We congratulate the Enabling Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) on the release of their in-depth and pioneering study, “Making Every Drop Count: Can Drip Irrigation Save the Future of Agriculture......
Blogs, Drought and Water Shortage, Researches, Uncategorized
May 23, 2026
The Safety of Downstream Communities is the Main Requirement of Any Dam This brief summarizes the stated objectives and potential risks of the Cizre Dam, hydropower and irrigation project on......
March 16, 2025
A new report published by Save the Tigris on rainwater harvesting in Syria. Since 2020 Syria has been suffering from severe drought, devastating its agricultural capacity. Rainwater harvesting based on......
May 15, 2024
Wetlands between the Two Rivers, or the Mesopotamian Marshes, represent one of the most important wetland systems in the Middle East, with significant environmental, social, and cultural importance. They support......
March 31, 2024
The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign has released a report on the impact of the Daryan Dam on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Daryan Dam is a......
March 31, 2024
According to the UNDP, the water discharge of the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers is set to decrease by 50% between 2009 and 2025. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) which governs the Kurdistan......
March 31, 2024
Beirut – “Al-Quds Al-Arabi”: Recently published by the Arab Institution for Studies and Publishing in Beirut, a booklet titled “The Iraqi Negotiator and the Ilisu Dam” addresses a highly sensitive......
March 31, 2024
Amsterdam, June 2022 The Iraqi government is intensifying its efforts to complete work on the Makhoul Dam. This water infrastructure is being built on the Tigris about 230 kilometres north......
March 17, 2024
Iraq, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, abundant and fertile, is the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing. It is witnessing increasingly severe and extreme climatic events,......
March 15, 2024
25 May 2023 PAX, the largest peace organisation in the Netherlands, together with Syrians for Truth and Justice, PÊL- Civil Waves, Humat Dijlah and the Sudd Environment Agency, active in......
May 25, 2023
Amsterdam, November 2022 In October 2021, Save the Tigris released an English-language report titled Into Thin Air: Evaporation Losses from Dam Reservoirs in Iraq to highlight the considerable adverse......
November 18, 2022
Access to water in Iraq is a complex issue. Factors like pollution, internal water management policies, dysfunctional water infrastructure, impacts of climate change, and the current conflict with Daesh make......
March 31, 2022
