Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Azerbaijan - built on sand

The oil wealth of Azerbaijan (a new pipeline is expected to come on line soon), doesn't seem to be very evenly spread around it's citizens. With high unemployment comes all sorts of unsustainable efforts to make money - like quarrying the best beaches on the Caspian Sea. Even though the sand is not ideal for building it fetches enough to keep some going - despite it's environmental impact more from IWPR...

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