Save the Tigris Campaign holds successful seminars in four South Iraq Provinces
Last week, the Save the Tigris Campaign held seminars in four provinces in South Iraq: Basra, Missan, Dhi Qar and...
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
Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia and the Similar Turkish Case
By: Ahmed az-Zoba`i Translation from Arabic by: Safaa Sheikh Hammed Original Arabic: http://www.iraqnewspaper.net/news.php?action=view&id=22010 “Egypt is the gift of the Nile,” says Herodotus. Egypt could have been part of the...
Rivers Unite, Dams Divide: A Struggle to Protect Rivers and Preserve Life
“The struggle of the Mapuche, Hasankeyf and the Indigenous people of the Amazon, is a struggle to preserve the planet”...
International Activists Block Ilısu Dam Construction Site
Press Release: International Activists Block Ilisu Dam Construction Site Source: Damocracy Representative from the Save the Tigris Campaign participated in...
Meet Me in Hasankeyf: Culture, People and Politics in Hasankeyf
After our session on global solidarity against water grabs, I headed to south east Turkey, to the region where the...
A common story between Chibayish and Hasankeyf
By Nawras Al-Shabani Translated by Taif Alwachi One of the kids began drawing his portrait, and bestowed it with bright...
Global Solidarity Against Water Grabs by Dams and Mining Projects
These are highlights from our session at the World Social Forum in Tunis titled “Global Solidarity Against Water Grabs by...
Save Tigris Campaign Releases Open Letter to Andritz: Disastrous Impacts of Ilisu Dam for Iraq
To: Mr Wolfgang Leitner, Andritz’s President and CEO From: Save the Tigris Campaign Coalition We are a group of Iraqi...
Press Release: Open Letter Sent to Andritz Company Concerning its Engagement in the Construction of the Ilisu Dam
Press Release: Open Letter Sent to Andritz Company Concerning its engagement in the Construction of the Ilisu DamDate: March 22nd,...
Press Release: Save the Tigris Campaign Participates in the International Day of Action Against Dams and For Rivers, Water and Life
People of Iraq Campaign to Save the Tigris announces its support to the global mobilization that took place on the...
Controversial Ilisu Dam on Hasankeyf Halted by Turkish Court
Save the Tigris campaign welcomes the ruling of the Turkish State Council against the construction of the Ilisu dam project....
Major points from the 2000 Report of the World Commission on Dams
Some see in our scarcity a harbinger of troubled waters to come. They believe water scarcity inevitably locks peoples, regions...