The Al-Chibayish Marshes of Southern Iraq, a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the world’s most ancient ecological and cultural landscapes, faced near-total destruction in the 1990s due to deliberate drainage under political orders. Since partial restoration efforts have revived portions of the marshes, this fragile ecosystem, along with the millennia-old Marsh Arab culture, remains under severe threat from climate change, upstream dam projects, and environmental neglect. This project responds with an emergency 3D digitization initiative to immortalize Al-Chibayish's ecosystems, biodiversity, and cultural practices.
