Saddam Hussein's government had practically destroyed a large area of marshes in southern Iraq by damming up the sources of water for the region. Now, thanks to local residents and the new Iraqi government, this region is on it's way back.
"We're talking about an area about the size of Lake Ontario that has been reduced to about a tenth of its original size," says Dr. Warner, a University of Waterloo scientist.
Scientists have been working with Iraqi scientists trying to educate them and help them restore this once "Garden of Eden."
