Tag: Hawizeh Marsh
23Dec
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…
2Jul
The border wetlands of Iran-Iraq: an environmental crisis with regional consequences
By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris For years experts have warned of the destructive impact of Iran’s policies of river flow alterations on the southeastern provinces of Iraq.…