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Today 09 February 2010. Tuesday. Moscow time 14:22
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« A service is that what citizens need from the Government. All the rest is the government’s function, but not a service. ».
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KYRGYZSTAN: Fewer glaciers = more deserts «IRIN»


Rapidly melting glaciers in mountainous regions of Kyrgyzstan over the next few decades could lead to increased desertification and land degradation, according to experts.

By the end of the century, we could see temperatures rising 4-6 degrees centigrade, and by 2050 the number of glaciers could fall from 8,200 to 142, Zukhra Abaikhanova, environment programme adviser with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Kyrgyzstan, told IRIN. The figures are also contained in Kyrgyzstan's submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

"In the last few decades, we have witnessed the melting of our glaciers. Many have disappeared... The result could be desertification and soil degradation," she said.

According to Bakyta Mamytova, a specialist in mountain soil biology at the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences, such a temperature rise, assuming precipitation remains at its current level, would lead to increasing desertification.

The result would be soil erosion which "could affect living standards, the economy and the environment. We are experiencing this today already," Mamytova said.

Deputy Director of the State Agency for the Preservation of the Environment and Forestry Aitkul Burkhanov said some of the land currently used in Central Asia for grazing and growing crops may not be fit for purpose in a few decades.

He said glacier melt would reduce the amount of water available for drinking and irrigation.

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