ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Pollution of the natural environment
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Political policies of underdeveloped nations
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Economic policies related to use of resources
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Social policies to prevent desecration of resources
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Detailed explanation-1: -The large-scale irrigation projects, which took away too much water from the Aral Sea, have affected the local economy. It is estimated that some 40, 000-60.000 fishermen have lost their livelihoods. The large fish canning factories along the rivers hardly catch any fish anymore.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Aral Sea Basin today remains a globally important cotton production and export region. The most important economic activities devastated by the crisis have been fishing and fish processing.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Aral Sea dried up as the waters of its source rivers were diverted for irrigation. The waters of two main rivers, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, were used for cotton cultivation, decreasing the sea’s water level over the years.
Detailed explanation-4: -The gradual retreat of the Aral Sea shoreline and the drying up of the Syr Darya’s deltaic region exposed toxic fertilizer and salt residues to the winds, devastating local plant and animal life and causing serious health problems among the human population.