Iraq decreed its first official national park last week, after years of planning and bargaining within its governmental council. The new title will help protect the central marshes of Iraq, which are currently threatened by the country’s increasing urbanization and development. One integral part of the legislation’s passing was Nature Iraq, an environmental group whose...

Iraq decreed its first official national park last week, after years of planning and bargaining within its governmental council. The new title will help protect the central marshes of Iraq, which are currently threatened by the country’s increasing urbanization and development. One integral part of the legislation’s passing was Nature Iraq, an environmental group whose...