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New Eden Project

The New Eden Master Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Marshlands Area

The purpose of the New Eden Master Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Marshlands Area (hereafter the Plan) is to assist Iraqi Policy Makers by providing sound information and analytical tools with which to make reasoned choices regarding water resource allocation and environmental management decisions. Accordingly, the Plan pursues a holistic and integrated approach to address multiple issues simultaneously.  The issues addressed include improvement in water utilization efficiency, environmental restoration, economic enhancement, flood control, and community building for returning peoples.

This Plan, which was sponsored by the Italian Ministry for the Environment , Land and Sea (IMELS), is a joint venture pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IMET, Iraqi Ministry of Environment (MoE); Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources  (MoWR), Iraqi Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works (MoMPW), and the Free Iraq Foundation (IF)/ Nature Iraq (NI).  The project team was headed by Nature Iraq and carried out by a group of Iraqi, Italian and international experts referred to as the New Eden Group. The project team received technical assistance from a variety of other organizations and local Iraqi consulting firms. Some data from projects sponsored by UNEP and the University of Waterloo/Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) were also used to create the inputs needed for the hydrological and ecological aspects of the Plan.

The work is organized in 3 volumes, 8 books and an executive summary. Many inserts, plates and annexes are also an integral part of this work. The present web site was prepared to allow for an easy download of this extensive work.

 

Master Plan Last Revision

September

2006