Cheleken Peninsula pollution sources

Khazar (formerly Cheleken) is a town of 10 000 people (once 16 000), located on the Cheleken peninsula on the Caspian shore. Iron bromide…

Gross National Income (GNI) in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita

Purchasing power parity (PPP) measures how much a currency can buy in terms of an international benchmark (usually dollars), since the cost of goods…

Urban development in Baku

The Azerbaijan capital Baku is the largest and fastest growing city with a population of over 2 million. The population has doubled in the…

Human Development Index (HDI) composition for the Caspian countries compared with Norway (ranked first in 2007)

The characteristic feature in all four post-Soviet countries is a relatively high level of education in relation to national income and rather low life…

Transportation projects converging on the Caspian

The oil boom has changed the way the Caspian Sea is used as a transport route. In the absence of an agreement on the…

Biodiversity in the Caspian Sea

With the opening of the Volga-Don canal in 1952 navigation between the oceans and the Caspian became possible. Contact between the previously secluded Caspian…

Oil production, consumption and export

Oil production, consumption and export in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan for period 1999-2009.

Pesticides and heavy metals in sediments

Often, once the oil extraction activity stops, waste remains and constitutes a hazard. In Kazakhstan there are 19 oilfields with 1485 oil wells in…

Urbanisation on the Caspian shores

Environmental impacts of oil production in Azerbaijan

Land degradation, water issues, and po0llution due to oil production and industrial activities in Azerbaijan. About 30 000 hectares of soil on Azerbaijan’s Absheron…

Caspian Sea endangered species

Total sturgeon catch in the Caspian

The Caspian area is the world’s main producer of wild caviar (83% in 2003) and supplies the four largest markets, the European Union, United…