Executive Summary and Conclusions

This book deals with methods which could gain importance for better monitoring and management of water and land resources in Central Asia. Knowledge about the existence, principles and potential benefit of these methods could improve the work of researchers, the authorities, managers, and decision makers. Science teachers at universities have a particular responsibility and interest regarding innovation in the international scientific arena. They have to educate a new generation of academics who will make tomorrow’s decisions. This must include profound knowledge about the most crucial resources for the prosperity and welfare of their nations: water and land. Ways of sustainably handling these resources must be initiated very soon.