Causes of degredation and prospects for restoration of Mesopotemian marshlands ecosystem

Ali X Jaafar; Джаафар Али Х; S I Yurchenko; Юрченко Светлана Ивановна

Causes of degredation and prospects for restoration of Mesopotemian marshlands ecosystem

Authors: Jaafar A.X¹, Yurchenko SI²
Affiliations:
1. The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
2. International Independent University of Environmental and Political Sciences
Issue: No 4 (2012)
Pages: 15-24
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/ecology/article/view/12584

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Abstract

The paper analyzes the main causes of degradation of Mesopotamian Marshlаnds. It is shown that the recovery of the marshland is possible through the combined efforts of several countries involved in the implementation of the UNEP International Plan of the territories rehabilitation, which was taken in 2003.

Keywords

Wetlands, biodiversity, civilizations of Mesopotamia, Marsh Arabs, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, dams, reservoirs, water quolity, international cooperation