CAWa experts support transboundary river basin authorities
Between October 2012 and March 2013, CAWa experts from the University of Wuerzburg supported initial steps towards the establishment of transboundary river basin authorities envisaged in the Isfara river basin, shared by Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and the Murghab-Tedjen river basin, shared by Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. In the frame of the Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Programme (TWMCA) implemented by the “Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit” (GIZ) as part of the “Berlin Process”, the researchers assisted in the generation of detailed land use maps, as well as the assessment of climate change impact and natural hazards.
Training Course "Technical Equipment for River Runoff Monitoring: Sensors, handling and applications"
From April 22nd to 26th, 2013, a training course with focus on Technical Equipment for River Runoff Monitoring was hold at GFZ in Potsdam. The CAWa project invited specialists of the Central Asian hydrometeorological services, research institutions and water management organisations to participate in the course. This course was organized in cooperation with the Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG.
Technical Training "Installation, Operation and Maintenance of CAWa HyMet Hydrometeorological Monitoring Stations"
From 15th to 19th April 2013 the techncal training "Installation, Operation and Maintenance of CAWa HyMet Hydrometeorological Monitoring Stations" will take place in Potsdam. The CAWa project invites engineers and technical staff of organizations intending to build up and run hydrometerological monitoring stations in their countries.
Две станции мониторинга введены в эксплуатацию в Таджикистане
В Таджикистане в конце мая / начале июня 2012 года завершены работы по установке двух постоянных автоматических гидро-метеорологических станций. Станции Дупули и Айвадж расположены в самой западной и самой южной частях страны, вблизи границ с Узбекистаном и Афганистаном. Команда специалистов Таджик-гидромета, ЦАИИЗ и GFZ установила станции и запустила их в эксплуатацию.
Первая CAWa станция в Узбекистане
В начале ноября 2012 года была установлена первая в Узбекистане станция по проекту CAWа на территории Высокогорной Майданакской обсерватории Астрономического Института имени Улугбека (АИ) при Академии наук Узбекистана.Теперь, гидро-метеорологическая наблюдательная сеть проекта CAWa охватывает три центрально-азиатские государства (Кыргызистан, Таджикистан, Узбекистан).
CAWA Training Course "Use of GIS Techniques in Natural Resources Management"
From December 10th to 14th, 2012, a training course with focus on GIS techniques for natural resource management was hold at GFZ in Potsdam. The CAWa project invits specialists of the Central Asian hydrometeorological services, research institutions and water management organisations to participate in the course. This course was organized in cooperation with the Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG.
New land cover products for Central Asia
Within the CAWa project, the team of the Land Surface Dynamics working group at the German Aerospace Center DLR/DFD has elaborated a set of new remote-sensing based, multi-temporal land cover products for the region of Central Asia. The products include (1) a land cover classification for the years 2001 and 2009, (2) water bodies for the period 2000-2010, (3) net primary productivity for Kazakhstan for the period 2003-2011, (3) daily snow cover for the period 2000-2011, and (4) a soil moisture product. The new data sets are the basis for current and future research activities focusing on change detection and the effects of atmospheric and terrestrial processes on land cover.
New mass balance measurements on Tien Shan and Alay glaciers
In a three week expedition in August 2012, a multi-national team of researchers from Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Switzerland and Austria measured the 2011/2012 ablation and accumulation on four glaciers in the Tien Shan and Alai mountains, among them the Golubin and the Abramov glaciers. The data will be used to compute the 2011/2012 mass balances of the glaciers.
CAWA Training Course "Remote Sensing for Hydrometeorological Monitoring"
From July 16th to 20th, 2012, a training course with focus on Remote Sensing for Hydrometeorological Monitoring was hold at GFZ in Potsdam. The CAWa project invited 17 specialists of the Central Asian hydrometeorological services, research institutions and water management organisations to participate in the course. This course was organized in cooperation with University of Würzburg Faculty of Geography and Geology Department of Remote Sensing.
Second Phase of the "Berlin Process" launched at "Blue diplomacy in Central Asia" conference
After four successful years of the Central Asia Water Initiative (the Berlin Process), German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle invited government representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the two-day conference „Blue diplomacy in Central Asia”, taking place in Berlin, 7-8 March 2012. The participants took stock of the activities undertaken during Phase I of the Berlin Process and outlined the activities planned for Phase II sending a strong message: the political will exists to continue cooperating on transboundary water management in the region.