Water resources management in Central Asia
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Número 25, 2009
The situation brought renewed attention
to the water and energy
situation in the region, prompting a series of bilateral and multilateral
meetings. In particular, the meeting of Central Asian Heads of States
in Bishkek in October of 2008 resulted in concessions and guarantees
made by the downstream countries to supply energy in the winter sea-
son in return for water release during irrigation season.
On the whole, many important agreements
have remained largely
unimplemented, limited to some technical and short-term issues. The
on-again, off-again relations between Central Asian states have served as
a barrier to the implementation of most of such agreements.
Analysts emphasise that “the prevailing
ad hoc pattern –implementing
agreements, sometimes decades after a crisis emerges– is not only risky
and inefficient, but in many cases preventable. The key is establishing
a process of cooperation early in the trajectory before serious hostilities
erupt that make it difficult for nations to sit around a negotiating table
together” (Postel; Wolf, 2001).
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