Major Economic & Social Issues – Page 36

Iraq marshes are getting restored, providing growth to boat building industries

The site of fisherman sailing on the Shatt al -Arab waterway had become a thing of the past. Southern Iraq's marshlands have been revived recently which is encouraging the fishermen in a new way and boat maker of that region are finding new hopes for their businesses. During 1990, the area was completely dumped and drained by the president of Iraq at that time, Mr. Saddam Huss

I was not invited to last week’s Strategic Foresight Group’s Blue Peace meeting in Jordon but that comes as no surprise to me because when, at the Blue Peace meeting in Istanbul in March, I queried why there was no Arabic translation available for the numerous representatives of the Arabic media, I was curtly told by Sundeep Waslekar, founder of the Strategic Foresight Group“We

Download 1.0 Background In May 2006, following the initiation of Dr Maliki’s cabinet of national unity and the appointment of Dr Hussain Shehristani to the portfolio of the Ministry of Oil (MoO), I was approached with the task of drafting the Iraq petroleum law. Two associates Iraqi oil technocrats and I, who have then had a combined international oil industry expe

Download Climate change is one of the major challenges facing Iraq. Potentially, it could have a disastrous effect on the environment and economy, in particular on the agricultural sector. And while specific studies to assess the likely impact of climate change on Iraq have not yet been conducted, it is recognized that the country is particularly vulnerable due to its geographi