Abstract
A multi-million dollar project to restore the marshlands of southern Iraq, funded by the government of Japan and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), could provide a lifeline for the region's vanishing wildlife. Mesopotamian marsh? lands covering southern Iraq and a small area of south-west Iran are home to a number of threatened bird species and provide a stop-over for many migrating birds. According to UNEP, the marshes have been reduced to 7% of their original size as a result of massive drainage opera? tions by the previous Iraqi regime and dam construction on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq, neighboring Syria, and Turkey in the late 20th century. The Mesopotamian marshes were once one of the biggest wetland areas in the world, covering 20 000 km2, Basra reed-warbler recently design ted as endangered.
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