For 5,000 years the fertile Mesopotamian Marshes in present day Iraq and Iran supported people and wildlife. In the early 1990’s Saddam Hussein’s government drained the marshes down to desert, creating hundreds of thousands of refugees and decimating the ecosystem. But a project called “Eden Again” plans to rehabilitate the dried out land. Host Steve Curwood talks with Azzam and Suzie Alwash about the project they are spearheading.
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