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References

GEORG, P. V. AND VIELLIARD, J. (1968) Waterfowl counts in Iraq: 21 December 1967–18 January 1968. Unpublished notes in IWRB files.
GEORG, P. V. AND VIELLIARD, J. (1970) Midwinter observations on birds of central and south Iraq. Bull. Iraq Nat. Hist. Mus. 4: 61–85.
Koning, F. J. and Dijksen, L. J. (1973) Report on IWRB Mission to Iraq and Syria, December 1972. IWRB Bull. 35: 57-62.
NORTH, A. (1993) Saddam’s water war. Geogr. Mag. July: 10–14.
PEARCE, F. (1993) Draining life from Iraq’s marshes. New Scientist 17 April: 11–12.
PRENTICE, C. (1993) Degradation of the Mesopotamian marshes, Iraq. IWRB News 10: 10–11.
SAVAGE, C. D. W. (1968). The wildfowl and wetland situation in Iraq. Pp.128–133 in H. F. J. Elliott, ed. Proc. Technical Meeting on Wetland Conservation, Ankara- Bursa-Istanbul, October 1967. Morges, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Publ. New Series 12).
THESIGER, W. (1954) The marshmen of southern Iraq. Geogr. J. 120: 272–281.

Further resources

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Marshes (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-marshes-iba-iraq on 19/01/2025.