Alexey Kucheyko, a Russian expert on earth remote probing, said at the Baku-Moscow-Astana video conference marking the 19th anniversary of the Tehran Framework Convention for Protection of the Caspian Sea that the sea needed common space monitoring.
He explained that each Caspian state carried out partial monitoring. Russian monitoring was organized by Lukoil.
Boris Golubov, a senior scientist of the Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres of the Russian Academy of Sciences, agreed with the idea. He wants Caspian states to have a common policy on protection of the sea and monitoring of the seabed. The scientist said that petroleum companies and militarization of the area caused pollution.
Mels Yeleusizov, Chairman of the Ecological Union of Associations and Enterprises of Kazakhstan “Tabigat”, said that the convention signed 19 years ago was not backed by actions. He reminded that, unlike the Mexican Gulf, the sea was closed and will not recover the same way.
Rasim Sattarzade, an expert and head of the section for ecological policy and environmental protection of the Azerbaijani Ministry for Ecology and Natural Resources, said that prevention of pollution was one of the most topical issues. He noted that a water-treatment facility was being built in Sumgayit and more will be constructed in the country.
