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AYDAR-ARNASAY LAKES: ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT DEVEPOMENT ASPECTS

The present chapter aims to analyze the current state of the Aydar-Arnasay lakes system (AALS) and define what high-priority ways of contemporary development are. The main methods used for data analysis in the present chapter are review of numerous literature and unstructured interviews. The chapter chiefly is based on the analysis of the existing scientific national and international books, reports and journal articles and other materials associated with the AALS current conditions.
The chapter consists of four main sections. The first section depicts the general overview of the AALS current state, including some quantitative features of these lakes and ecological conditions of this aquatic system.

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The second section considers socio-economic aspects of the AALS development. Among the primary socio-economic aspects the following chapter considers fisheries which are situated on shoreline of these lakes and recreation. These aspects have been selected due to the following reasons. On the one hand, fisheries and recreation are basically two priority- oriented ways of development for these lakes nowadays. On the other hand, availability of information was important issue in the consideration of these aspects. It should be noted that majority of the relevant literature more or less contained some information about respective aspects of development. For example, all national reports determined have outlined a special significance of the fisheries for both Jizakh and Navoi provinces in which these lakes located and the whole republic. This section examines such important issues of the fish farming as analysis of the fisheries legal framework, existing acute problems, e.g. stealage of fish production and main future benefits from the fisheries well-being. Also the section considers the main types of recreational activity which are developed around these lakes.
The third section is devoted to analysis of environmental aspects of the AALS development. The main aspect of the AALS environmental development is biodiversity conservation, i.e. wetlands of the international importance. This aspect has been selected because the Aydar-Arnasay lakes were designated as a Ramsar site in 2007. This section analyzes the prime criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance and then justifies application of these criteria for the AALS.

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