|  THE SEVENTH BAKU INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS “ENERGY, ECOLOGY, ECONOMY” 26-27 JUNE 2003 BAKU, AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
Taking into account the concerns of the large scientific community about numerous disasters and geodynamic processes happened in various corners of the Earth in the recent years and as well as the environmental situation caused by the intensive development of hydrocarbon resources in the region the VII Baku International Congress considers it necessary to note the followings:
1. Adverse impact of human's activity upon the environment has led to a number of negative consequences on the Earth, such as global warming, climate changes, earthquakes and other disasters, disappearance of unique wildlife species and deforestation, etc.
2. Intensive development of oil and gas fields on the Caspian shelf, continuous discharge of industrial and domestic wastes, sea level changes threatening all ecosystem balance and many other incidents are the evidence of unfavorable environmental situation in the Caspian region.
3. Large-scale construction of multi-storey buildings in Baku in the recent years requires additional researches in the area of the construction of antiseismic buildings and facilities.
4. Financing of fundamental researches on the Caspian ecology including atmospheric air, water and soil quality assessment is not enough. Experienced local specialists are not used in developing and carrying out the projects funded by World Bank and other international organizations.
Congress recommends:
1. Extend researches on the development of regional standards for regulation of anthropogenous load of oil and gas sector in all stages of economic cycle (exploration, production, transport, processing and waste utilization)
2. Appeal to international funds (World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Construction) to give first place priority to the financing of fundamental and applied works aimed at adequate solution of the region's critical problems such as: environmental impact assessment (EIA); early forecasting of critical (catastrophic) situation in the marine ecosystem and its individual aquatories; creation of a regulation-methodical basis to regulate anthropogenous load under the region's variable condition
3. Extend monitoring and create chronic toxicity bio-testing complexes and genetic monitoring system
4. Start immediate works in International Ecoenergy Academy (IEA) to create a computerized Data Base on the Caspian ecology to preserve many years empirical experience of the scientist and specialists of Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
5. Develop in IEA scientific-technical programs on the above directions, agree and submit to oil companies and other organizations for funding
6. Put into practice utilization schemes providing for utilization of toxic drilling wastes (including drilling cuttings on hydrocarbon basis) in construction industry (in production of cement, road coverings, construction blocks, etc.)
7. Develop and introduce technologies on cleaning and recycling of waste industrial and domestic waters
8. Develop and carry out projects on the remediation of soils contaminated by oil and oil products, waste water, various industrial and household discharges
9. Start together with German company DBG a Pilot Project on atmospheric air monitoring to further create an atmospheric air quality controlling system in the republic
10. In order to minimize the main oil-gas pipelines' hazards to develop and carry out with participation of local experts projects on environmental assessment and monitoring as well as on ecological education of people living in this territory
11. In IEA in cooperation with Japanese Kobe University to start a joint project "A study on seismic disaster prevention/mitigation basic plan in Baku" to carry out researches on the following directions:
-microzonation of geological ground conditions in Baku
-microzonation of seismic ground motions in Baku
-liquefaction potential assessment
-land slide potential assessment
-damage estimate for residential house and buildings, lifelines- power, water, sewage, gas and telecommunication, etc.
-social-economic and environmental impact by damages
12. Use the new method developed in "Geophysics and Engineering Geology" PA of SOCAR for short-term forecasting of geodynamic processes (earthquake, mud volcanoes, etc.) to ensure environmental safety of oil-gas pipelines and other important strategic constructions
13. In order to ensure the safety of the main oil-gas pipeline routes to give attention to construction of coastal and bed-regulation facilities in the river- pipeline crossings which will allow to take supplementary engineering-technical measures
14. Promote the creation of legal, legislative and regulation basis to carry out environmentally sound projects in energy sector
15. Start works on the creation of environmental monitoring systems in TEC involving investment in the frame of Kyoto protocol of UN Frame Convention on Climate Change
16. Attract government and appropriate branches to support the programs developed to create small power plants and submitted to the World Bank, UN GEF and other international organizations for funding
17. On the basis of cooperation of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and International Ecoenergy Academy to develop a methodology of obligatory environmental insurance in Fuel and Energy complex
18. Give preference to technologies and facilities developed by local specialists in solving the existing and future environmental problems in the republic
The Resolution is passed unanimously
by all the participants of the closing session of the
Congress in Baku on 27 June 2003. |
