Naeem Ashraf Raja

Naeem Ashraf Raja
Born 1967
Residence Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Occupation Director Biodiversity, Pakistan
Employer Government of Pakistan

Naeem Ashraf Raja (Urdu: نعیم اشرف راجہ) is the Director of biodiversity in the Federal Government of Pakistan.[1] A fellow of LEAD Pakistan,[2] Raja previously served as the Assistant Inspector General of Forests in the Ministry of Environment.[3] Besides his environmental work with the government of Pakistan, Raja has also worked in the Palas valley with the Himalyan Jungle Project,[4] the Chiltan Markhor Preservation Project, and has also done consultancy work with Pakistan Wildlife Foundation.[5] Along with his work for the environment, Raja has also published his field research[6] in several venues,[7][8] presented his research at international conferences[9][10] and also reviews environment-related submissions for Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies.[11] Raja often opines on the dangers to Pakistani forests[12] and biodiversity and recently was also one of the two Pakistani delegates in Geneva to have won a $3.8 million Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness grant for Pakistan.[13]

References

  1. "Convention on Biological Diversity". Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. Raja, Naeem Ashraf (151). "Leadership Development Programme". Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. "Workshop on "Forest Carbon Stock Assessment for REDD in Pakistan" from Feb 13-18". OnePakistanNews. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  4. Raja, N. A; P. Davidson; et al. (1999). "The birds of Palas, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan". Forktail. 15: 77–85. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  5. "Pakistan Wildlife Foundation". Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  6. Raja, N. A; P. Davidson; et al. (1999). "The birds of Palas, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan". Forktail. 15: 77–85. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  7. "Shrubs in Spate Irrigation Areas of Pakistan". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  8. "MUSK DEER SURVEY IN KABKOT NULLAH, PALAS VALLEY, DISTRICT KOHISTAN, NWFP, PAKISTAN". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. "Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity: Ecosystems and people - Development and biodiversity - The road to 2010 and beyond". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  10. "International Conference on Managing Forests for Poverty Reduction". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  11. "Advisory Review Committee". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. Craig, Tim (2014). "Energy shortages force Pakistanis to scavenge for wood, threatening tree canopy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  13. Khan, Rina Saeed. "Earthly matters: Can Pakistan's forests be saved?". Article. Daily Dawn. Retrieved 5 February 2014.


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