Save the Tigris


Meet the Iraqi Activists Who Are Standing Up for the Environment

Meet the Iraqi Activists Who Are Standing Up for the Environment

Water Fannack Author: Sara Manisera Reviewer : Juliane Schillinger The year 2018 was marked by a severe drought in Iraq, a formerly water-rich...

  • Environment
Local Forums Host Water Conservation Trainings

Local Forums Host Water Conservation Trainings

The Water Protectors Network in Iraq, an advocacy group working to monitor and preserve Iraq’s rivers and waterways, expanded its...

  • Environment
A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government

A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government

Humat Dijlah Association (Tigris River Protectors) – the Iraqi partner for Save the Tigris Campaign – and a wide range...

  • Environment
Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements

Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements

The Peace Forums in Anbar (Hit, Ramadi and Falluja), working within the framework of the Iraqi Social Forum and in...

  • Environment
Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends

Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends

By Elizabeth Ingram – Hydro ReviewContent Director Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials have celebrated the completion of a project to shore up...

  • Environment
The Turkish city of Hasankeyf will welcome its tourists under water

The Turkish city of Hasankeyf will welcome its tourists under water

Hasankeyf is located in southeast Turkey, on the banks of the Tigris River in a predominantly Kurdish area. At 12,000...

  • Environment
A Successful Campaign Training in Nasiriyah

A Successful Campaign Training in Nasiriyah

From 18 – 19 March, the Information Center for Research and Development worked with the Mashhofna Cultural Center to organize...

  • Environment
As World Water Day Approaches, Tigris Protectors Highlight Iraq’s Water Challenges

As World Water Day Approaches, Tigris Protectors Highlight Iraq’s Water Challenges

Arabic | عربي 22 March marks World Water Day, when millions of people around the world raise their voices each...

  • Environment
Baghdad Council for Social Cohesion holds Inaugural Workshop with Environment and Water Masar

Baghdad Council for Social Cohesion holds Inaugural Workshop with Environment and Water Masar

On 12 January 2019, the Baghdad Council for Social Cohesion held its first workshop with the Environment and Water masar...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Iraq Without Rivers: Disaster Becomes a Reality

Iraq Without Rivers: Disaster Becomes a Reality

Humat Dijlah – Iraqi member organization of Save the Tigris Campaign From 19 – 26 January 2018, in six different...

  • Environment
Postponement of Ilisu Dam Reservoir is Not a Success!

Postponement of Ilisu Dam Reservoir is Not a Success!

Statement by Humat Dijlah Baghdad, January 2018 With great concern we are following the decreasing water supply to the Tigris...

  • Environment
Iraqi Youth Discover the Ahwar of Iraq World Heritage in the Third Youth Camp of Humat Dijlah

Iraqi Youth Discover the Ahwar of Iraq World Heritage in the Third Youth Camp of Humat Dijlah

For the third year in row, Iraqi youth learned about Iraqi heritage in the annual youth camp in Chibayish Marshes...

  • Environment