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Eden: Marshlands of Messopotamia

A photographic exhibition on Eden: Marshlands of Messopotamia jointly organised by MedWet, the Embassy of Canada will take place during the course of the Ecofilms Rodos International Film + Visual Ats Festival, 20-25 June, Greece, in the "French Lodging".

Eden portrayed in the exhibition is the largest wetland in the Middle East. It is an expansive oasis flooded by waters of mountains in Turkey and Iran that then flow into the Gulf of Persia. Home to the civilization of the Sumerians, it is also important for communities of Marsh Arabs who have lived in that area for centuries. A population of about Ma�dan, as they are known live in Messopotamian wetlands today and their well being is linked to the wise use of the wetlands.

As about o�ne third of the wetlands of Messopotamia have been drained and lost over the last 30 years it is important to protect what remains. With support by the Ramsar Convention, Iraq and Iran have agreed on working together to designate the shared Hawr Al Hawizah site as a wetland of international importance under the Convention.

Thirty seven color prints with portraits of Marsh Arabs, village life, wildlife and landscapes taken during a Biodiversity Survey organised in 2005 will be displayed in the exhibition. The photographer, Mr Mudhafar Salim participated in the Survey undertaken as part of a  Canada - Iraq Marshlands Initiative (CIMI) to restore the wetland.

A mediaeval building, the �French Lodging� will host the exhibition. Centrally located at walking distance from the Ecofilms venues, it forms part of a row of buildings lining the Street of Knights in the old city of Rodos.

Sponsored by the Embassy of Canada the exhibition is also supported by the Prefecture of the Dodecanese islands, Greece as well as the Ecofilms Festival.

The opening hours of the exhibition will be posted on this website soon.

 
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