Aljazeera reports some good news in Iraq

There's more at the above link but since we don't often hear good things from Iraq, especially reported by Aljazeera thought I'd point it out:

Iraq's ancient marshlands drained by Saddam Hussein are nearly half-restored, giving hope of saving traditional habitats for both people and animals.

A Japanese-funded UN project launched a year ago has used the internet and eco-friendly technology to restore the Middle East's main wetland area, which is believed to be the basis for the biblical Garden of Eden.

Shia fighters hid in the labyrinth of waterways and floating reeds after Saddam's Sunni-dominated regime crushed a Shia insurrection after the 1991 Gulf War.

In retaliation, Saddam diverted waterways and burned down the reedbeds, reducing the 9000 square km of permanent wetlands in the 1970s to just 760 square km when his government was toppled in 2003.