According to U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) website report, u.N. published a plan on September 5, the plan will be located in Iraqi southeast ministry, be admitted to regard as by people " Bible " ancient marsh labels a crescent of medium Eden world bequest ground.
By UNEP, combination article of state religion division is organized this (the important culture that the plan that government of UNESCO) cooperation, Italy funds aims to protect place of this cosmopolitan wet ground to provide further, nature and environmental meaning.
Be located in Euphrates and Tigris delta " Eden " it is thalassic fish biologic lay eggs the ground and a variety of precious are rare avian habitat, but in last centuries 90 time come what Sa of the president before inchoate Yi La blocks 21 centuries amounts to Mu Housaiyin to dominate below, this marsh already almost complete and sere, destruction dangers.
And build the large dams in upper reaches of Tigris and Euphrates, of the garden in quickening this fokelore undoubtedly dry up. 2002, the marsh of kilometer of 9000 much square only remnant 760 square kilometer.
UNEP estimates at that time, if do not take step, marsh will be in 3 years ～ disappears completely after 5 years.
UNEP started a project that invests 14 million dollar 2004, use at restoring marsh modes of life and relation to their environment value and maintain " fenny Arab " bread, through effort of 4 years, the circumstance of marsh had improve apparently.
A website about marsh information has been built. Orbiter and spot are monitored make clear, restore wetly to work to had obtained certain result with management, be in what final phase completed before the Kyoto conference September 5 is held to evaluate. When this Kyoto conference ends, u.N. declared the support to this project Shen Wei, the government that started help Iraq to strengthen pair of marsh by UNEP and UNESCO combination, proposal that so that make,marsh makes national park and world bequest.
Dominate in Saddam period, "Fenny Arab " become governmental despotic target, fenny Arab had lived thousands of years over, but Saddam criticises this one nation is in 1980 ～ the betray one's country in the two Yi war 1988, give orders to be surrounded with large dams blocked this one area up, make its water is used up sere, 200 thousand ～ 300 thousand " fenny Arab " be forced to be forced to leave one's native land.
2003, after Sa amounts to downfall of Mu political power, local begins to break use at barring the fraise of water, open clough, make river water flows into the marsh that dries up almost afresh. UNEP rolls out recover from an illness the project also is helped by tens of thousands avian with fish return home.
The Neiermi Aosiman of Iraqi environment minister that for Shen Wei incident attends this Japan meeting expresses, "I am very glad that we can begin to prepare to build it now the important world bequest land that attracts worldwide attention for for national park, construction. "I am very glad that we can begin to prepare to build it now the important world bequest land that attracts worldwide attention for for national park, construction..
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