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This page features the latest news and articles on the Tigris-Euphrates basin. For a list of Save the Tigris activities, please click here.
The End of the Mesopotamian Basin: Can the Tigris and Euphrates Be Saved?
Winthrop Rodgers, The Dial, 25 July 2023 When spring hits its full stride in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, hillsides turn from brown to green almost overnight. Seasonal streams course…
Civil Society Statement on Kakhovka Dam Disaster and Restoration Challenges
June 20, 2023 Ukraine Nature Conservation Group, International Rivers, and the undersigned organizationscondemn the weaponization of the Kakhovka hydropower dam, whose destruction hasprecipitated the manmade disaster unfolding in…
The World Heritage Watch Report 2023 is out!
The World Heritage Watch Report 2023 is out! It contains reports on 45 World Heritage sites from around the globe, 2 sites which should be on the WH…
Statement of the Iraqi Water Week 14-22 March 2023
Statement by 13 Iraq-based local and international CSOs and NGOs who participated in the second season of the “Iraqi Water Week” (14-22 March 2023) As World Water Day…
Statement from Protect Iraqi HRDs NOW! Campaign, Demanding the Immediate Release of Expert Jassim Al-Asadi
Iraq | Baghdad 5th February, 2023 Four days ago, our colleague and fellow environmentalist, Jassim Fadel Duweij Al-Asadi, was kidnapped by an armed group, according to the information we…
Environmental Activists of Hawizeh Marshes Decry Poor Management of Iraq’s Wetlands
Straddling the Iran-Iraq border lie the Hawizeh Marshes, a complex of wetlands in Iraq’s Maysan Governorate, fed by the Tigris River in Iraq and the Karkeh River in…
Global Civil Society Presents a Reform Agenda for UNESCO’s World Heritage
World Heritage Watch: Urgent Action Needed in 12 Key Areas Press Release The World Heritage needs urgent reform, more funds, and more rights for civil society and indigenous peoples,…
Save the Tigris Launches New Report on Makhoul Dam
Amsterdam, June 2022 The Iraqi government is intensifying its efforts to complete work on the Makhoul Dam. This water infrastructure is being built on the Tigris about 230…
Building More Large Dams Threatens Southern Iraq and Increases Drought and Water Scarcity: No More False Solutions
Statement by Save the Tigris – Amsterdam, April 15, 2022 Our concern is growing over the Iraqi governments’ persistence and insistence on building more large dams on the…
Reviving Rivers Through Community Based Action – An Exchange of Views in the Context of North East Syria
Save the Tigris together with the Water4Rojava Committee on 11 April 2022 co-organised a community-to-community dialogue between Rajasthan, India and Northeast Syria on the topic of water harvesting…
After 2 Years of Pandemic, Save the Tigris Activists Gather and Strategize in Sulaymaniyah!
For the first time since the start of the global Covid-19 crisis, core activists of Save the Tigris met in Iraq for a strategic meeting, with the intention…
Stop Water Wars! Do Not Weaponize Dams and Other Critical Infrastructure
Save The Tigris strongly condemns President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with Russians opposed to the war. We uphold…