Process Marsh Arab Community Governance

Marsh Arab Community Governance refers to the traditional self-organization systems of the Maʻdān peoples of southern Iraq, who inhabit the Mesopotamian Marshes. Governance is based on tribal councils, collective decision-making, and customary law regulating water use, fishing, agriculture, and conflict resolution. These practices sustain communal life in a fragile wetland ecosystem and represent a form of ecological commons governance deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge.

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, Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq IQ
Creation date	-3000
Topics	Commons, Ancestral Knowledge, Biodiversity, Land Use, Environmental justice
Context	Rural
Number of participants
Typology	Cultural Sovereignty
Languages	Arabicar
Thematics	Radical DemocracyRadical Democracy