Tuesday 18 January 2011

Nature Iraq

Nature Iraq News

  1. With a history stretching back some 4,000 years, the ancient craft of the Mudhief -- or Reed house -- still holds its place of cultural, social and political importance in the Iraqi marshlands. These ancient construction skills, now known by only a handful of aging craftsmen, are slowly fading with time. Near the town of Chabyish on the edge of the central marsh, the Nature Iraq team has embarked on a pilot project to revive this ancient construction method.

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  2. (12/15/10)

    Thirteen staffers from Nature Iraq's northern office in the Kurdish city of Sulimanyah enjoyed a rare chance this month to join their counterparts on a trip to the endangered marshlands, an area the team has worked hard to protect through a variety of projects over the past five years.

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  3. By Nadheer Abood

    Nature Iraq was part of the official Iraqi delegation to the Conference of Parties 2010 (COP10) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan from October 18th-29th, 2010. Nature Iraq played an active role at the conference engaging in the following activities of the COP:

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