Registration For the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum is Open!
The Mesopotamian Water Forum is an alternative civil society forum for water, an open space to give voice to those...
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
Al Diwaniyah Forum Works to Resolve the Water Scarcity Crisis in Al-Badeer
Arabic | عربي Farmers in the Al-Badeer region from Kut province depend on water from the Euphrates River. Water shortages...
Youth Water Activists Announce “Euphrates Protectors” in Nasiriyah!
عربي | Arabic 20 passionate youth activists from cities along the Euphrates River have established a network of Humat Al-Forat,...
Joint statement on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Arabic | عربي Human security requires environmental security Joint statement on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the...
Mystery Over Thousands of Dead Carp in Euphrates River
Arabic | عربي The New Arab, 3 November 2018 Iraqi fish farmers south of Baghdad have been left reeling after...
North-South Exchange II for Iraqi Water Activists in Sulaymaniyah
عربي | Arabic In March 2018 a North-South exchange between Iraqi and Kurdish water activists took place in Southern Iraq...
A New Campaign Protects the Euphrates from Pollution
World Cleanup Day, 15 September, saw the launch of a new campaign by volunteers of the Peace Forum in Ramadi....
Youth in Babil Address Pollution of the Local Euphrates River Tributary
The Alyahodia River is a large tributary of the Euphrates, named after the city of Al-Hindiya, and known also as the...
First Mesopotamian Water Forum Announced for Sulaymaniyah April 2019 – Call for Contributions!
Save the Tigris Campaign and partners announce the first alternative civil society forum for water in Mesopotamia: the Mesopotamian Water...
Iraq: Climate-Related Security Risk Assessment
Arabic | عربي By Kawa Hassan and Camilla Born Middle East and North Africa Program & Working Group on Climate-Related...
‘Iraq is Dying’: Oil Flows Freely but Corruption Fuels Growing Anger
Arabic | عربي The Guardian by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Bani-Mansour The land of the Bani-Mansour clan north-east of Basra is flat and...
Basra Residents Reeling From Contaminated Drinking Water
Arabic | عربي Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor, August 31 2018 BASRA, Iraq — Human rights advocates and health officials...