Marshes

Low levels of water in Iraqi Marshes effects the livelihoods of more than 6,000 rural families. (Photo: FAO)

Iraq

Barren Iraqi marshes leads to record migration

Iraq’s southern Marshlands are threatened by climate change (Photo: UNDP)

Iraq

Canada signs agreement to protect Iraq’s Marshlands

A man walks on cracked and dried up soil in the Hawiza marsh near the city of al-Amarah in southern Iraq, July 27, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq's Garden of Eden now 'like a desert'

Low levels of water in Iraqi Marshes effects the livelihoods of more than 6,000 rural families. (Photo: FAO)

Iraq

Iraqi marshes cannot wait: FAO

A marsh Arab man collects reeds from the wetlands that will later be sold or used for domestic use, in Chibayish, Iraq, May, 1, 2021. (Photo: Anmar Khalil / AP)

Iraq

In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters

Dozens of rotting fish float on the surface of polluted Iraqi marshes in the southern district of Chibayish, April 14, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi / AFP)

Iraq

Ancient Mesopotamian marshes threatened by Iraqi sewage