Campaign Activities - Save the Tigris

An overview of selected Save the Tigris Campaign activities since its launch in 2012.

2020

2020 – June: More than £100.000 raised for water projects in North East Syria together with our partners
2020: May: Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly
2020 – May: Mesopotamian Water Forum Local Assembly of Turkey
2020 – May: Mesopotamian Water Forum Local Assembly of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
2020 – April: Mesopotamian Water Forum Local Assembly of Iraq
2020 – April: Mesopotamian Water Forum Local Assembly of Syria
2020 – April: Mesopotamian Water Forum Local Assembly of Iran
2020 – March: Joint statement: Excavation, Documentation and Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Hasankeyf Must Continue
2020 – March: Letter From Save the Tigris to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Concerns and Requests regarding the Ahwar of Iraq
2020 – February: Training in Nineveh for Mosul youth

2019

2019 – November: Joint statement on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
2019 – October: Statement on the environmental impacts of conflict in Northeast Syria
2019 – September: Training for youth water activists in Basra
2019 – September: Swimming expedition from Rania to Dukan in Dukan Lake, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
2019 – July: Workshop on development of tourism in the Marshes, Amarah Social Cohesion Council
2019 – July: Trainings in water advocacy and campaigning across Southern Iraq
2019 – July: Workshop on regional water security, Qamishlo
2019 – July: An open letter on Ilisu Dam from Iraqi civil society to the Turkish Government
2019 – July: Save the Tigris takes part in the 43rd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan
2019 – June: Save the Tigris contributes to the Heritage Dammed report of World Heritage Watch and Rivers Without Boundaies
2019 – June: Global Day of Action for Hasankeyf: solidarity actions across the region
2019 – June: Training on environmental justice for youth in Anbar
2019 – May: Fact-finding mission to Mosul Dam and Mosul University to meet with local water activists
2019 – April: Workshop on water security at Baghdad University
2019 – April: 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum in Sulaymaniyah, gathering more than 180 water activists from Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran in a 3-day event
2019 – April: Campaign against pollution by Diyala Social Forum
2019 – March: Social Cohesion Council in Sulaymaniyah advocates to resolve the medical waste pollution crisis in the city in roundtables with policy-makers
2019 – March: World Water Day celebration in Al Mutannabi, Baghdad

2018

2018 – December: Youth camp in the Iraqi Marshes for youth activists of the Euphrates Protectors Network
2018 – November: 7 workshops on water issues at the 5th Iraqi Social Forum annual event
2018 – November: Training on water campaigning methods for Iraqi youth from various cities along the Euphrates
2018 – November: Launch of the “Euphrates Protectors” network
2018 – October: workshop on water issues at the 2nd Kurdistan Social Forum annual event
2018 – September: North-south exchange in Sulaymaniyah Governorate between Iraqi and Kurdish water activists
2018 – September: Clean-up campaign by the Peace Forum in Ramadi
2018 – September: Seminar on pollution of the Alyahodia River (Euphrates River tributary) in Babil
2018 – September: Presentation at dam removal seminar organized by damremoval.eu campaign, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 – September: Announcement and call for contributions for the Mesopotamian Water Forum to be held in April 2019
2018 – July: Statement on large demonstrations in Basra against environmental degradation and pollution
2018 – June: Participation in the annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting, Bahrain
2018 – June: Session at the World Heritage Watch annual conference, Bahrain
2018 – June: Publication “The Ahwar of Iraq: World Heritage in Peril” in the 2018 report of World Heritage Watch
2018 – June: Ahwar Festival in Chibayish (Central Marshes)
2018 – June: Statement to UNESCO on the threat of large dams to the Iraqi Marshes
2018 – May: Humat Dijlah/Tigris Protectors officially registered as an NGO in Iraq
2018 – April: Report published by Save the Tigris on Tigris River pollution in Baghdad
2018 – March: North-south exchange in Southern Iraq between Iraqi and Kurdish water activists
2018 – January: “Iraq Without Rivers” Exhibition across various cities in Central and Southern Iraq
2018 – January: Statement on postponement of Ilisu Dam reservoir filling

2017

2017 – December: Youth camp in the Iraqi Marshes
2017 – November: Demonstration against pollution of the Tanjero River, Sulaymaniyah
2017 – November: Various workshops on water issues at the 4th Iraqi Social Forum annual event
2017 – November: Participation in the COP23, Bonn, Germany
2017 – October: Opening of the Mashufna Cultural Center, Nasiriya
2017 – September: Publication of the book “The Negotiator” by Dr. Ismaeel Dawood on the legal options against Ilisu Dam
2017 – September: Swimming expedition in Lake Dukan
2017 – September: Actions in various Iraqi cities on the Global Day of Action for Hasankeyf
2017 – August: Training on water campaigning methods for Iraqi youth in Baghdad
2017 – July: Statement on equal water shares for the peoples of Iraq and Iran
2017 – June: Protest against Bresser to withdraw from relocation of Hasankeyf monuments, Netherlands
2017 – May: Workshop on waste recycling, Baghdad
2017 – May: Iraqi water activists meet in private with Dr. Hasan al-Janabi, Minister of Water Resources
2017 – May: “Our Marshes”, first civil society coalition for the Iraqi Marshes, formed in Baghdad
2017 – April: Strategy meeting in Sulaymaniyah with 18 water activists from Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Europe
2017 – March: Humat Dijlah Festival, Baghdad, in the framework of the International Day of Action for Rivers
2017 – March: Session in International Rivers “River Gathering” in Georgia for global anti-dam activists
2017 – February: Humat Djilah/Tigris Protectors launched in Baghdad
2017 – January: New website of Save the Tigris Campaign launched
2017 – January: Participation in the ICSSI Conference, Sulaymaniiyah

