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...
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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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...