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instituted environmental areas among others for multilateral cooperation to lessen the continuing conflicts in the Middle East . 22 One of the success stories when environmental problems help to solve interstate problems is the case when following the success of the Jordanian sand the Israelis on the Jordan River , and Senegal , Mali , Mauritania , and Guinea managed to set rules to solve the water problem of the Senegal River . These and other cases of successful joint use of water resources might be considered to deal with numerous issues related to the efficient common use of river , lake and sea water resources in the EAEU . These issues include , but are not limited to , the problems related to the Caspian Sea , Aral Sea , Syr Darya and other rivers in Central Asia , as well as other cross border water resources in Armenia , Russia , and Belarus , including the Araks , Irtysh , Dnieper , Western Bug and Pripyat Rivers , the Aral Sea and others . 23
In rural communities , which rely heavily on agriculture , water scarcity and poor water quality has obvious environmental consequences . These are mainly reflected in the following : health care costs are increasing due to deteriorating water quality ; loss of life and injury due to serious emergencies ( floods and mudflows ); loss of jobs , as well as an increase in poverty due to water scarcity or excess , or the resulting consequences , especially in rural areas ; disruption of the functioning of ecosystems , including negative impacts on flora , fauna and biodiversity .
Improved transboundary water cooperation will help reduce these negative consequences by helping to prevent and mitigate water-related emergencies ( for example , by establishing or improving transboundary early warning systems , jointly monitoring water quality or joint investment in treatment infrastructure ), eliminating or reducing negative social impacts ( regional cooperation on the introduction of more droughtresistant agricultural practices and technologies ), and ensuring that
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“ Madrid peace process ,” Jerusalem Media and Communication Center , www . jmcc . org / peace / backgrounder . html . 23 Kamilla Sheryazdanova , “ Problems of integrated water resources management in the
Central Asian region ,” Poisk- Almaty 2 , no . 1 , ( 2007 ), 107-111 ; Tulegen Sarsembekov , “ The use and protection transboundary rivers in the countries of Central Asia ,” ( Almaty : Atamura , 2004 ), 272 ; The climate in Russia lags behind modern needs in terms of the joint use of electric energy , " Problems of transboundary water resources use in the Irtysh basin , Water resources management in the Republic of Belarus , November 7 , 2018 , International Conference I . Beglov , A . Galustyan , I . Belikov , Water management networks , Countries of Eastern Europe , Caucasus and Central Asia ( NWO EECCA ) ( Tashkent , 2017 ) https :// www . riob . org / sites / default / files / conference _ report _ rus . pdf .
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