Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

One way to integrating neighboring countries is through environmental cooperation. The Caspian Sea Environmental Convention signed on 5 November 2003 in Tehran to cooperatively protect and restore the environment of the Sea, pollution control, coastal management and sustainable extraction of sturgeon stocks has entered into force in August 2007 after signing all member states. But the mere convention is inadequate to protect the Caspian environment, and there needs to some institutional arrangements, monitoring systems and operational protocols to be enforced among the members, and as such mechanisms and anticipated protocols have not yet became operational, the Convention for the protection of the Caspian Sea Environment has not yet effectively put into force. This article deals with the institutional and operational deficiencies of the Caspian environment Convention.
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