Action for Re-naturalizing of Lake Sasyk13/08/2008 |
| Around 30 years ago Tatarbunary, in the Odessa region of Ukraine was a health resort, thanks to the curative qualities of the nearby Sasyk Bay. Today Sasyk is a dangerous place to visit. In the late seventies the Soviets closed the estuary of Sasyk of from the Black Sea by a dam. The non-governmental organisation Vozrozhdenye (Revival) has been campaigning for more than 12 years to get the dam decommissioned, and is preparing a peaceful action on the Sasyk dam: ‘Return Sasyk to the Sea', on August 24, in order to enforce the decommissioning of the dam. |
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The deterioration of the bay has not only had effect on health and biodiversity, but has also had an enormous socio economic impact on the population. Tourism in the region disappeared and the formerly popular beach at the lake cannot be commercially exploited anymore.
The effects can be reversed by decommissioning the dam, as has been sufficiently thoroughly researched by numerous scientists. According to a survey carried out by the organization, 97% of the population is in favour of opening the dam.
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Sasyk is an estuary in the north-western Black Sea, with the status of a wetland (VBU) of international importance and Ramsar status. The idea was to create a new lake that was supposed to provide irrigation for the surrounding villages. The lake remained salty and the ecosystem toppled. The project ended in a ecological, social and economical disaster. The 
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