A dangerous rate more than a 1000000 species could soon become extinct. Theres almost no place on earth thats been spared from human activity not even the poles or remote mountains such as in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq its one of the worlds most conflict ridden areas borders drawn after world war one left the kurdish region straddling 4 states turkey syria iraq and iran. This has resulted in uprisings violence and wars that still continue today. Most recently against socalled Islamic State over the decades millions of people have been displaced some fled to isolated mountain areas. Kurdistans wildlife has also been badly affected many species are now endangered but there is new hope in the car a dark region of Northern Iraq thanks to dedicated conservationists. Summer temperatures can exceed 40 degrees celsius here in the carriage and the kurdistan region of iraq thats why biologists had our roster and her colleague cora shout out like to get an early start theyre looking for traces of the biggest predator here a leopard thats going. Sort of the spirit of the character. And the look at the flagship species so its very important its on top predators always on top of the food chain. The persian leopard is virtually invisible people who live here in the mountains of colorado know where the leopard but furry few have ever seen it. Even hunt a writer whos been working and doing research here for years now has never encountered a leopard in the wild thats why they use camera traps. So this is the wild growth. We get a lot of pictures of them on our camera charts which is a good. Indicator of the prey and a bit of an apology for the persian offered this is one of the reasons why we get a person actually. It seems this morning weve got a lot of pictures of mammals different mammal species and also a lot of birds we have. The wild goat. We have. The gray wolf jackal fox wild cats the asiatic wildcatters will. The leopards have to compete with wolves for their prey and occasionally other leopards but persian leopards have become very rare in these mountains so this leopard is their 1st photographic record of the persian leopard for iraq that we had. This through this we disagree discover the persian leopard in 2011. This one is a new individual that we discovered in. In 2017 and this way we know for sure that we have 3 adult leopards living and roaming these mountains. Worldwide the population of persian leopards is estimated at less than 1300. 00 the graceful yet ferocious big cat is listed as endangered. The conservationists climb the steep rocky terrain as often as possible they havent given up hope of spotting a leopard on one of the other cliffs this is its main hunting ground. This is a typical habitat for the love birds. Normally for ferris oak forest rocky area so they do is when they hunt they normally sit on a tree or under a tree looking out over looking in what is going on there and then when they locate a prey they jump down the mountain its easier for them because theyre so powerful and they jump so high and once theyre lucky to get the prey that they drag it to it on to a tree and then thats where they eat it. The fate of the persian leopard is dependent on its habitat. For decades of war violence and human migration in iraq have left their mark on both people and animals here. At the strength of the law could be compared to this strength of human beings especially kurds who with stuart a lot of conflicts and rests in our region. My family is the peshmerga family Freedom Fighters those who fought against Saddam Hussein and so i was born in the mountains while my parents were actually fighting against the regime and my connection with nature and the mountains goes that long and knife so that as i grew up there my parents fought for the mountains but now there is nothing to see on the mountain and so i am striving to see wildlife back again on the mountains like you see this mountain with that animals and there is no coming to. For years now how has been negotiating with a. Protected area in. Her efforts seem to have paid off. 2300. 00 hectares of mountainous terrain are to be designated a nature reserve for the leopards. The locals have to be convinced as well years of unrest have forced people to leave so there arent many left and the Younger Generation often look for jobs in the big cities but at home mohamed sadly stayed a. While but for me the leopard is a kind of Natural Heritage id like to see more of them in these mountains on. The new nature reserve is also meant to attract tourists a much needed source of income. A Tourist Lodge is currently being built with the support of the International Union for conservation of nature i understand that a lot of people wouldnt expect that this you know iraq is for vacation and for having fun but actually i can promise that this region is very safe but the 1st visitors are not the guests they were hoping for oil reserves are believed to be situated along the border of the protected area. Even though the oil company is considering ways to support the reserve drilling would nevertheless be inevitable. After half an hour the unwelcome visitors leave my personal thinking is that oil. And Oil Exploration is one of the biggest negative impact on the environment and no matter how much they try they would still big footprint on the environment the isolation of the mountains and the kurdistan region is the best protection for iraqs leopards. Only if the area is left untouched. Does the spirit of the character have a chance. My vision for this and especially the conservation of wildlife particularly is to have a network of protected areas established for our region and to have more prosperity and to have more peace for the local people and local communities that live around them and also for the wildlife. This weeks global ideas is also about species protection the number