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Overuse, climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa Lake

dc.coverage.spatialSawa Lakeen
dc.coverage.spatialIraqen
dc.coverage.spatialBaghdaden
dc.coverage.spatialKarbalā'en
dc.coverage.spatialEuphrates Riveren
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-16T03:44:13Z
dc.date.available2023-08-16T03:44:13Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-29
dc.identifier.citationOveruse, climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa Lake. (2022, April 29). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A9.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/13520
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.en
dc.subjectclimate changeen
dc.subjectlakesen
dc.subjectdry seasonen
dc.titleOveruse, climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa Lakeen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitlePhilippine Daily Inquireren
dc.citation.firstpageA9en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPD20220429_A9en
local.seafdecaqd.extractA "No Fishing" sign on the edge of Iraq's western desert is one of the few clues that this was once Sawa Lake, a biodiverse wetland and recreational landmark. Human activity and climate change have combined to turn the site into a barren wasteland with piles of salt. Abandoned hotels and tourist facilities here hark back to the 1990s when the salt lake, circled by sandy banks, was in its heyday and popular with newly-weds and families who came to swim and picnicen
local.subject.personalNameJabbar, Youssef
local.subject.personalNameSubhi, Husam
local.subject.personalNameDhiab, Aoun
local.subject.personalNameDibes, Latif
dc.contributor.corporateauthorAgence France-Pressseen


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