K. Nishimura, Ms. Y. Kawabta, Kyoto University
Ms. T. Takeda, Kinki University
" Limnological Features of Lakes in Central Asia - Aral Sea and Lake Balkhash"

12.00-13.20
LUNCH

13.20-14.40
NATURE, VEGETATION AND WATER CYCLE
Chairperson: Prof. Y. Fukushima, Nagoya University

13.20-13.40
Natalia P. Ogar, Kazakh National Academy of Sciences
" Anthropogenic Dynamics of Vegetation of Central Asia"

13.40-14.00
Dr. T. Kobayashi, Mr. A. Morimura, Chiba University Dr. Y. Moritomo, Osaka Prefectural University
" Ecofunctional Analysis of Dryland Vegetation: Strucure, Mechanism and their Changes"

14.00-14.20
Dr. K. Kosugi, Mr. K. Nakajima, Kyoto University Dr. Y. Fukushima, Nagoya University
" Estimation of Evapotranspiration in Both Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Lands in Arid District of Central Asia"

14.20-14.40
Dr. N. Ohte, Kyoto University Dr. T. Oki, Universiy of Tokyo Dr. Y. Moritomo, Osaka Prefectural University
" A Strategy for Estimation of Water Budget in the Aral Sea Basin by Atmospheric Water Balance"

14.40-15.00
COFFEE BREAK

15.00-16.20
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPROVEMENT
Chairperson: Prof. T. Murayama, Kyoto University

15.00-15.20
Leonid N. Dmitriev, Design Institute "Kazgiprovodkhoz"
" The Problem of Agricultural Crop Diversity in the Lower Part of the Syr- Darya Basin"

15.20-15.40
Prof. Y. Ogino, Dr. H. Takaishi, Dr. H. Oue, Osaka Prefectural University Dr. K. Otsuki, Tottori University
" Irrigation Management on Paddy Based Agriculture in the Deltas of the Aral Sea Basin"

15.40-16.00
Prof. T. Watanabe, Dr. T. Murayama, Kyoto University
" Present Problems and Future Prospects of Paddy Fields in Kazakhstan"

16.00-16.20
Prof. T. Kosaki, Mr. R. Suzuki, Kyoto University Dr. S. Funakawa, Kyoto Prefectural University
Dr. E. Karbozova, Kazakh Academy of Sciences
" Salt-Affected Soils under Large-Scale Irrigation Agriculture in Kazakhstan"

16.50-17.30
DISCUSSION
Prof. Tatuo Kira, Ex Officio Scientific Commitee Member (ILEC)

17.30-17.40
CLOSING ADDRESS
Prof. Iwao Kobori, Meiji University

Back

Table of ContentsTable of Contents Next

  • Brochure
  • IETC Brochure


  • International Year of Forests
  • International Year of Forests


  • World Environment Day
  • ??????


  • UNEP Campaign
  • UNite to Combat Climate Change