Drought and oil development impact livelihoods in Iraq's Hawizeh Marshes

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Residents of Abu Khasaf in Iraq's Maysan governorate, including Halima Flaih, reported the degradation of the Hawizeh Marshes due to a combination of persistent drought, upstream damming, and the expansion of local oil extraction facilities. Flaih and her family stated that state-constructed earthen berms intended to protect oil infrastructure blocked…

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