International Caspian Day is an environmental date celebrated on August 12 by the five Caspian states: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. On this day in 2006, the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Caspian Sea and the Environment from Pollution came into force. The document was signed on August 12, 2006 in Tehran. It contains general requirements for environmental protection in the Caspian region and provides for the creation of the necessary institutional mechanisms for this.

The establishment of this date is aimed at protecting nature in the dynamically developing industrial, transport and resort center of Eurasia, strengthening cooperation between the 5 states in this area, and popularizing environmental education.

https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ecogeo/press/news/details/241008?lang=ru

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