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Large scale building of Aral Sea irrigation canals
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Aral Sea is identified as the World’s fourth largest lake (68,000 km)
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Aral Sea received about 50 cubic kilometers of fresh water per year
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Aral Sea fish harvest declined by 75%
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Water level decreased enough to split the Aral Sea into two bodies of water
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Aral Sea is declared the world’s worst ecological disaster of the 20th Century by United Nations Environmental Programme
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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign a treaty to pledge 1% of their budget to helping the Aral Sea recover
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Nukus Declaration signed
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Alma-Ata Treaty signed
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Ashgabat Declaration signed
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Kazakh government announced a plan to build a concrete dam separating the two halves of the Aral Sea
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Scientists predict the Aral Sea will disappear in 15 years
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Experts predict the Aral Sea will disappear, earlier than originally thought, by the year 2015