The Water Of The Tigris River: An Opportunity For Trans-Boundary Cooperation
By Toon Bijnens, ICSSI and Save the Tigris Campaign How can Iraq safeguard its water provision from the Tigris river?...
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
The Basra water crisis and increasing salinity of the Shatt al-Arab
By Toon Bijnens Basra, Iraq Tags: Save the Tigris and Marshes Campaign, Ilisu dam , The Save the Tigris Campaign...
Overcoming water shortage remains one of Iraq’s major challenges
UNESCO Iraq launches new report to manage drought in Iraq, November 2013 The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Iraqi Marshes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!
February 2014 ,Baghdad, Iraq The international coalition of the “Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign” welcomes the achievement...
Where the Tigris Flows: Water Security in Post-War Iraq and Turkey
Jadaliyya by Chris Gratien Media coverage of Iraq in recent years has been dominated by the horrifying images of the American...
Another Year Fighting Against Ilisu Dam:
A Year Review of the Save the Tigris Campaign Johanna Rivera 16 0f January 2014 For the last year, the...
Road blockade by inhabitants of Hasankeyf against ILISU Dam
The Inhabitants of the antique city Hasankeyf have blocked the main road through their city in order to protest the...
Letter from Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Tahan about the legal position of Ilisu Dam construction
Dear Mr. Ismaeel Greetings: Referring to your message about the legal safeguards for the protection of the marshes, I have...
Iraqi Jurists Union Call to Prevent the Construction of the Turkey’s Ilisu dam on the Tigris River
The headquarters of the Iraqi Jurists Union launched a broad campaign to save the Tigris River and the marshes of...
International Activists meet in Baghdad to Discuss Legal Strategies to Protect the Tigris River
For Immediate Release-Baghdad 26th of September Baghdad, Iraq—Once the cradle of civilizations and agricultural haven, now Iraq’s land has...
Press Release: Include Ilisu dam on the Meeting Agenda with Turkish Opposition Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Include Ilisu dam on the Meeting Agenda with Turkish Opposition Leader Suleimaniya, Kurdistan-Iraq-August 20th, 2013 Next week...
The World Heritage Committee will be meeting in Cambodia, Iraq is a member, but the Iraqi marshes are not in the agenda!
Press Release: Open Letter on the submission of the Central Marshes to the World Heritage Committee To: The Iraqi President...