Some good news from Iraq....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6217240.stm
Drinking water, learning new skills, like marshland management which to be quite honest with you, I wouldn't mind learning. Garden of Eden on the mend.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6217240.stm
Partial recovery for Iraq marshes
Saddam's dams diverted waters away from the marshes
About half of the marshlands area of Iraq has been restored to its 1970s condition, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).
UN officials and Iraqi ministers told a seminar in Japan that drinking water supplies for the local population had improved, but remained a concern.
The area is believed by some to be the site of the Biblical "Garden of Eden".
Large areas were drained in the 1990s to punish the Marsh Arabs for rebelling against former leader Saddam Hussein.
"Working with Iraqi institutions and local communities, Unep is now providing safe drinking water to up to 22,000 people in six pilot communities by common distribution taps," said Dr Chizuru Aoki, Unep's Iraq project coordinator.
The agency has trained about 300 residents in marshland management.
Drinking water, learning new skills, like marshland management which to be quite honest with you, I wouldn't mind learning. Garden of Eden on the mend.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.