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After years of devastating drought, winter rains have revived Iraq's legendary Mesopotamian marshes, bringing back fish, wildlife, and hope to communities who depend on these ancient waters. Water now covers 85 percent of the Huwaizah Marshes, restoring a landscape considered by many to be the biblical Garden of Eden.
Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands in a century, but a four-year project is fighting back by planting 30,000 bald cypress trees. The hardy trees are bringing life back to an ecosystem damaged by logging and saltwater intrusion.
After Hurricane Katrina destroyed protective wetlands, volunteers have planted nearly 30,000 cypress and tupelo trees around New Orleans to anchor the sinking land and shield the city from future storms. The saplings represent two decades of determined recovery, transforming degraded marshes into thriving forests once again.
A tiny endangered minnow sparked one of Iowa's most successful conservation projects, bringing back hundreds of lost wetlands and cleaning the state's waterways in the process. Now 57 fish species and 81 bird species call these restored habitats home.
Scientists discover that keeping wetlands slightly damp, not flooded, cuts greenhouse gases better than expected. This breakthrough could reshape how countries restore 140,000 hectares of climate-critical land.