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THE CASPIAN SEA EXPEDITION
"AT SEA TRAINING PROGRAMME" - 2
The Caspian Environmental Programme (CEP) and
thematic center for "Effective Regional Assessment of Contamination Level
(ERACL), established within the CEP and located in Iran, carried out second
stage of the "At Sea Training Programme" (ASTP).
One of the main focuses of CEP is identification of
priority transboundary issues of the Caspian basin and production of a
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of Caspian. ASTP is the part of this
programme. Primary objectives of the second stage of ASTP are to conduct a
limited regional contamination assessment in order to fill the gaps in TDA,
monitoring and assessment of background pollution of Caspian.
A specialized vessel "Issledovatel' Kaspia" (Russia)
took the crew to the deeper central and southern part of the Caspian Sea to
monitor background pollution, define contamination levels, take samples of Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH), selected biota, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons CNC
(DDT), Micro-metals (TM) and other, as well as water temperature measurement,
electrical conductivity / salinity, data management etc. The total duration of
studies made approximately 21 days. Sampling was made both at "hot spots" and at
intermediate stations, along coastline of the Caspian.
Specialists from Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan and Iran, and also scientists from Monaco, Ukraine and Turkey
participate in the expedition.
The Caspian Environment Programme is organizing a
press conference on the board of "Issledovatel' Kaspia" at the seaport buildings
on Saturday, March3 1st 2001 between 4.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. with the
purpose to report on the work done, the sea and expedition conditions, as well
as report on the first stage of the ASTP accomplished in October 2000.
Please, for further information contact:
Vladimir Vladimirov, the Caspian
Environment Programme, Programme Coordination Unit, Room 108, Government
Building, 40 Uzeir Gadjibekov Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan,
E-mail: vladymyrov@caspian.in-baku.com
Phone: +
(99412) 97 17 85, 93 80 03
Fax: + (99412) 97 17 86
Elina Farmanova, the Caspian
Environment Programme, Programme Coordination Unit, Room 108, Government
Building, 40 Uzeir Gadjibekov Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan,
E-mail: efarmanova@caspian.in-baku.com
Phone: +
(99412) 97 17 85, 93 80 03
Fax: + (99412) 97 17 86
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