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originates in the Caucasus mountains in Russian territory and flows into the Caspian Sea . Its lower course forms a part of the border between Russia and Azerbaijan . Having a network of canals , the Samur is used extensively for irrigation . The major Samur-Absheron canal brings water to the Absheron peninsula in Azerbaijan . 5 Issues in Central Asia require special attention . 6
Challenges to local and regional environmental security
Locally environmental security is limited to the identification and detection of major environmental threats , the formation of interest groups and the prevention of the further degradation of nature in various forms by using different methods of protection based on public support . It is also the adoption of corresponding laws concerning environmental protection 7 . However , environmental security in the EAEU deals with the recognition of common threats to nature and the classification of priorities , issues to be solved , as well as the coordination of human , financial , technological and other resources to explore opportunities for joint actions . Institutional foundations for the efficient use of water resources in the EAEU are being formed gradually based on specific cases and are subject to legal regulations in order to develop with the coordinated efforts of legislators of member states . Expert societies present various approaches considering the peculiarities of each case of the common use of water resources , including rivers , seas and lakes . 8 Administrative borders may separate neither water resources ( rivers , seas ,
Cooperation of UN Organizations in the Caspian Sea Initiative 5 ( January 17 , 1995 ) ( on file with the author ). For a detailed analysis of the legal issues regarding the Caspian Sea , see Sergei Vinogradov and Patricia Wouters , “ The Caspian Sea : Current Legal Problems ,” Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 55 ( 1995 ): 604-623 ; Sergei Vinogradov and Patricia Wouters , “ The Caspian Sea : Quest for a New Legal Regime ,” Leiden Journal of International Law 9 , no . 1 ( March 1996 ).
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Sergei Vinogradov , “ Transboundary Water Resources in the Former Soviet Union : Between Conflict and Cooperation ,” Natural Resources Journal 36 , no . 2 ( Spring 1996 ): 395-396 . 6 Jakob Granit et al ., Regional water intelligence report central Asia , Paper 15
( Stockholm : March 2010 ); Barbara Janusz-Pawletta , “ Current legal challenges to institutional governance of transboundary water resources in Central Asia and joint management arrangements ,” Environmental Earth Sciences 73 no . 2 ( 2015 ): 887 – 896 . 7 Ualikhan Akhatov , Aidana Bekturova and Dinara Tursynkulova , “ Harmonization of
environmental legislation ,” Journal of Legal , Ethical and Regulatory 21 , no . 1 ( 2018 ): 1 . 8 T . Antiufeeva , O . Baryshnikova , N . Kandrina , “ Legal regulation of the cross-border
environmental management of the Russian Federation with the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union ,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Development of Cross-Border Regions : Economic , Social and Security Challenges ( ICSDCBR 2019 ), https :// www . atlantis-press . com / proceedings / icsdcbr-19 / 125922347 .
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