伊拉克沼泽的奇迹

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  • It'sthelargestandmostambitioushabitatrecreationpro… It'sthelargestandmostambitioushabitatrecreationprojecteverknown-tobringbacktolifeoneoftheworld'sgreatestmarshlands.Andit'shappeninginIraq. ConsideredtobetheoriginalGardenofEden,themarsheswereonceIraq'swildlifejewel,wheremanandnaturethrivedfor5,000years.Butinthe1990s,SaddamHusseindrainedthesegiganticwetlandsandturnedthemintoadesert,destroyingahometothousandsofpeopleandmillionsofbirds. Donninghisbodyarmour,film-makerDavidJohnsontravelstotheMesopotamianmarshestofollowtheworkofAzzamAlwash,thevisionaryIraqiengineeratthecentreofthisextraordinaryschemetore-floodhundredsofmilesofdesertandbringbacklifetothesands.ThisisaviewofIraqtheworldneversees,aworldofhugereedbedsandvastflocksofbirdsthatfillthesky.ButnothingeverquitegoestoplaninIraq.