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Eastern Caspian
Environment and Security
The case of the
Eastern Caspian Region
Environment and Security
Transforming risks into cooperation
This report was prepared on behalf of the partner organisations of the Environment
and Security initiative by:
Luigi De Martino (lead author, University of Geneva);
Viktor Novikov (UNEP/GRID-Arendal);
with inputs from:
Serik Akhmetov (Kazakhstan);
Timur Berkeliev (Turkmenistan);
and with extended advice and support from:
Alexander Bragin, Iklas Nogaev, Gulzina Konysbaeva, Sapar Bazarbaev, Farida Akiyanova,
Dinmuhamed Sunnatov, Misha Karapun (Kazakhstan);
Oleg Guchgeldiyev, Viktoria Kim (Turkmenistan);
Christophe Bouvier, Frits Schlingemann, Otto Simonett, Nickolai Denisov, Petter Sevaldsen,
Emmanuelle Bournay, Elena Kvitsinskaia, Marika Palosaari, Jaco Tavenier (UNEP);
Bernard Snoy, Alexey Stukalo, Marc Baltes, Raul Daussa, Saba Nordström, Gaurav Thapan-
Raina, Lyale Nazarova, Jan Olsson (OSCE);
Ben Slay, Inkar Kadyrzhanova, Saija Vuola, Peter Svedberg, Ajiniyaz Reimov, Rovshen Nur-
muhamedov, Natalya Panchenko (UNDP), Bo Libert (UNECE), Hamid Ghaffarzadeh (CEP);
Susanne Michaelis, Chris De Wispelaere (NATO), Stephen Stec (REC);
and the participants of ENVSEC consultations and field missions in Aktau and Caspian re-
gion (Kazakhstan) and Ashgabat and Caspian region (Turkmenistan) in 2006–2007.
Language editing:
Harry Forster (Interrelate, Grenoble).
Maps and graphics:
Viktor Novikov and Matthias Beilstein (UNEP/GRID-Arendal).
Design and layout:
UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
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assessment and for the preparation and publication of this report.
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