• Water – Fuel for Conflict and Source of Peace

    Central Asia is home to snowcovered mountain peaks as well as dusty deserts. Water - the precious resource – is scarce and unevenly distributed. Agriculture and industry in several countries compete for water resources, a situation that will only become more aggravated in the future due to climate change and population growth. These challenges can be met only in a joint effort of all Central Asian states.

  • Regional Research Network “Water in Central Asia” (CAWa)

    Sustainable water management requires sound, reliable data. Data on water reserves and the use of water in Central Asia must therefore be collected consistently across the region. This information can be used to produce future scenarios and strategies for sustainable water management. The CAWa project joins German and Central Asian scientists to contribute to this scientifically sound and reliable regional data basis.

  • The German Water Initiative for Central Asia

    The CAWa project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of the German water initiative for Central Asia (the so-called “Berlin Process”), which was launched by the Federal Foreign Office on 1 April 2008 at the “Water Unites” conference in Berlin.

  • Hydrometeorological Monitoring

    The build-up of a regional hydro-meteorological monitoring network is one of the main challenges within the CAWa project. Newly installed up-to-date automated monitoring stations provide reliable weather and flow data from the lowlands up to the high mountains in real time

  • Remote Sensing

    Satellite data are used to monitor the changes in irrigation and natural vegetation areas, and the development of droughts. Satellites, such as the German Radarsatellite TerraSAR-X, are used for the region-wide and dynamic earth observation.

  • Modeling Climate Change

    Climate change impacts the supply of water as well as demand for it. A regional climate model with a high spatial resolution set-up in the frame of the project will help assess the future effects of climate change on Central Asia.

  • Investigation of Glacier Dynamics

    CAWa researchers are investigating the dynamics of glaciers in the Tian-Shan mountains and how they are affected by climate change. In field campaigns, the researchers are measuring ablation, ice flow velocities and glacier thicknesses at selected glaciers. Space-based information is then used to extrapolate the results to other glaciers nearby.

  • Optimizing Water Use in Irrigation

    Sustainable water use has become crucial for all regions in Central Asia. Many regions suffer from the consequences of inefficient irrigation management. The determination of optimal water use and the development of efficient irrigation management plans are therefore in the focus of future regional water resources manager.

  • Education and Training

    CAWa aims to improve water management in the region sustainably. Selected experts and managers in the Central Asian water sector are therefore receiving further training within the framework of the project, as demonstrated here at a training at GFZ in Potsdam in October 2010.

  • Water – Fuel for Conflict and Source of Peace

    Central Asia is home to snowcovered mountain peaks as well as dusty deserts. Water - the precious resource – is scarce and unevenly distributed. Agriculture and industry in several countries compete for water resources, a situation that will only become more aggravated in the future due to climate change and population growth. These challenges can be met only in a joint effort of all Central Asian states.

  • Regional Research Network “Water in Central Asia” (CAWa)

    Sustainable water management requires sound, reliable data. Data on water reserves and the use of water in Central Asia must therefore be collected consistently across the region. This information can be used to produce future scenarios and strategies for sustainable water management. The CAWa project joins German and Central Asian scientists to contribute to this scientifically sound and reliable regional data basis.

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