US-Kazakhstan workshop and pilot study - Pesticide occurrence and ecological effects in the Syr Darya River Basin

这个项目将评估先进的环境评估工具是否可以用于偏远和生态紧张的农业流域。将通过一个项目形成新的国际合作，该项目旨在评价目前测量非点源污染发生和生态影响的战略的适宜性和地理可转移性。该项目将培训美国研究生和未来的哈萨克斯坦科学家和工程师研究污染物及其影响的方法，并将通过制定一个地理中立的框架来评估非点源污染，从而推进环境科学。这个讲习班和试点项目将有助于建立一个对哈萨克斯坦和其他发展中国家有用的框架，促进农业发展，同时保持或改善环境质量。研究生将有机会在一起工作，并获得宝贵的国际经验。本次讲习班和试点项目的成果将惠及哈萨克斯坦和其他发展中国家，从而改善国际环境安全。讲习班和试验项目将加强由项目调查员讲授的现有研究生课程的教育模块。一个互动网站将把讲习班和试点项目的水监测活动和成果与内布拉斯加州流域网络的努力进行比较，后者的使命是让学生和当地利益相关者参与以淡水资源环境管理为重点的项目。虽然发展中国家正在向现代农业实践迈进，但它们往往没有基础设施来监测和评估对水质的影响。生态退化可能加速到影响农业生产力和环境安全的程度。这个讲习班和试点项目将使调查人员能够确定与水和沉积物质量以及非点源污染物的生态影响有关的研究问题，这些问题将有助于维持生产力，同时保持环境质量。在锡尔河流域，很少有流域能承受如此程度的生态和化学影响。使用最先进的工具进行密切研究，研究当前和历史上使用的农用化学品的发生和影响，将有助于更好地评估和减少未来的影响。此外，这项研究的初步结果将有助于形成一个框架，以评估哈萨克斯坦和其他地区非点源污染物的发生和生态影响。来自美国的一个团队将在他们目前在环境化学和生物利用度领域的研究基础上，提高我们对水生环境中有机污染物的化学和生态效应的理解。目标是：1)举办一次国际研讨会，介绍和比较测量和预测锡尔河流域生物活性污染物的生态影响的方法；2)采用试点项目方法，制定一个框架，用于测量哈萨克斯坦偏远生态系统中非点源污染的发生和生态影响。哈萨克斯坦的项目参与者隶属于位于KZ阿拉木图的al-Farabi哈萨克国立大学，包括Mukhambetkali Burkitbayev、Bolat Uralbekov、Omirzha Taukebayev和Nadir S. Mamylov。

a non-technical explanation This project will evaluate whether advanced environmental assessment tools can be used in a remote and ecologically stressed agricultural watershed. A new international collaboration will be formed through a project designed to evaluate suitability and geographic transferability of current strategies for measuring occurrence and ecological effects of non-point source contamination. The project will train U.S. graduate students and future Kazakh scientists and engineers in methods for studying contaminants and effects and also will advance environmental science by developing a geographically-neutral framework for assessment of non-point source contamination.This workshop and pilot project will help build a framework useful in Kazakhstan and other developing countries promoting agricultural development while maintaining or improving environmental quality. Graduate students will have a chance to work together and will gain valuable international experience. The outcomes of this workshop and pilot project will benefit Kazakhstan and other developing countries thus improving international environmental security. The workshop and pilot project will enhance educational modules of existing graduate courses taught by project investigators. An interactive website will compare water monitoring activities and outcomes of the workshop and pilot project with efforts from Nebraska Watershed Network whose mission is to involve students and local stakeholders in projects that focus on the environmental stewardship of freshwater resources.a technical descriptionWhile developing countries move toward modern agricultural practices, they often do not have the infrastructure to monitor and evaluate impacts to water quality. Ecological degradation can accelerate to levels impacting agricultural productivity and environmental security. This workshop and pilot project will permit investigators to identify research questions related to water and sediment quality and ecological effects of nonpoint source contaminants that will help sustain productivity, while maintaining environmental quality. Few watersheds have sustained the degree of ecological and chemical impact in the Syr Darya river basin. Close study using state-of-the-art tools to study occurrence and effects of currently- and historically-used agrichemicals will help better evaluate and minimize future impacts. Moreover, initial results from this study will help form a framework for the assessment of the occurrence and ecological impacts of nonpoint source contaminants in Kazakhstan and beyond.A team from the U.S. will build on their current research in the fields of environmental chemistry and bioavailability to improve our understanding of chemistry and ecological effects of organic contaminants in aquatic environments. Objectives are to: 1) Hold an international workshop to present and compare approaches for measuring and predicting the ecological effects of biologically active contaminants in the Syr Darya river basin; and 2) Using a pilot project approach, develop a framework for measuring occurrence and ecological impacts of nonpoint source contamination in a remote ecosystem in Kazakhstan. Project participants in Kazakhstan are affiliated with al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, KZ and include Mukhambetkali Burkitbayev, Bolat Uralbekov, Omirzha Taukebayev and Nadir S. Mamylov.