Twenty years after a United States-led coalition invaded and occupied Iraq, the country is facing cascading environmental crises and was recently declared the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate disruption.
After years of occupation, civil war and the fight against the insurgent ISIS, successive U.S.-backed governments of Iraq have been unable to meet the basic needs of citizens, particularly the poor, some of whom haveto make a meager living sorting waste. Trash is regularly incinerated in Iraq, adding to air pollution from dust, oil production, traffic and power plants.
Iraqi police and Iranian militias responded with intense violence and live bullets that left many demonstrators dead and wounded. Mass protests spread across the country in what is now known as the Great October Revolution; these protests called for an end to the political system installed during the U.S. occupation and inspiredSmaller, youth-led protests erupted in August 2022 in the area of the Al-Hawizeh Marsh, part of the southern marshlands.
Back in the marshes, Al-Asadi and other advocates are experimenting with the marshes’ ability to cleanse wastewater made of organic sewage as a potential source of water to keep the marshes alive. Lonergan said you wouldn’t want to eat the fish — Al-Asadi has joked that they are “pre-seasoned” — but it’s better than nothing. The current cycles of drought do not bode well for the future of the marshes or the people who live there.
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