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FIGURE 21.1 Irrigation practices in the United Arab Emirates (old farm well head, restored
channels in an ancient oasis, drip apparatus sustaining a tree, and a small farm growing fod-
der for camels) and Syria (diesel pumps and metal and plastic piping sustaining large-scale
grain fields). ( Continued )

the January to February period, and which would allow opportunity for moving salt
with water.
Fish production is critical to the restoration of the Iraqi marshes because of cul-
tural and economic reasons (France 2011, 2012). Some preliminary data from the
marshes suggest that populations of such valued species drop off precipitously at
high levels of salinity.