Natural World

Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq (BBC)



Nature Documentary hosted by David Johnson, published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Natural World series in 2011 - English narration.







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It's the largest and most ambitious habitat recreation project ever known - to bring back to life one of the world's greatest marshlands. And it's happening in Iraq.

Considered to be the original Garden of Eden, the marshes were once Iraq's wildlife jewel, where man and nature thrived for 5,000 years. But in the 1990s, Saddam Hussein drained these gigantic wetlands and turned them into a desert, destroying a home to thousands of people and millions of birds.

Donning his body armour, film-maker David Johnson travels to the Mesopotamian marshes to follow the work of Azzam Alwash, the visionary Iraqi engineer at the centre of this extraordinary scheme to reflood hundreds of miles of desert and bring back life to the sands. This is a view of Iraq the world never sees, a world of huge reed beds and vast flocks of birds that fill the sky.



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* Video Codec: x265/HEVC CABAC [email protected]

* Video Bitrate: CRF 23 (~2537Kbps)

* Video Resolution: 1920x1080

* Frame Rate: 25 FPS

* Audio Codec: HE-AAC

* Audio Bitrate: 160Kbps CBR 24KHz

* Audio Channels: 6

* Run-Time: 59 mins

* Part Size: 1.11 GB

* Source: HDTV

* Subtitles: Merged