"The United States, Kazakhstan, and Environmental Cooperation"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Central Asia Program / George Washington University
25 May, 2021
Originally published: https://www.centralasiaprogram.org/the-united-states-kazakhstan-and-environmental-cooperation
The Republic of Kazakhstan is facing two major water-related environmental challenges: salvaging what is left of the Aral Sea, which the country shares with Uzbekistan, and protecting Lake Balkhash, where Kazakhstan, as a downstream nation, has been affected by the water policies of its neighbor, the People’s Republic of China. The country also intents to capitalizing on its vast natural diversity to promote its eco-tourism industry as part of a wider economic diversification strategy to become one of the 30 most developed nations by 2050.
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