Goals – promoting sustainable and safe development of the Caspian region, of its economic and natural resource potential
Objectives:
- fundamental and applied research aimed at sustainable development and at improving the effectiveness of the economic activity, inter alia, ensuring regional competitiveness and security of the population
- the comprehensive study of the problems of the Caspian Sea, studying and rational utilization of water and biological resources of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea; development and implementation of the scientific projects and programs on biodiversity conservation; laboratory-analytical studies and monitoring
- studying the geopolitical aspects of international relations, regional cooperation, regional security and the international legal status of the Caspian Sea
Structure:
- Department of Sustainable Economic Development
- Department of Hydrological Research and Water Resources
- Department of Biological Resources and Biodiversity Conservation
- Center for Environmental Monitoring
- Center for Earth Remote Sensing Methods and Geoinformation Systems
- Atyrau branch (Atyrau city)
- Mangystau Branch (Aktau)