Tag: Euphrates
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…
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…
International Water Forum Discusses the Water Crisis in North East Syria
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria held a water conference from 27-28 September 2021 in Hasakeh, North East Syria, primarily aimed at discussing the water crisis…
Volunteers in Anbar Address Environmental Degradation of the Euphrates River
Ramadi in Anbar Governorate is one of 10 cities part of the environmental monitoring network of Humat Dijlah, partner organisation of Save the Tigris. Ramadi, largest city of…
Law Enforcement in the Iraqi Marshes: How Local Campaigners Are Working to Protect the Marshlands’ Biodiversity
The Central Marshes of Chibayish, located in Dhi Qar Governorate, Southern Iraq, suffer from great neglect at all levels despite being a World Heritage Site. Successive Iraq governments…
Catastrophic Decline of Euphrates River Water Level
Under hashtag #الفرات_ينحسر (the Euphrates declines), Syrians have been sharing photos of the water level of the Euphrates river on social media, showing how parts in along the…
Letter From Save the Tigris to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre on Fourth State of Conservation Report by the State Party of Iraq on the Ahwar: Civil Society Concerns and Requests
In 2016, the Iraqi Marshes were inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Ahwar. Each year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee reviews reports on…
Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day
Today the world celebrates World Water Day, representing a global opportunity to review water resource management policies and our consumption of the most important natural resource associated with…
Water Shortage Crisis Escalating Between Turkey, Iraq and Syria
By Ercan Ayboğa, Mesopotamian Ecology Movement “The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, originating in Turkey and flowing downstream over the borders of Syria and Iraq have become a major…
Dam Building Projects Could Fuel Water Stress in Middle East
By Kira Walker, DW, 8 October 2020 While scientists warn of their negative impact on biodiversity, the autonomous Kurdistan Region is building multiple dams to respond to water…
Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly: “Discussing Water in Times of Corona” – Join Us!
One year ago in April 2019, the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum was held in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. More than 180 water activists from the…
Beyond Water Nationalism: Towards a “Mesopotamian” Ecological Identity
Alessandro Tinti, 26 February 2020 Instituto per gli studi di politica internazionale, Milan, Italy “We are the people of Mesopotamia, one of the most remarkable areas of the…