of insects worldwide has fallen drastically agriculture takes a big share of the blame our reporter mabel good luck went to morocco to find out about a Research Project that hopes to benefit farmers and insects. These cari and their flowers attract a lot of insects researcher Stephanie Christman is delighted to see them after all theyre essential for pollination here in morocco though many simply view insects as pests now askin designed to educate farmers about the need to protect them has been introduced simply planting strips of the. Wildflowers as is often done in germany isnt the best solution here. This right now is true as a project and maybe forage countries but its not going to know im middle Income Countries so we decided to. Middle income country whereas a well developed Agricultural Sector like maracle. Developed a model of bosses then double and scalable. In here in morocco and then spend it out of the other countries. Unlike other common insect protection plans the focus here is on enabling farmers to generate an income from everything they grow. Farming with alternative pollinators or if up for short is the name of the plan it works like this 3 quarters of the land is used to grow the main crops like eggplant for example cultivated around it are plants that attract more insects because of their colors shapes and when theyre in bloom the farmer can also sell them. As a control there are fields in which only the main crop grows that way the researchers can assess the effectiveness of the intervention. As a ph d. Student on Christmas Team will be killed. Here shes collecting insect samples that will later be examined in the lab when it comes to protecting pollinators she says economic arguments are just as important as environmental ones. If only about diversity of nature and they would be interested but if we talk about increasing yield at weekend a conservative nature dandy will be. The best approach to. Provide all those things for the farmers. Stephanie christman works at an institute in the moroccan capital rabat it was here that she developed for up she says the consequences of global insect disappearance could be dramatic such as loss of food crops soil erosion and even human migration when my get into a world which is like peaceful anymore. In all areas because everybody will be affected and i think we have to start thinking on pollinator laws and on pollinator protection. Also in terms of keeping global peace. The thousands of samples she collects help scientists gain an overview of insect populations. We can for example take this one yeah this is amazing be. The missing piece that will make us go. The researchers have been studying feeding and breeding behavior theyve also shown farmers how to spot insect nasts we did interviews with families they dont recognise yeah so for this we have to go through the field and to show them that yeah there are make them and seeing their lands and their field so with that i have a part in that and so when they have a large amount of like kilometers of cereal field and from the point of view of a white bunny nature this is a hot here. And they cannot cross as we cannot cross. Wheat doesnt need insects to reproduce so the bumble bees are lucky if they find any flowers in the vast fields especially since unlike honeybees they cant fly very far. One problem is the growing tendency toward monoculture in morocco as the country modernize its agricultural. A Government Agency is cooperating with the fact. It says the insect protection model can easily be integrated into the countrys agricultural planning. To pull up but i think fuck all the inclusion of wild pollinators in our great culture fits in perfectly with the ministries current strategy that. Means it involves making our culture more intelligent in the face of Climate Change and. Might seek. Agriculture in the face of Climate Change the agency now offers training based on the fact model farmers learn that plants that rely on pollinators usually consume less water than wheat for example thats useful to know because in the future water will be even scarce or. We cannot train the families know what to do in 2050 but we can educate them in a way that they are able to respond to the reality they will have and sustaining pollinate as well that an. Increase of class Climate Change resilience of life and the long law lets pick up on paul and i the protection the better. Farmers as insect protectors based on the current data the model seems to be working yeah so lets take the painting. Here live in very very Good Condition very dry. The farmers make more profit from the areas with more pollinator friendly plants this is the 2nd year that Mohamed Chokri has been farming using the fat method. That has our income has increased and with it our lives have improved. We benefit from it so we can sell more. Previously we only sold wheat vegetables and pulses. Although now i know that i can grow different products. As well as other vegetables besides the traditional ones you know were going to get. Korea wants to use the method on a much bigger field in the future and if other countries adopt the fact model the impact on insect populations could be significant. Yes. Coral reefs cover an area of around 600000 square kilometers worldwide they grow almost exclusively in warm tropical seas the reefs are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet with 60000. 