Statement by Save the Tigris Foundation on the Expulsion from the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee Meeting
The Hague, 8th July 2025www.savethetigris.org Download the Statement here. The expulsion of Save the Tigris from the 47th UNESCO World...
Save the Tigris and Marshes
The campaign to save the Tigris and Marshes, threatened by the Ilisu dam in Eastern Turkey.
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Cizre Dam Watch: the new report released by Save the Tigris Foundation
March 2025: Save the Tigris Foundation has released the Cizre Dam Watch Report, a comprehensive investigation into the risks posed...
The decision maker and the situation development for Makhool Dam (2.3)
The Iraqi Energy Council 1 has decided to agree on the Higher National Committee of Water’s recommendation (from its assembly...
The decision maker and those responsible for the Makhool Dam (1.3)
Ismael Dawood July 2022 The ramifications caused,as a result of the Iraqi Government’s decision taken at the beginning of 2021,...
Save The Tigris launches a new report on the Makhoul Dam.
Amsterdam, June 2022 The Iraqi government is intensifying its efforts to complete work on the Makhoul Dam. This water infrastructure...
The first memorandum of cooperation between Iraq and Lebanon environmental protection movements
Next to the first planted avocado tree in Lebanon, aged 100 years, a new page of shared struggle is created...
Save the Tigris: Environmental Campaign against building Dams inside and outside Iraq
Husam Sobhi – Environmental Activist In the year 2013, the Iraqi engineer and founder of “Iraq Nature”, organization for environmental...
Stop Water Wars! Do Not Weaponize Dams and Other Critical Infrastructure
Save The Tigris Campaign Save The Tigris strongly condemns President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the...
Into Thin Air: New Report by Save the Tigris Examines Evaporation Losses From Dam Reservoirs in Iraq
Iraq is facing a mounting water crisis. With temperatures rising, drought conditions becoming more extreme, and riparian states further restricting...
International Water Forum Discusses the Water Crisis in North-East Syria
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria held a water conference from 27-28 September 2021 in Hasakeh, North-East Syria,...
As Its Rivers Shrink, Iraq Thirsts For Regional Cooperation
HALABJA, Iraq — “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa, gesturing at a...
Letter From Save the Tigris to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on Ashur, the Ahwar, and Makhoul Dam: Civil Society Concerns and Requests
From: Save the Tigris Campaign To: UNESCO World Heritage Centre Re: Threats to Ashur and Ahwar World Heritage Properties — Civil...