Dr. Azzam Alwash, Nature Iraq

Suzanne Simpson, Galveston Bay Foundation

Mashal Awais, Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jaime Gonzalez, The Nature Conservancy in Texas, Moderator

The fate of wetlands will be crucial in a changing world. Biodiversity in the Marshes of Iraq as well as the marshes of the Gulf Coast of America is threatened. Where do we go from here? What are some answers to complex problems we are facing, as a culture and as communities? Discover some of the solutions being proposed to help both regions of the world at a talk and panel discussion by experts from Iraq and the Gulf Coast.

Glasscock Auditorium

Entrance #8, Rice University and Stockton

FREE ADMISSION

Parking: Lot #4. Follow Signs

Image on the left: sea grasses and shell midden in Galveston Bay. Image on the right: The Mesopotamian Marshes, Ahwar of southern Iraq, Unesco site, Iraq.