Tag: Seminar
Dams & Climate Adaptation: Save the Tigris Participates in the COP26 Coalition’s People’s Summit
On 10 November, members of Save the Tigris hosted a session on the climate crisis, and the role of dam constructions in Iraq as a part of the…
Current Reality of Iranian Water Policies: A Q&A Seminar
On 1 May 2021, Save the Tigris held an online seminar in which members of the People’s Campaign to Save the Kind Zagros of Iran, a long-time supporter…
Covid-19 and Climate Change in Iraq – An Online Seminar by Humat Dijlah
The global impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns is prompting those concerned with environmentalism to discuss the post-pandemic world. Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues.…
“The Reality of Water Security and Sustainability” A Seminar Organized by Humat Dijlah and the College of the Origins of Religion
Humat Dijlah (Tigris Protectors) collaborated with the College of the Origins of Religion at Baghdad University to present the seminar, “The Reality of Water Security and Sustainability,” held…
In Halabja, the struggle against Daryan Dam continues
With the completion of the Daryan Dam immenent, civil society in the city of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan held a special seminar to discuss the negative impacts of…
Extractivism, environmental migration and water conflict: civil society reflects at the COP22
By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign 2016 will be the hottest year recorded in human history, and the world is looking for urgent action…
The negative impact of large dams: a seminar in Erbil
Seminar at the University of Salah Aldin – Erbil Al-Messala Organization, Erbil – June 2016 In cooperation with the University of Salah Aldin and the Save the Tigris…
Erbil hosts international and Iraqi activists for the Strategy Meeting of the Save the Tigris Campaign
Prior to the Save the Tigris Campaign Strategy Meeting, 9-11 May, Erbil, Iraq The current political and security crisis in Iraq has aggravated the water crisis in Iraq.…
Focus on Iraq at the World Social Forum 2015
By Martina Pignatti Morano (Un ponte per… and ICSSI) , April 2015. The World Social Forum has always been an important occasion for international and Iraqi activists to…
Will Iraq Refer The Issue Of Ilisu Dam To The UN Security Council?
by Johanna L. Rivera Save The Tigris And The Iraqi Mashes Campaign and ICSSI On March 22nd in Baghdad, the Iraqi Social Forum – a gathering of several…
The Basra water crisis and increasing salinity of the Shatt al-Arab
By Toon Bijnens Basra, Iraq The Save the Tigris Campaign participated on 15 and 16 February in an international workshop in Basra, entitled “Basra Water Crisis, Shatt al-Arab…
Impacts of Ilisu Dam in Iraq: A lecture at the Marine Science Center Basra University
Iraq faces enormous challenges in terms of water resources. Once the cradle of civilizations, an agricultural haven, now Iraq’s land has dried significantly mostly due to man-made causes.…