Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes

The “Save The Tigris” campaign was launched in March 2012 by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations from Iraq, Turkey and Iran.

As part of the massive campaign for the protection of global environmental heritage, the objective is to safeguard the Tigris, the Euphrates and the Mesopotamian Marshes, which after dedicated campaigns in 2016 was finally declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as requested by activists for many years.

From the very start we have supported resistance to the building of two major dams – like the one in Ilisu, Turkey – because of the terrible impact they would have on the rivers themselves and on the people living along their banks.