Environmental Problems Of Kazakhstan Prezentaciya

The Central Asian state of Kazakhstan is one of the most polluted nations in the world, much of it a toxic consequence of years of decrepit Soviet-era heavy industry. But have the more recent actions of a British-owned mining and minerals company made things worse? People in Shymkent, a city in the south of the country, certainly seem to think so. People & Power sent filmmakers Richard Pendry and Robin Forestier-Walker to find out why. FILMMAKER'S VIEW By Robin Forestier-Walker Shymkent is a drab and largely unremarkable town, except for one thing – its highly polluted environment.

The dust blowing through its streets and the soil beneath the feet of its inhabitants contain such high concentrations of lead and other toxic elements - cadmium, antimony and arsenic - that they would surely generate a major scare if detected anywhere else. Here they just cause endemic health problems that the local people are forced to live with. Take lead poisoning, for example, the most obvious ill effect. It is simply rife here – particularly among young children. The culprit: a decrepit lead smelting plant right in the heart of the city. Built in the 1930s at the height of Soviet industrialisation, it went on to play a crucial role in the USSR’s fight against Nazi Germany – making most of the tens of millions of bullets fired by the Red Army during World War II. But while the factory was celebrated in propaganda films during and after the war as a paradigm of socialist achievement, little was ever said about its truly appalling environmental record, not even when Kazakhstan achieved independence in 1991.

Financial pressures forced the smelter's closure in 2008. It was the city’s major employer and key to the local economy. When it shut, many locals mourned the loss of their jobs. But few regretted the passing of the dreadful particle-filled black smog that used to belch out of its crumbling chimneys and waste pipes. However, as some soon discovered, the plant's toxic legacy remained. Jeff Temple is a British chemical engineer who settled in the area some years ago. In 2008, a few months after the smelter’s closure, he volunteered to help build a children’s playground at a site about a kilometre away from the plant.

Driver support registration key hack pc. Lisa Wilkinson 120,241 views 7:11 Environmental Problems - Duration: 1:14. Edgar Cano 77,302 views. Kazakhstan has several environmental issues. The first and biggest one is Aral Sea Disaster. Aral Sea lost most of its volume and now formed 2 smaller lakes. Kazakhstan might be considered more environmental friendly in comparison to its neighbors as it has plans to recover Aral Sea. There is a dam built for it.