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    Warning.. Iraq will completely lose its rivers in just 8 years

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    Warning.. Iraq will completely lose its rivers in just 8 years Empty Warning.. Iraq will completely lose its rivers in just 8 years

    Post by Rocky Tue 21 Jun 2022, 7:25 am

    Warning.. Iraq will completely lose its rivers in just 8 years
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    The United Nations places Iraq among the top five countries most affected by climate change worldwide, with its increasing loss of arable land due to salinity, low rainfall, long heat waves and the onslaught of dust storms.
    Meanwhile, experts expect the country to lose its two famous rivers by 2040, says a report published by the "Voice of America" ​​website.
    The report suggests that the concerned authorities in Iraq rush to abandon the old ways of dealing with water, which were built on the basis of abundance and floods, and not the other way around.
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    Azzam Allwash teaches at the American University of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah, and is the founder of the environmental organization Nature Iraq, which has helped restore the drained marshes of southern Iraq.
    For centuries, he says, the Tigris and Euphrates flooded Iraq, replenishing its once green farmland, but the floods stopped in 1968 after upstream dams were built mainly for hydroelectric power in Turkey, where the rivers originate. He said Iran also rerouted the Tigris, because it also needs water.
    Allwash added that "the Iraqi farmer is used to the abundance of water, not the lack of water." “The entire water management structure in Iraq was designed and built at a time when flooding was a norm. But by reaching an agreement with Turkey on the operational rules for some of the dams, we can actually stop using man-made lakes that were created to control floods, thus providing more water to Iraqi farmers and Iraqi cities.”
    However, Allwash and others do not hold much hope in this treatment. It shows that the population of Iraq is constantly increasing, and with it, its water consumption is increasing. Then there are the challenges of climate change.
    And the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources warned in a shocking report last December that the continued loss of water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which form the backbone of the fresh water supply, could turn the country into a “land without rivers by 2040.”
    The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources said after calling his counterparts in Turkey and Iran that he is still waiting for negotiations. The United Nations is also urging the three neighbors to come to an equitable arrangement to share the water.
    Recently, various UN agencies issued an urgent call to action to protect Iraq as it celebrated the International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. But analysts point to Turkey and Iran's concerns about water and the challenges of climate change as obstacles.
    Research fellow Tobias von Losau of the Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations said that observers believe that the Shatt al-Arab waterway, where the Tigris and Euphrates meet in Iraq, "will dry up sooner or later." He warns that "there are worrying trends" and that there are only "limited possibilities to prevent this from happening".
    “The southeastern target project in Turkey in particular has had a huge impact,” von Losau said. “Therefore, the flow of water to Iraq has decreased by 30-40% since the late 1970’s and this trend continues. Climate change and environmental degradation contribute to and accelerate this. We will see more droughts, water shortages, sandstorms and dust storms.”
    “We will see it on a more frequent and regular basis in the future,” he adds. There are limited options for Iraq. Iraq can work on household water management, agricultural reforms, crop selection and irrigation technology.”
    The United Nations places Iraq among the top five countries most affected by climate change worldwide, with its increasing loss of arable land due to salinity, low rainfall, prolonged heat waves and the onslaught of dust storms. Meanwhile, low water levels in both rivers have left farms and fishing businesses near their banks.
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