Iraq's Marshlands - Demise and the impending rebirth of an ecosystem

Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Alwash, Azzam ^a   Alwash, Suzanne ^b   Cattarossi, Andrea ^c  

^a Iraq Foundation   (Iraq)

^b El Camino College   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EMBANKMENTS; EROSION; FISHERIES; LAKES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SEED; SURFACE WATERS;

ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; GEOGRAPHIC SETTING; MARSHLANDS; PLANTINGS;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EROSION; FISHES; LAKES; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 23844501809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40737(2004)1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Eden Again (2003) Building a Scientific Basis for Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands. The Iraq Foundation, 68p. available online at: http://www.iraqfoundation.org/projects/edenagain/2003/dmay/5_report.html
2. Nicholson, Emma, and Clark, Peter (2002) The Iraqi Marshlands: a Human and Environmental Study. Politicos, 332p.
3. Partow, Hassan (2001). The Mesopotamian Marshlands: Demise of an Ecosystem. Report United Nations Environmental Program, 58pp. Available online at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/meso2.pdf.