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Duke ecologist finds devastation, hope in Iraqi marshes

all the marshes, because they won't have enough water. There has been a long process of draining. Maybe they can get 15 or 20 percent back.

"The trip gave me hope that we can make a difference in the marshes and give some of the marsh Arabs a chance to return to their culture. These people, like most rural populations, are survivors, and with a little help they will be able to return to their rice farming, fishing and mat-making from freshwater reeds."


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Contact: Scottee Cantrell
scottee@duke.edu
919-613-8074
Duke University
18-Aug-2003


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