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...
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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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...
Iraqi Experts Say Iran Bears Responsibility for Drought in Hawizeh Marshes
Arabic | عربي Asharq Al-Awsat It seems that geographic realities linking Iraq to Iran have caused inescapable problems that are...
Iraq and Iran’s Hawizeh Marshes: Threats and Opportunities
Arabic | عربي Laith Alobaidi – Nature Iraq / Humat Dijlah The Hawizeh Marshes form a large part of the...
What Was Not Destroyed by Drought is Now Burned by Fire
Arabic | عربي Humat Dijlah, 7/8/2018 As aresult of drought and water scarcity in the marshes, fire continues to...
Experts: Water Drought is One of Three Crises Threatening Iran
Shafaaq News \ Iran is approaching a phase of water drought, and the possibility of returning to normal water levels...
Environmental Threats, Lack of Water, Poor Job Opportunities and Declining Social Benefits Produce Massive Protests in Southern Iraq
Iraqi civil Society Solidarity Initiative 18th July 2018 Iraqis have been demonstrating for days in immense protests across southern Iraq—in...
Arab Coordination Group Established Within World Heritage Watch
Manama – Kingdom of Bahrain, June 25th, 2018 In the margins of the 5th International Civil Society Forum on...
From the Chibayish District, the Marshes Festival Sends a Call to Iraqis to Protect Nature
Save the Tigris Campaign After Iraqis celebrated the inclusion of their marshes on UNESCO’s World Heritage List two years...
World Heritage Watch Resolution On Water Infrastructure Threatening World Heritage
The 5th International NGO Forum on World Heritage at Risk Manama, Bahrain 22 – 23 June 2018 Prior to the...