The Kazakh government has allocated over $2 million to preserve the Caspian Sea.

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Almaty, February 24 /Xinhua/ — The Kazakh government has allocated 1.1 billion tenge (2.21 million U.S. dollars) from its reserves for the comprehensive study and preservation of the Caspian Sea, the Cabinet of Ministers' press service reported on Tuesday.

The decree on the allocation of funds to the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of the Caspian Sea was signed by the country's Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov.

According to the press service, the funds were allocated for the purchase of equipment for marine monitoring, as well as for equipping hydrobiological and hydrochemical laboratories.

“This will allow the research institute to move to comprehensive monitoring directly in the sea, including systematic observations of hydrometeorological and biological environmental parameters, and to expand the scientifically based base on processes in the Kazakh part of the sea,” the statement said. –0–

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