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Photo gallery: addressing land degradation, soil contamination and water management

20 March 2010
  • Sunset in Khujand, the only Tajik region contaminated by radioactive waste, November 2005. The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opened an Aarhus environmental Centre in the region in July 2005. (OSCE/Surat Toimastov)
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  • A village in Khujand, the only Tajik region contaminated by radioactive waste, November 2005. (OSCE/Surat Toimastov)
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  • The reservoir of the Nurek hydropower station in Tajikistan, 20 February 2006. (OSCE/Eugenia Benigni)
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  • The Kirov water reserve, located in the basin of Talas river in Kyrgyzstan, December 2005. (OSCE/Valeriy Kartun)
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  • Scientists from Tbilisi State University take river samples for the Caucasus Regional Water Surface Monitoring Project, part of the OSCE/NATO Science for Peace Programme, November 2004. (OSCE/Natela Grigalashvili)
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  • Land degradation, erosion and desertification is a major problem in Central Asia. (Eric Gourlan)
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  • A 300 metres high radioactive waste hill raises above Taboshar City (Tajikistan). The waste is spread and washed out by the winds and rains, potentially damaging the environment and human health. (OSCE)
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  • Water gushing from the Koman hydroelectric power plant in the North of Albania, June 2004. Albanian power production is almost exclusively based on the hydroelectric power plants. (Suela Shala/OSCE)
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  • A water pipeline near Dushanbe. (OSCE/Lubomir Kotek)
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  • The Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan is one of Central Asia's most important water sources. (OSCE/Lubomir Kotek)
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  • Water management is a key issue in Central Asia. (OSCE/Lubomir Kotek)
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  • Environmental security is closely linked with water quality and access to water. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE)
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