Marine Science Center press release

A scientific team at the Marine Science Center at the University of Basra planted mangroves in Khor Al-Zubair. The team directed, with the support and direct guidance of the Director General of the Marine Science Center, Prof. Dr. Nuri Abdul-Nabi Nasser, and in order to preserve the Iraqi coasts, which is a unique experience in Iraq by planting mangroves in The coasts, the banks of the Shatt al-Arab, Khor al-Zubayr, and Shatt al-Basra, and the next heading to the great port of Faw after agreement with the Director General of the Iraqi Ports Company, to act as a vegetative cover that protects the coasts from erosion as well as providing a shelter for fish

And the other organisms as a plant resistant to saline and organic pollution in addition to its ability to adapt to high temperatures.