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....
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.
Read More 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...
Call for Papers: Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign
Iraqi marshlands, Photo by: Terry Kay Rockefeller October 2012 Call for Papers: Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign...
Impacts of Ilisu Dam in Iraq: A Lecture at the Marine Science Center Basra University
In the past, Southern Iraqi marsh desiccation was an environmental disaster that severely impacted a variety of species. Water buffalo,...
Workshop on the Campaign to Save the Tigris and Marshes, ICSSI Conference 2012
You are invited to participate in a workshop on the Save the Tigris Campaign that will be held in Basra....
Open Letter on the Impacts for Iraq of the Construction of the Ilisu Dam in Turkey
To: The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and through him to all relevant government representatives...
NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE TIGRIS AND MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHESانضمام شريك جديد لحملة انقاذ دجلة واهوار وادي الرافدين
ICSSI wants to announce that it has a new global partner for our Save the Tigris and Mesopotamia Campaign: 350.org....
The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshesإعلان دجلة لأنقاذ قرية حسن كيف و اهور وادي الرافدين
The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshes We are the people of Mesopotamia, one of the most remarkable...
Ongoing mobilization to save the Iraqi Marshes and oppose the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river
The international campaign against the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river has reached a new threshold: nearly 25 000 have...
Flooding the Cradle of Civilization: Campaign Against the Ilisu Dam
by: Johanna L. Rivera Last year around this time I was in a town called Hasankeyf located along the Tigris...
Marsh Arabs protest Ilisu Project in Hasankeyf عرب الاهوار يحتجون ضد مشروع اليسو في “حسن كيف”
Cradle of Civilization at Risk of Desertification – Tigris Declaration sent to UN Hasankeyf, Turkey, May 22, 2012 “We have...
Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris Riverحملة ادخال الاهوار العراقية ضمن الموروث العاملي لليونيسكو
Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River Today a...