Shadow Report on the Ilisu Dam’s Impacts on Human Rights in Iraq, and the Iraqi Government’s Failure to Act – Geneva Meeting
The Save the Tigris River and Iraqi Marshes Campaign prepared a shadow report covering the water situation in Iraq as...
Environment
Some of the issues faced by water and environment in Iraq are: construction of large dams on the Tigris and its tributaries, the use of watercourses and water-related infrastructure as a weapon and tool for achieving political hegemony, threats to cultural heritage along the Tigris River, water pollution and unsustainable management of water resources.
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Will Iraq find political allies against Ilisu Dam in Turkey?
By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign/ICSSI Although the construction of Ilisu Dam is nearing its...
Amount of water in the Central Marshes and Al-Hammar Marshes declines to less than 25%
Al-Mada Press / Dhi Qar The Center for the Restoration of Iraqi Marshes in Dhi Qar province disclosed on Saturday...
Ministerial crisis cell will arive in the Marshes in Dhi Qar next week
Iraqi Media Network News Center (IMN), Baghdad A ministerial crisis cell occupied with the issue of pollution in the Marshes...
Action at UNESCO World Heritage Committee for Hasankeyf and Iraqi Marshes
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Press Release, 28 June 2015 Today an action has been done in front of the...
List Hasankeyf and The Iraqi Marshes Now! Stop Ilisu Dam from Destroying World Heritage
Statement by Save the Tigris River Campaign, on the occasion of the thirty-ninth session of the World Heritage Committee, in...
The Erbil strategy meeting and the way forward for the Save the Tigris campaign
By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign/ICSSI Report of the Save the Tigris Campaign Strategy Meeting (Extract)....
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,...
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...