PROJECT
Support Iraq Marshes and establish Ramsar Sites
PROJECT CODE OTH-016
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Start: 2015
Duration: 20
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Project Cost (USD): $20,000,000
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Project Cost (USD): $20,000,000
Governorate: IRAQ
River: Tigris-Euphrates
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Category: Others
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Sector: Future impact of developments within the riparian countries upstream;
Type: Improve Water Resources Management Practices
Opportunity type: Safety
Source: Water Resources Development Strategies 2010-2014. Page 54.
Source of fund: MoWR
Original source: MoWR
Implementing agency: MoWR
Status: Proposed/Planned
Description
Negotiate water sharing with riparian Countries in order to support the development the wetland of Iraq. Some of the site, such as the Hawizhe Marshes, could be established as RAMSAR Sites.