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In Kazakhstan, Returning Aral Sea Brings Fish And Hope


In Kazakhstan, Returning Aral Sea Brings Fish And Hope
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The shrinking of the Aral Sea -- a man-made environmental disaster that started in the 1960s -- devastated fishing communities that were left far from the retreating shore. But a dam completed in 2005 has allowed water to refill part of the sea in Kazakhstan. One fisherman told RFE/RL's Kazakh Service how his village has come back to life.

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