Iraq’s Water Resources are Not for Sale
Dr Hassan Al-Janaby Recently a post was published on Facebook by Dr. Hasan-Al-Janaby, an Iraqi academic and expert on...
Save the Tigris and Marshes
Save the Tigris and Marshes is a civil society campaign advocating for the protection of the Tigris-Euphrates river basin and the Mesopotamian Marshes. Over time, the initiative has grown into an international advocacy platform working on water justice, ecological protection, and the democratic governance of water resources across Iraq and the wider Mesopotamian region. Today, the campaign continues its work through the Save the Tigris Foundation, based in the Netherlands.
Website: https://savethetigris.org
“Protectors of the Tigris River” celebrate the International Day of Action for Rivers in Baghdad
By ICSSI Baghdad, April 2016. “We depend on our water and our land. Our land is useless without water. Our...
Ecological Collapse Circumscribes Traditional Women’s Work in Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes
Eurek Alert As the land at the heart of the cradle of civilization dries out, an ancient culture is being...
Hasankeyf Selected by Europa Nostra for 7 Most Endangered Program
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive, 16 March 2016 The historic town of Hasankeyf, located on the Upper Tigris River in...
Honduran anti-dam activist Berta Cáceres murdered
With great sadness The Save the Tigris Campaign has learned of the assassination of Honduran environmental and human rights activist...
Statement of Establishment of the Moroccan Coalition for Climate Justice
Numerous Moroccan organizations, associations, unions, civil society networks and social movements met on 7 February 2016 in Rabat within the...
The Mosul Dam and the Italian Role. What are the Risks?
Press release by Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign, January 20th 2016. 1. Mosul Dam, the largest dam in...
Neglect May Do What Daesh Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam
The New York Times – MICHAEL R. GORDON More than 16 months after Iraqi and Kurdish forces reclaimed Mosul Dam from...
The Perpetual Coma of “COP21”: Climate Change Conference in Paris and Iraqi Civil Society
*Ismaeel Dawood Paris, 12 December 2015 Recent news has been dominated by the negotiations of presidents in the ongoing world...
Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign Youth Camp in the Marshes of Al-Chibayish
ICSSI Baghdad, 2 December 2015 For three days, Iraqi youth activists of the Save the Tigris River and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign...
Three Reasons Why Some People Downplay the Risk of the Ilisu Dam on Iraq?
In this intervention, the Save the Tigris River and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign aims to review the three most important...
UN Delegation Visits Dhi Qar Province to Assess A Possible Inclusion of the Marshes’ in the World Heritage List
Shafaq News The administration of Dhi Qar province said on Thursday that a delegation from the United Nations experts visited...