2016

2016 – December: Seminar in Halabja on the impacts of Daryan Dam
2016 – December: Youth camp in the Iraqi Marshes
2016 – November: Session on the securitization of water in the COP22, Marrakesh, Morocco
2016 – November: Statement to the COP22 on climate change and unsustainable water policies in Iraq
2016 – October: Report published by Save the Tigris on the impacts of the Daryan Dam on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
2016 – October: Seminar on the water crisis in Iraq at the Norwegian Social Forum, Oslo, Norway
2016 – September: Statement on the implementation of the UNESCO recommendations for the Iraqi Marshes
2016 – September: Various workshops on water issues at the 3rd Iraqi Social Forum annual event
2016 – August: Celebration of the inclusion of the Iraqi Marshes in the UNESCO World Heritage List, Baghdad
2016 – July: Statement on inclusion of the Iraqi Marshes in the UNESCO World Heritage List
2016 – July: Session at the conference “Water Resources in Iraq: Challenges and Sollutions”, organized by the Association of Iraqi Academics, London
2016 – July: Publication “Mega water projects and environmental crisis in the Iraqi Marshes” by A Sud, Italy
2016 – July: Session at the World Heritage Watch annual conference, Istanbul
2016 – July: Publication “Civil Society in Iraq: Advocating for the protecting of the Iraqi Marshes” in the 2016 report of World Heritage Watch “Civil Society and Sustainable Development in the UNESCO World Heritage”
2016 – June: Training on water campaigning methods for Iraqi youth from various cities in Central and Southern Iraq
2016 – June: Seminar on the negative impacts of dams at the University of Salahaddin, Erbil
2016 – June: Statement to call for action to protect the Marshlands of Mesopotamia
2016 – May: Session at the Tigris River Valley symposium, Batman, Turkey
2016 – April: Humat Dijlah Festival, Baghdad
2016 – March: Statement on the murder of water activist Berta Caceras
2016 – January: Statement on the Italian role in the Mosul Dam

2015

2015 – December: Participation in the COP21, Paris, France
2015 – December: Youth camp in the Iraqi Marshes
2015 – October: Various workshops on water issues at the 2nd Iraqi Social Forum annual event
2015 – September: Publication “The Ilisu Dam and its impact on human rights in Iraq: the Iraq government’s failure to act” presented to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, 4 September 2015
2015 – September: Statement on the threat of Ilisu Dam and the failure of the Iraqi government to protect the Iraqis’ right to water
2015 – September: Actions in various Iraqi cities on the Global Day of Action for Hasankeyf
2015 – June: Protest against Ilisu Dam in front of the conference hall at the World Heritage Watch Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany
2015 – May: Advocacy visit to the Directorate of Dams, Erbil, with members of the Steering Committee
2015 – May: Strategy meeting in Erbil with Iraqi and international members of the Steering Committee
2015 – May: Statement open letter to the Iraqi government on the water emergency in Iraq
2015 – March: Session on the water crisis in Syria and Iraq at the World Social Forum in Tunis
2015 – March: Session on water grabbing at the World Social Forum in Tunis
2015 – March: Publication “Towards an ecological movement in the Middle-East” highlighting water campaigning in Iraq, in “Social Ecology and Social Change” (New Compass), Oslo, Norway.

2014

2014 – November: Participation in the 2014 ICSSI Conference, Oslo, Norway
2014 – July: Statement on water and infrastructure as weapons of war
2014 – May; Session on the impacts of large dams at the Ekopotamya Network in Sulaymaniyah
2014 – May: Session on the impact of Ilisu Dam at the University of Dohuk
2014 – April: Policy paper published by Save the Tigris on the legal possibilities for Iraq to respond to the Ilisu Dam threat
2014 – March: Seminar on Iraq’s water policies with support from the Baghdad Provincial Council, Baghdad
2014 – March: World Water Day awareness event in Basra
2014 – March: Awareness events on the International Day of Action for Rivers in Baghdad and Sulaymaniyah
2014 – March: Release of the video “Beauty and civilization: the Iraqi Marshes in danger”
2014 – February: Participation in the conference “Basra water crisis” organized by the University of Basra
2014 – February: Statement on the Iraqi Marshes, second step towards world heritage

2013

2013 – September: workshop on water issues at the 1st Iraqi Social Forum annual event
2013 – August: Statement on the inclusion of Ilisu Dam in meeting agenda with Turkish opposition leader
2013 – July: Statement on the inclusion of the Iraqi Marshes in the agenda of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Cambodia
2013 – June: 4 workshops on water campaigning in Diwaniyah, Nasiriya, Basra and Amara
2013 – June: Participation in the Green Festival, Sulaymaniyah
2013 – May: Solidarity meeting of international anti-dam activists in Hasankeyf, Turkey
2013 – April: Participation in the 3rd Hasankeyf Ingathering, Hasankeyf, Turkey
2013 – April: Session “Global solidarity against water grabs by dams” at the World Social Forum in Tunis
2013 – March: Statement open letter to Andritz on the disastrous impacts of Ilisu Dam on Iraq
2013 – March: Awareness event on the International Day of Action for Rivers in Baghdad

2012

2012 – November: Seminar “the impact of Ilisu Dam on Iraq” at the Marine Science Center, Basra University
2012 – July: Statement open letter on the impacts on Iraq of the Ilisu Dam
2012 – March: Launch of petition to save the world heritage on the Tigris river from Ilisu Dam
2012 – March: Press conference to announce the demands of the Save the Tigris Campaign, Sulaymaniyah
2012 – March: Launch of the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign

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