HISTORICAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISES IN CENTRAL ASIA

Jamshidbek Olimboy o‘g‘li Dushamov

Authors

Jamshidbek Olimboy o‘g‘li Dushamov Lecturer, Faculty of History, National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan named after Nizami

Keywords:

ecological crisis, Central Asia, Aral Sea, water resources, cotton monoculture, desertification, Soviet agrarian policy, climate change, ecological security, regional cooperation

Abstract

This article examines the historical causes and long-term consequences of ecological crises in Central Asia on the basis of the principles of historicism, comparative analysis, systemic approach, and cause-and-effect methodology. It provides a detailed analysis of the ecological consequences of the agrarian policies of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union beginning in the nineteenth century, the origins of the Aral Sea crisis, the problems of desertification and water scarcity, the impact of ecological crises on regional security and geopolitics, and the evolution of ecological policy during the years of independence.

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