The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran ‍Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal 2322-3766 16 71 2011 11 01 Operationalization Necessity of Regulatory and Executive Mechanisms for the Caspian Sea Environmental Convention Operationalization Necessity of Regulatory and Executive Mechanisms for the Caspian Sea Environmental Convention 1 17 10551 FA Journal Article 2010 11 24 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. . 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. . https://ca.ipisjournals.ir/article_10551_3804bff92df360b252a43180009510c7.pdf