00 species discovered there so far including thousands of different fish the reefs may be home to up to a 1000000 animal species. But rising sea temperatures are causing whats known as coral bleaching with fatal consequences. Fishing harms biodiversity too and garbage poisons the marine life in the reef turning things around is a big challenge. Its breathtaking view c believes is paradise on earth or at least thats how it looks. But the countrys most prized possession lies under water the incredible biodiversity of it 7000 year old coral reef the 2nd largest in the world the reef was dying but is now gradually being brought back to life many fernon is one of those fighting on its behalf. She cant think of a more wonderful job she says even as a child the 25 year old knew shed one day become a safer of reefs what i feel like when i go to work its like. When they call me and say all right were going to all do this laughing work here go check the corals here or whatever it is im like all right lets do this lets lets rock this lets rock today. In the coastal village of local survive on fishing and tourism both of which depend on the reef. You know i come on this trip many times many tears and i say man i am so blessed and i look at everything that i am that is in front of me and i think i hope one day this doesnt become a memory. Beneath the surface its clear why the reef is struggling the corals have been dying off the sea water is too warm too acidic and the frequent cyclons have wreaked havoc here and Climate Change is turning everything gray. Together with marine biologist lisa current on her organization of fragments of hope monique is rebuilding the corals. Were overdue and so theres no time to waste right now on the roads are basically like the forest in the seas so just like the trees in the forest provide a habitat shelter for so many other animals the corals do the same on the reef. Very meticulously after Much Research and careful selection they take a few fragments of some especially hard to quit growing corals then they plant them in new places its called micro fragmenting 1st the corals are cars into small pieces. And. These are the fragments of hope and time is of the essence. The divers plant the small pieces of living coral among the dead ones. Several times a week they place the coral pieces in prepared cement as they need a secure foundation. This is a girl i work with its for the for the for the future and thats all that matters. Around 80 percent of the fragments survive these ones have been growing for 18 months life is returning and attracting more life with us as a school of sardines for example the fish needs the corals. Which have been leslie is a fisherman like his father and grandfather before him and his son is set to follow in his footsteps. Evan watches the palak and it shows him where his bait will go for you which for years i start my day. With this is my. Dads and also sees himself as a reef protector hed never use large fishing nets for example they kill too many animals and corals. You dont have a hoodoo if you know how beneficial was the. Reef is then protects the fishes. If they dont have that they have the fishes in these corals and stuff like that the growth of that. That land is dedication to fishing sustainably not everyone is he protects the crayfish just like the queen conch its not yet fishing season. Though is not so forgiving with the fire fish this. Fish is that live because a group of. The believe government has now divided the reef into zones in order to protect us you can only fish in your own area to allow a species to recover thats what atlantis commissioned to. Get across the future is not going to be here for the kids will. Serve as much as possible in the future will be beautiful. Hedlund was among those pushing pressure on the governments that is when it handed out exploration licenses to Oil Companies images of the Catastrophic Oil spill in the gulf of mexico in 2010 shocks many here into action atlan helped organize petitions the u. N. Supported the campaign only then did the Government Back down in. Creating more oil plugs no. One in the oil spill and it will reach for. The people of belize are fighting for their. Money to take stock of the farm to coral shell see. And find new homes for. The reef protectors work is financed by project money and donations they currently show us the result of 8 years of work d coral cover has increased from just 6 press tends to over 50 percent. Of all the hard work its worth us the reef has been able to recuperate. This is not solving the Climate Change craze it are the series is a little bit ended binah some time for the Coastal Community people here i say its all about political will i think we can do this if we have all if we have the people behind us. We can with this. A long day draws to a close as lynn sells his daily catch to a fish restaurant from the fresh to the place. Now many coral has to take firm enough hold that it can withstand any storm that comes its way. Thank you. Once again our reporters were invited to take a glimpse inside one of the worlds living rooms this time in india. Readings of. Those my husband had and although. We live in this beautiful place home and born me and we have somehow find found best of friends and. Confidant. And i think the war and the love and the trust we have for. Why this painting made so special to me. There is chaos all around this is anger that hatred but good cop hes gone and with enough food and bad about this painting no matter how much chaos you have a night you can all do this find have been. So this matter is one of the pieces that ive managed to carry over from my childhood. And before theres a belonged to my mother my father had but she is dead like 60 years back and to bring this. And to look into this matter that somehow managed to steal those men leave and keep it with me. Thank you so much for coming. To what may come our humble the board. I wish this meeting could have been longer but we wish you had made me rich. And you wish we can feel again. Thats it for global 3000 this week wed love to hear from you email us at global 3000 i d w dot com or visit us on facebook youll find us under g. W. When see you next time i might. It broiled in a battle for land and resources i know kanya Richard Chiles breadbasket. 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