Assessment of oil pollution and prioritization environmental protection strategy in the Caspian Sea based on the SWOT model

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Omid Naderi ¹ , Parviz Mohammadi ² , nasrin choobkar ³ , Hossein Norouzi ⁴ , Seyed Ahmad Hosseini ⁵

1 - PhD student, Department of Environment, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health(RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
5 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Received: 2020-12-01 Accepted : 2021-02-26 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Caspian Sea, SWOT model, Oil pollution, Improve environmental management,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Harmful oil compounds have various dangers on marine organisms and human. Now with this threat of oil pollution in the country's water resources, especially the Caspian Sea, what strengths and weaknesses can there be to counteract this threat? The purpose of this study is to get acquainted with oil pollution and its derivatives and to explain the prioritization of the Caspian Sea environmental protection strategy of threats caused by oil pollution. Material and Methodology: SWOT analysis (Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) is an important tool for strategic study, situation analysis and providing appropriate solutions to obtain an answer to this question. Therefore, the main strategy of this study is to use the SWOT model as a tool to assess oil pollution in the Caspian Sea. Findings: According to the results of this study, with strategic prioritization in the total share of Caspian oil pollution, there are two threats (Russia and Azerbaijan) and three opportunities (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran) that the most important weakness and threat in river resources and the most important Capability and opportunity have been identified in urban resources. Discussion and Conclusion: What has been underreported in these studies is the use of cross-border diagnostic analyzes because these analyzes, as official reports approved by international environmental organizations, can be the basis for periodic evaluations and based on them to determine strategic priorities in pollution control management of the Caspian Basin.

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