National Caspian Action Plan of Turkmenistan.

This nationwide policy document defines strategic directions for planning and sustainable development of the Caspian region of Turkmenistan and ensure the implementation measures to address a set of national and transboundary environmental problems of the Caspian Sea and its coast, which are part of a regional effort. The priority areas of this development are mining and processing oil and gas, production of technical iodine, sodium sulfate, ferric bromide, carbon black. National Caspian Action Plan shall be based upon the following principles: (a) "precautionary principle" - priority of environmental issues and their anticipatory implementation when making political and economic decisions on ensuring sustainable development of the region; (b) “polluter pays” - on the basis of this the entity bears the costs for negative impact on the environment and degradation of biological and landscape diversity, including its prevention, control and reduction; and (c) “accessibility of information” - effective public participation in cooperation to ensure environmental security and the solution of national, transboundary and global environmental problems. Environmental benefits shall be as follows: (a) identification main of biological and ecological areas; (b) linking biodiversity conservation objectives to planned adopted decisions; (c) distribution of priorities for the conservation of biodiversity and the environment; and (d) establishing linkages between different industries and reducing cumulative negative effects from human activities. Social benefits include influencing decisions on the allocation of maritime territory for civil communities (for example, allocation of recreational fishing sites) and economic coastal measures (employment, income distribution).