Nature Solutionaries

Hana Raza: Fighting for a Better Future for Persian Leopards in Iraq

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Hana Raza is a Kurdish wildlife conservationist who rediscovered the Persion leopard, once thought to be extinct, in the mountains of Kurdistan in 2011. She dedicated her career to establishing a program for conserving this globally endangered species.  In 2017, she was awarded the prestigious award of Future for Nature.

Together we talk about:

  • Why it is important to protect the Persian leopard
  • What the main threats that this animal faces in Iraq are
  • What it’s like to be a woman conservationist in war-torn country
  • Hana’s current efforts to establish a nature reserve in Qara Dagh

    • Links:

    • Nature Iraq
    • Hana Raza’s Facebook
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      Nature SolutionariesBy Veronika Perkova
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