Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists ...

Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands already battered by years of drought ...

Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands already battered by years of drought.

Iraqi activist Ahmed Saleh Neema, a vocal advocate for the protection of the marshes, expressed concerns that oil companies might not adhere to regulations and further drain the marshes.

Huwaizah Marshes (Iraq) (AFP) – Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands ...

HUWAIZAH MARSHES - Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands already battered ...

The Mesopotamian Marshes, straddling the Iran-Iraq border, are drying out, exacerbating dust storms, fires, and migration.

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