Iraq’s rivers are drying: A nation faces water collapse | Agriculture

Iraq’s rivers are drying: A nation faces water collapse | Agriculture

Farmers and experts warn Iraq’s historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability. Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the “Land of the Two Rivers”, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates — lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia — are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and … Read more

Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save rivers is killed

Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save rivers is killed

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Reuters  —  An environmental activist who protested mining and hydro-electric projects in northern Honduras in an effort to preserve tropical forests and rivers has been killed, police said on Sunday. Juan Lopez was shot dead on Saturday night by several men as he headed home in his car from church, an official told Reuters, speaking on … Read more

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