Aral Sea Part II: Can a dam reverse the damage?
Decades ago an agricultural bid to boost the Soviet economy nearly destroyed Central Asia’s great Aral Sea. Now, there is an even more ambitious plan underway to reverse one of the world’s worst man-made environmental disasters. In Kazakhstan, I reported on attempts to bring this dying lake back from the brink.
Post Series: Aral Sea
- 1.Aral Sea: The sea that dried up in 40 years – BBC News
- 2.Full Documentary: “Aral. The lost sea” by Isabel Coixet | We Are Water Foundation
- 3.Aral Sea Reborn – earthrise
- 4.Aral Sea – Animation 1960-2014
- 5.The Dried up Aral Sea Eco-Disaster
- 6.Aral Sea: Man-made environmental disaster – BBC News
- 7.Video: Dried-up Aral Sea springs back to life
- 8.Assignment Asia: Kazakhstan Aral Sea restoration
- 9.UN Aral Sea Programme
- 10.Aral Sea Part I: A catastrophic disappearing act..
- 11.Aral Sea Part II: Can a dam reverse the damage?
- 12.Aral Sea Part III: Return of the Fish?