The Euphrates in Crisis: Channels of Cooperation for a Threatened River
Chatham House The Euphrates’ existing resource security challenges have been compounded by upheaval in Syria and Iraq. Without urgent attention,...
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
Kurdistan Region of Iraq 2020 – A Vision for the Future: Water and Sanitation for a Growing Economy
Document released by the Iraqi Kurdistan Ministry of Planning, May 2015 Vision Water security for all, and water and sanitation services...
Open Letter to the Iraqi Government, the Kurdistan Regional Government from the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign
PRESS RELEASE: May 12, 2015 Iraq faces a growing water emergency. Frequent water shortages, due to chronic mismanagement, have intensified...
A New Chapter in Iraqi-Turkish Transboundary Water Relations
Assist. Prof. Vakur Sümer, ORSAM Advisor, Selçuk University Several weeks after the resignation of previous Iraqi administration in August, Turkish President Erdoğan...
Erbil hosts international and Iraqi activists for the Strategy Meeting of the Save the Tigris Campaign
Prior to the Save the Tigris Campaign Strategy Meeting, 9-11 May, Erbil, Iraq The current political and security crisis in...
Focus on Iraq at the World Social Forum 2015
By Martina Pignatti Morano (Un ponte per… and ICSSI ) – April 2015. The World Social Forum has always been...
Iraq calls for regional strategic investments projects in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
Shafaq News On Wednesday, Iraq called for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to be the foundation of joint cooperation projects...
Ilisu Dam Protest Close to The Dam Site!
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman / Turkey – 29.03.2015 Today more than 500 people have protested the destructive Ilisu...
How much longer can the water crisis be neglected?
Updating the Save Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign- March 2015 The water crisis in the Middle East region is...
Ilisu Dam construction site militarized!
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman/Turkey Press Release – 16.02.2015 Ilisu Dam construction site militarized With the continuation of the...
Stop Ilisu – Stop Destruction and Instability!
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman/Turkey Press Release – 05.12.2014 Ilisu Dam’s construction may be continued after a 4 month halt! ...
Draught, and Misuse threaten the natural and cultural heritage, and the right of access to water for the inhabitants of Mesopotamia
Nadia Al Baghdadi, A paper prepared for the ICSSI conference “”promoting dialogue and reconciliation, working for peaceful coexistence, and opportunities...