Naeem Ashraf Raja

Naeem Ashraf Raja
Born1967
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Director Biodiversity, Pakistan
Employer(s)Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan)
Government of Pakistan
employee as a forester
Known forEnvironmentalist and a conservationist

Naeem Ashraf Raja (Urdu: نعیم اشرف راجہ) is the Director of biodiversity in the Federal Government of Pakistan.[1][2]

Career

A fellow of 'LEAD Pakistan',[3] Raja previously served as the Assistant Inspector General of Forests in the Ministry of Environment.[4]

Besides his environmental work with the Government of Pakistan, Naeem Ashraf 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, Naeem Ashraf Raja has also published his field research in several venues, presented his research at international conferences[6][5] and also reviews environment-related submissions for Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies.[7][5][8]

Environmentalist role

Naeem Ashraf Raja often reviews and makes his comments to the Pakistani news media on the dangers to Pakistani forests[9] and biodiversity and in 2014 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Khan, Rina Saeed (19 January 2014). "Earthly matters: Can Pakistan's forests be saved?". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Pakistan - National Focal Points". UN Environment Programme (Convention on Biological Diversity) website. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Leadership Development Programme (listed names of Fellows and Associates - scroll down to name #151 Naeem Ashraf Raja)". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Workshop on "Forest Carbon Stock Assessment for REDD in Pakistan" from Feb 13-18". OnePakistan News website. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Protecting biodiversity vital for poverty reduction Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 May 2016, Retrieved 1 April 2020
  6. ^ "Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity: Ecosystems and people - Development and biodiversity - The road to 2010 and beyond (Naeem Ashraf Raja represented Pakistan)". Trondheim (Norway) Conferences On Biodiversity website. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Naeem Ashraf Raja on the Advisory Review Committee". Pakistaniaat – A Journal Of Pakistan Studies website. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ^ Shahzad Anwar (5 July 2015). "Pakistan to employ DNA barcodes to curb illegal wildlife trade". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  9. ^ Craig, Tim (2 February 2014). "Energy shortages force Pakistanis to scavenge for wood, threatening tree canopy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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