TOKYO (Reuters) - Ancient marshlands in southeastern Iraq drained by Saddam Hussein have rebounded to nearly half their former area, and progress should continue despite turmoil currently rocking the ...

Drought and extreme heat that scientists link to climate change are altering the UNESCO-protected marshlands. Iraq's average annual temperatures... In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is ...

This aerial view shows a man inspecting dead fish during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh — Qassem al-KAABI Iraqi authorities on Monday launched a probe into a mass die-off of fish in the southern ...

An expedition by Duke University wetlands expert Curtis Richardson to evaluate damage to Iraq's storied Mesopotamian Marshlands revealed an environmental disaster of vast proportions. However, he ...

Iraq launched an ambitious strategy on Wednesday to protect and improve its environment over the next six years, in the war-scarred nation's latest bid to confront escalating environmental challenges.

On 30 January 2024, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481/documents/, and which reports ...

ZAYAD, Iraq -- The surging water from the Euphrates River first quenched the desiccated soil around this village. Then, with a steady crescendo, it smothered farming tracts, inundated several homes ...

Iraq’s Environment Minister Hêlu Al-Askari announces the launch of a national carbon market at COP30 in Brazil, reaffirming ...

Iraqi authorities on Monday launched a probe into a mass die-off of fish in the southern marshlands, the latest in a string of such events in recent years. One possible cause for the localised die-off ...

Iraqi authorities on Monday launched a probe into a mass die-off of fish in the southern marshlands, the latest in a string of such events in recent years.