APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...
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Turkmenistan<br />
etc.<br />
2007<br />
*etc.=Sustainable Development of desert settlements<br />
Sustainable Development of Settlements in Karakum Desert<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
<strong>2005</strong> 2006 2007<br />
Project Site Locati<strong>on</strong><br />
Karakum desert, 120km north of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan<br />
Background - Problems Addressed <strong>and</strong> Policy Resp<strong>on</strong>ses<br />
Turkmenistan, which joined the UNCCD In 1996, is an agrarian<br />
country undergoing desertificati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> droughts which has<br />
resulted in widespread poverty. Therefore, measures are<br />
needed to restore <strong>and</strong> improve the agricultural system based<br />
<strong>on</strong> sustainable use of rangel<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> oasis agriculture.<br />
Solar-thermo Panel Installati<strong>on</strong> (exterior,<br />
shower premise, School Bahardock)<br />
Project Outline - Objectives <strong>and</strong> <strong>Activities</strong><br />
The aim of this project was to enable development of small sustainable settlements in Turkmenistan<br />
in the remote Karakum desert, 120km north of Ashgabat. The main activites are drop irrigati<strong>on</strong> for<br />
school gardens, space heating of schools via alternative energy, awareness surveys, dune stabilisati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
improvement of pasture l<strong>and</strong>, use of solar energy for pumping water <strong>and</strong> lighting of shepherd cabins,<br />
establishment of small gardens for vegetables <strong>and</strong> medical plants <strong>and</strong> holding workshops.<br />
Impacts <strong>and</strong> Achievements<br />
This project represents a prime example of combating desertificati<strong>on</strong> in Turkmenistan <strong>and</strong> the Aral Sea<br />
basin. In carrying out this project local authorities so<strong>on</strong> realised the potential for sustainable development,<br />
which involved a new combined-activity approach towards sustainable management of desert-based<br />
settlements.<br />
Future Challenges<br />
Future challenges for sustainable development of settlements in the Karakum desert are to create policy<br />
<strong>and</strong> administrative structures for more decentralised decisi<strong>on</strong>-making processes, create mechanisms for<br />
l<strong>and</strong>-user c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s, exp<strong>and</strong> local-level acti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> to develop local management plans.<br />
General Informati<strong>on</strong><br />
Name of the Implementing Organisati<strong>on</strong>:<br />
The Nati<strong>on</strong>al Institute of Deserts, Flora <strong>and</strong> Fauna (NIDFF)<br />
Type of Organisati<strong>on</strong>: Governmental Research Institute<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tact: Chary Muradov<br />
15, Bitarap Turkmenistan str., Ashgabat, 744000, Turkmenistan (NIDFF)<br />
Tel: (993-12) 39-5427 Fax: (993-12) 35-3716 E-mail: chmuradov@mail.ru<br />
Website: http://science.gov.tm/en/organisati<strong>on</strong>s/desert_institute/<br />
Project Reviewer (NetRes / Collaborators) that m<strong>on</strong>itors the project:<br />
Jangmin Chu, Korea Envir<strong>on</strong>ment Institute (KEI)<br />
E-mail: sinoeco@kei.re.kr<br />
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