BBC: Thousands of rare marbled teal return to the wetlands, ornithologists discover
It is thought to be the original Garden of Eden.
A place so beautiful, teeming with water and life, that according to the Christian faith it was the birthplace of mankind.
That was until the 1980s, when Saddam Hussein drained these great wetlands of southern Iraq, destroying them, turning them to desert.
However, since his overthrow, a remarkable effort has begun to restore these Mesopotamian Marshes, among......
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Restoring Eden
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 18th, 2011
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