Aral Sea International Committee Unites
Americans and Activists of 5 New Central Asian Nations


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The goal of the ASIC is to assist groups in Central Asia in bringing about reform of land and water use in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya river basins, damaged severely by USSR irrigation policies of the past 30 years. These ancient rivers have fed the Aral Sea and supported life in this vast area for millenia.

Making the Aral Sea region productive again is a daunting task. 35 million people inhabit the region of the two river basins. Those who live along the lower reaches of the rivers, or on the former shoreline of the receding Sea, have seen their water supplies destroyed or polluted, and their health problems are severe. The Aral Sea today is only 25% of its volume in 1960. The dry seabed today is a toxic mix of chemicals and salt. All of the Sea�s 24 species of fish have died off.

ASIC�s principal Central Asian partner is the Union for Defense of the Aral and Amu Darya, Nukus, Karakalpakstan (a "subrepublic" of Uzbekistan). In the U.S., contact:

William T. Davoren, Executive Director
Aral Sea International Committee
1055 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, CA 94965
Tel: (415) 331-5122
Fax: (415) 332-8167
E-mail: [email protected]

This article is from the December 1993 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West

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