Al Jazeera
Iraq’s Marsh Arabs facing threats of climate change
Published: Jul 6, 2019
Crawled: Mar 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Length: 75 words
Article Content
Experts say dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Turkey and Iran, and frequent droughts have increased the salinity of wetlands. Three years ago another Iraqi site was made a World Heritage Site. But the people living in the marshes of southern Iraq, the Marsh Arabs, say the new status has not improved their livelihoods. Government negligence and climate change add to their daily struggle. Al Jazeeras Charles Stratford reports from southern Iraq.
Article Details
- Article ID
- 7084
- Article Name
- iraqs-marsh-arabs-facing-threats-of-climate-change
- Date Published
- Jul 6, 2019
- Date Crawled
- Mar 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
- Newspaper Website
- aljazeera.com