ENVSEC Projectsby implementing organization
| Prediction of glacial hazards and disaster in the Central Caucasus, Russia (NATO ref. 982143) | |
| Countries: | 0, Russia |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Population pressure on environmental security, frozen conflict and climate change adaptation |
| Duration: | June 2006-July 2010 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 397,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The main project’s goal was, through collection and analysis of field data, to inform the regional and local authorities, planning and design institutes, and local population in the danger area, about most important glacial hazards, and advise them on the actions to take. |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Central Asia
| Biotechnical exploration of Uzbek saline water reserves using halotolerant microalgae (NATO ref. 981690) | |
| Countries: | Uzbekistan |
| Regional priority: | Dialogue and cooperation on shared resources |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Natural resources and security risk management |
| Duration: | July 2006-September 2010 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 407,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The project's goal was to charecterize water reserves of the Aral Sea region, taking into account the annual variation in salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, water transparency, turbidity, suspended and volatile solids, nutrients, and organic load. |
| Links: |
NATO "Science for Peace and Security" website |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Microbiological safety of drinking water in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyz Republic (NATO ref. 982811) | |
| Countries: | Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan |
| Regional priority: | Dialogue and cooperation on shared resources |
| Status: | On-going |
| Focus area: | Natural resources and security risk management |
| Duration: | June 2007-August 2011 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 422,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The project's objective was to ensure the microbiological safety of drinking water in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The project aimed to establish a standardized microbiological monitoring system in the region, based on international ISO/WHO standards. |
| Links: |
NATO "Science for Peace and Security" website |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Environment security issues arising from the legacy of uranium extraction in Central Asia (NATO ref. 981742) | |
| Countries: | Kazakhstan |
| Regional priority: | Dialogue and cooperation on shared resources |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Hazardous substances and environment and security risk reduction |
| Duration: | November 2005-April 2011 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 608,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The objectives of the project were to secure an effective management of uranium industry waste in Central Asia to prevent health and environmental damage. Sub-goals of the project included: (i) evaluation of inventories associated with uranium, thorium and their daughters contamination of selected sites; (ii) utilisation of state-of-art technology for assessing potential mobility and ecosystem transfer; (iii) completion of dose and impact assessments for man and the environment; (iv) identification of appropriate potential countermeasures; (v) building and supporting regulatory infrastructures within the region (strengthening of scientific competence and provision of appropriate equipment). |
| Links: |
NATO "Science for Peace and Security" website |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Using stable isotopes, passive organic samples and modelling to assess environmental security in Khorezm, Uzbekistan (NATO ref. 982159) | |
| Countries: | Uzbekistan |
| Regional priority: | Dialogue and cooperation on shared resources |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Hazardous substances and environment and security risk reduction |
| Duration: | July 2006-August 2010 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 366,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The objectives of the project were: (i) to investigate water quality and aquatic ecosystem of a set of small lakes impacted by irrigation runoff in the Khorezm Region of Uzbekistan; (ii) to understand effects of anthropogenic influences on the water resources and aquatic food webs in the irrigation runoff lakes and the Amu Darya where it flows through the Khorezm Region; (iii) to assess the potential utility of these water resources for water supplies and water-related industries such as aquaculture and fishing by using innovative monitoring technologies and modelling; (iv) to train young Uzbek scientists in these technologies, modelling, and investigating of anthropogenic effects on water resources. Under the project the innovative technologies were used such as stable cabron and nitrogen isotope analysis for determination of a food web structure and detecting of anthropogenic impacts, and passive organic samplers to estimate the toxicity of hydrophobic organic compounds and pesticies to fish. The results of the project are models of the lakes, and models of food web structure for the river and lakes. |
| Links: |
NATO "Science for Peace and Security" website |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Assessment and mitigation of seismic risk in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (NATO ref. 971923) | |
| Countries: | Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan |
| Regional priority: | Raising awareness and strengthening capacities and participatory mechanisms on environment and security issues |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Information on environment and security and participation in risk management |
| Duration: | May 2000-October 2003 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 527,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | This project collected data on the seismological and geological characteristics of the region, and seismic hazard maps and earthquake ground motion models for Bishkek and Tashkent were developed. NATO support included the purchase and installation of GIS equipment and software as well as training of young scientists. The end-results were given to the state committees and ministries concerned in the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Sustainable development of ecology and land and water use through Implementation of a GIS and Remote Sensing Center in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (NATO ref. 974101) | |
| Countries: | Uzbekistan |
| Regional priority: | Dialogue and cooperation on shared resources |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Natural resources and security risk management |
| Duration: | August 2000-February 2004 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 290,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The project aimed to establish a remote sensing system for studying the Aral Sea ecosystem. Wiithin the project, a GIS Centre has been equipped and put into operation at the Nukus State University, Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan). With the help of the Russian expertise, the centre has developed forecast models for ecosystem changes and early crop-yield estimation models. The centre's personnel has been trained to ensure improvement of water management and agricultural planning. The results were transferred to the Inter-state Coordination Water Management Commission as well as to state committees and regional governments of Uzbekistan. |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| SEMIRAD I - Investigation of the radiological situation in the Sarzhal Region of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (NATO ref. 976046) | |
| Countries: | Kazakhstan |
| Regional priority: | Reduction of risks to security and stability from hazardous practices |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Hazardous substances and environment and security risk reduction |
| Duration: | January 2000-March 2003 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 612,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | Within the framework of this project the radioactive contamination level at the Tel'kem valley (Kazakhstan) has been determined. Two-week field expeditions were carried out on an annual basis and technical support to the National Nuclear Centre of Kazakhstan has been provided. The results showed that the studied area was little more contaminated by radionuclides than would be expected from a global fallout and thus presents little radiological hazard for farmers. The conclusions have been reported to the Kazakh authorities concerned. |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| SEMIRAD II - Investigation of the radiological situation in the Sarzhal Region of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (NATO ref. 980906) | |
| Countries: | Kazakhstan |
| Regional priority: | Reduction of risks to security and stability from hazardous practices |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Natural resources and security risk management |
| Duration: | April 2004-April 2007 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 449,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | This project was a continuation of the SEMIRAD I. Within the project, the radiological condition a new site north of Ground Zero and southwest of Maize (Kazakhstan) was studied. |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Study of radioactive waste disposal sites in Turkmenistan (NATO ref. 987439, 982200) | |
| Countries: | Turkmenistan |
| Regional priority: | Reduction of risks to security and stability from hazardous practices |
| Status: | Completed |
| Focus area: | Hazardous substances and environment and security risk reduction |
| Duration: | July 2001-July 2009 |
| ENVSEC budget (US$): | 424,000 |
| ENVSEC leading organisation: | NATO |
| Description: | The project aimed at assisting Turkmenistan in the safe handling of radioactive waste, a side-product from iodine and bromine production facilities near by the Caspian Sea. The project included implementation of a radiochemical laboratory in Ashgabat, installation and operation of radioprotection equipment and the training of Turkmen teams. The project objective was to enable Turkmenistan in gaining scientific and technical autonomy in waste characterisation and radio protection. |
| Contact: | Susanne Michaelis Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, Energy Security Section NATO +322 707 4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
