Nestalo Aralsko jezero: Presušilo nekad četvrto jezero svijeta

Children run past ruined ships abandoned in sand that once formed the bed of the Aral Sea near the village of Zhalanash, in southwestern Kazakhstan in this April 17, 2005 file photograph. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Central Asian states to work together to tackle the disastrous effects of the shrinking Aral Sea Sunday after local people urged the United Nations to resolve a regional dispute. Picture taken April 17, 2005. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Files (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

An aerial view from a helicopter of the ship graveyard near Muynak over the dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

An aerial view of the ship graveyard near Muynak over the dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

An aerial view from a helicopter of the ship graveyard near Muynak over the dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A herdsman passes a ship stranded near Muynak, a town on the dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. Ban says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Camels pass a ship cemetery next to Muynak, a town near the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

An aerial view from a helicopter over the town of Muynak next to the dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)