Naeem Ashraf Raja Explained

Naeem Ashraf Raja
Birth Date:1967
Nationality:Pakistani
Known For:Environmentalist and a conservationist
Occupation:Director Biodiversity, Pakistan
Employer:Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan)
Government of Pakistan
employee as a forester

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

Career

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, Naeem Ashraf Raja has also worked in the Palas valley with the Himalyan Jungle Project,[3] the Chiltan Markhor Preservation Project, and has also done consultancy work with Pakistan Wildlife Foundation.[4]

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[5] [4] and also reviews environment-related submissions for .[6] [4] [7]

Environmentalist role

Naeem Ashraf Raja often reviews and makes his comments to the Pakistani news media on the dangers to Pakistani forests[8] 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.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pakistan - National Focal Points . UN Environment Programme (Convention on Biological Diversity) website. 25 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Leadership Development Programme (listed names of Fellows and Associates - scroll down to name #151 Naeem Ashraf Raja). 25 March 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320054956/http://www.lead.org.pk/ldp/fellows_associates_ldp.htm. 20 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Workshop on "Forest Carbon Stock Assessment for REDD in Pakistan" from Feb 13-18. OnePakistan News website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110222194349/http://www.onepakistan.com/news/local/islamabad/84340-workshop-on-forest-carbon-stock-assessment-for-redd-in-pakistan-from-dec-13-18.html. 22 February 2011. 25 March 2020.
  4. https://www.dawn.com/news/1260111 Protecting biodiversity vital for poverty reduction
  5. Web site: Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity: Ecosystems and people - Development and biodiversity - The road to 2010 and beyond (Naeem Ashraf Raja represented Pakistan). 29 October 2007. Trondheim (Norway) Conferences On Biodiversity website. 29 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Naeem Ashraf Raja on the Advisory Review Committee. 29 March 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120327194409/http://www.pakistaniaat.org/about/editorialTeam. 27 March 2012. Pakistaniaat  - A Journal Of Pakistan Studies website.
  7. News: Pakistan to employ DNA barcodes to curb illegal wildlife trade. Shahzad Anwar. 5 July 2015. The Express Tribune (newspaper). 1 April 2020.
  8. News: Craig. Tim. Energy shortages force Pakistanis to scavenge for wood, threatening tree canopy. 25 March 2020. The Washington Post. 2 February 2014.
  9. Web site: Khan. Rina Saeed. Earthly matters: Can Pakistan's forests be saved?. 19 January 2014. Dawn (newspaper). 29 March 2020.

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