Iraq Government, and US to restore the marshland.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:17 pm
From 1991 to 2003, the Ba'athist regime nearly destroyed the Mesopotamian Marshlands, one of the world's largest wetland systems. Massive drainage structures diverted water from 8,000-square-miles of marshes. The drainage targeted the unique, 5,000-year-old Marsh Arab society, seen by Saddam as disloyal and unmanageable after the Shi'a insurrection of 1991.
The Ba'athists raided settlements, killed tens of thousands of Marsh Arabs, burned houses and killed livestock.The new Iraqi government's Ministry of Water Resources, in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development and other donors, is restoring the Iraqi marshlands and designating the area as a natural preserve.
The program will restore the marshland ecosystem through improved management and strategic re-flooding, in addition to providing social and economic assistance to Marsh Arabs including health, education, and rural development.
Take care..
The Ba'athists raided settlements, killed tens of thousands of Marsh Arabs, burned houses and killed livestock.The new Iraqi government's Ministry of Water Resources, in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development and other donors, is restoring the Iraqi marshlands and designating the area as a natural preserve.
The program will restore the marshland ecosystem through improved management and strategic re-flooding, in addition to providing social and economic assistance to Marsh Arabs including health, education, and rural development.
Take care..