Azerbaijan Positions On Global Drought-Risked Nations' List - Azercosmos (UPDATED)

2024-04-05 06:07:54

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 5. Azerbaijan is amongthe countries facing the threat of global drought until 2040,Chairman of the Board of Azercosmos OJSC Samaddin Asadov said onthe sidelines of the "Climate Change View from Space" event held inBaku, Trend reports.

"Azerbaijan has lost 18 percent of the glaciers in the Greaterand Lesser Caucasus since 2017," he said.

The chairman went on to say that the Caspian Sea level hasdropped by two meters since 1993, with 1.5 meters falling in theprevious five years alone.

Speaking about the Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve, Asadov stated that,according to the most recent data, 40 percent of the reserve'swater basin has been lost.

"Drought threatens 15 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, withthe Ganja-Dashkasan and Nagorno-Shirvan regions being the worstaffected," he added.

On April 5, a new e-platform was presented to the public, whichconsists of five sections in two languages. The information basedon Azersky satellite data published here will contribute to raisingawareness of climate change.

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