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A workshop supported by the NATO Science Programme took place last week on the topic of the Issyk-Kul Lake: Evaluation of the Environmental State and its Remediation. Lake Issyk-Kul, located in the Tien Shan of the Kyrgyz Republic, is a large, closed, high-altitude lake. It is affected by environmental threats resulting from former or present industrial activities and uncontrolled agriculture, and moreover is located in a tectonically highly active region.
More than 40 participants from 14 countries met in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyz Republic from 25 to 28 September. The participants were scientists from different disciplines already involved or acquainted with the investigation of the environmental problems of Lake Issyk-Kul or experienced in the study of similar problems in other parts of the world.
The aim was to make a multidisciplinary evaluation of the present state of knowledge on Lake Issyk-Kul, with particular emphasis on the environmental aspects; to define and evaluate the environmental threats affecting the lake and its catchment area at present; to identify essential gaps in the current knowledge about the Lake and establish a strategy for further investigation of the environmental problems concerning the lake basin. An additional objective was to propose plans for future actions to the Kyrgyz authorities. The workshop was organised by experts from the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the International Bureau for Environmental Studies, Brussels.