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'Leave our marshes alone': Iraqis fear oil drilling would destroy fabled wetlands

Plans to drill for oil in the Mesopotamian Marshes have sparked opposition from villagers and activists who seek to protect the wetlands, which have already suffered from drought.
The Iraqi government claims that the oil and environment ministries are working together to prevent harm to the wetlands.
Activist Janubi stated, 'If they fail to save the Huwaizah Marshes, a historical era... Will vanish for ever.'
Another activist warned that 'the millennia-old history of the marshes... Would end with this oilfield.

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'Leave our marshes alone': Iraqis fear oil drilling would destroy fabled wetlands

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.

2 days ago·Cherokee County, United States

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"Leave the Marshes to Us," Iraqis Cry Out in the Face of Oil Exploration.

A Chinese oil company wins a bid to explore the Huwaizah oil field. Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Al-Arab - ankawa.cm Heritage and identity of the Huwaizah Marsh (Iraq) - Inside a reed bed where villagers are gathered, concerned about the Iraqi government's plans to explore for oil in the Huwaizah Marsh, activist Murtada al-Janubi loudly asserts his categorical rejection of the move, as those present nod. In the village of Abu Khasaf, located in Maysa…

19 hours ago

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Diario La Quinta de Valparaíso

Representatives Bello and Ibáñez, Along with Organizations, Call for a Veto of Articles that Would Allow Damage to Wetlands and the Sale of Water in Critical Areas - Diario La Quinta

Representatives María Francisca Bello and Ibáñez, along with more than 100 social, environmental, and territorial organizations, delivered a letter to President Gabriel Boric requesting a veto of two articles of a law that is about to be enacted and that, they claim, would imply […] The post [NATIONAL] Representatives Bello and Ibáñez, along with organizations, request a veto of articles that would allow damage to wetlands and the sale of water …

1 day ago

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المسلة

The Marshes Are Breathing Their Last Breath Under the Digs.

May 19, 2025 Baghdad/Basket: The voices of the villagers in Abu Khasif village, southern Iraq, are cheerfully rejected... the article shows the marshes to speak their last breath under the excavation pods first on the pod.

1 day ago·Baghdad, Iraq

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