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Background: Turkmenistan is one of the five Caspian littoral states. The length of Turkmenistan coastline is more than 1 200 km, including the gulf of Karabogazgol. The environmental situation of both the marine environment and coastal zone is exacerbated as a result of natural changes in sea regime and of more increasing human activities in the basin of the sea. The state of the Caspian environment depends on the state of the coastal zone since major human activities are concentrated namely there. This means that proper coastal zone management and planning of social and economic development, with minimal damage to the environment, should result in improvement of the environmental situation of the Caspian Sea in general. The coastal zone of Turkmenistan is located in the west of the country and its boundary can be conditionally laid along 57 meridian of eastern longitude. Administratively, it is subject to khakimlik of the Balkan velayat (province).
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