Side Event
THE VOICES OF THE MARSHARAB PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN IRAQ- THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF RESTORATION
Organizer
The AMAR International Charitable Foundation
Date and Time
30 March 2006 18:30 - 20:15
Since 1991, AMAR has been supporting the marsharab peoples who have been persecuted, murdered and forced to move their home sometimes as many as 15 times over the past 25 years. Saddam Hussein deliberately drained the marshlands which was the largest and most biodiverse wetlands in the Middle East and destroyed theirt livelihoods. Since 2003, the marsharab peoples have been struggling to have their voice heard in the decision-making and planning of the restoration of their marshes.