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The impact of ISIS control on the livestock sector in Iraq (a study in geopolitics)

Talaat Muhammad Taher Omar Al-Boutani1

1 Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Raparin, Rania, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Published
December 14, 2020
Volume
7 (4), 395-431
License
CC BY 4.0
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Abstract

Livestock resources experienced a dramatic decline in each of Nineveh, Anbar, Salah Al-Din, and parts of Kirkuk and Diyala provinces due to the Islamic states invasion into those areas in June 2014.According to estimates by some international organizations in Iraq, Livestock numbers decreased significantly by 65% ​​from what it was in 2010. Major reasons for Livestock decline in Iraq were conflict, military operations, aerial bombardment, banditry, and lack of health care resulted in the deaths of large numbers of Livestock, in addition to forced internal migration, that resulted in the migration of about four million Iraqis where they had to leave their homes towards western and northern Iraq. It can be concluded that due to the dramatic decline in Livestock, Iraq lost more than 1.674 billion dollars.

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The impact of ISIS control on the livestock sector in Iraq (a study in geopolitics)

Talaat Muhammad Taher Omar Al-Boutani

Livestock resources experienced a dramatic decline in each of Nineveh, Anbar, Salah Al-Din, and parts of Kirkuk and Diyala provinces due to the Islamic states invasion into those areas in June 2014.According to estimates by some international organizations in Iraq, Livestock numbers decreased significantly by 65% ​​from what it was in 2010. Major reasons for Livestock decline in Iraq were conflict, military operations, aerial bombardment, banditry, and lack of health care resulted in the deaths of large numbers of Livestock, in addition to forced internal migration, that resulted in the migration of about four million Iraqis where they had to leave their homes towards western and northern Ir...