International ecological forum kicks off in Aktau

16:08, 9 August 2013

AKTAU. August 9. KAZINFORM - International ecological forum called "Problems of conservation of the Caspian Sea biodiversity" with the participation of Khairbek Musabayev, acting Chairman of Committee on Fisheries of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and Daulet Bapy, Vice-Chairman of Committee for Industrial Safety of Emergency Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has started today in Aktau.

The Forum is the first event held in the framework of the Day of Caspian Sea celebration .

"Oil and gas offshore fields' development, which is being carried out at difficult geological conditions, increases man-caused impacts on environment of the region and creates real emergencies, including oil spills, as hydrocarbon deposits are located in an ecologically sensitive area of the sea. The consequences of possible industrial accident capable of impacting the territories of neighboring countries", said Bapy.

According to his words, for monitoring of oil fields in the north-eastern part of the sea, there was established the North Caspian ecological base for oil spill response. "Ak Beren" blowout response group specialists are annually trained in the UK.

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