Stamp on the planet and its not always been a pretty one a report from the United Nations says biodiversity is declining at 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 current dark region of Northern Iraq thanks to dedicated conservationists. Summer temperatures can exceed 40 degrees celsius here in the karratha and the kurdistan region of iraq. Thats why biologist hanna rosin and her colleague cora shout out like to get an early start theyre looking for traces of the biggest predator here a leopard thats considered the spirit of the current. They look great at the flagship species so its very important its on top predator so its on top of the food chain. The persian leopard is virtually invisible people who live here in the mountains of colorado know with the leopard the furry few have ever seen it. Even hanna rosin 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. And 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 person not heard this is one of the reasons why we cant approach on the production way. And 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 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. And this through this we disagree discover the persian leopard in 2011. This one is a new individual that we discovered in kind of in 2017 and this way we know for sure that we have 3 adult leopards living in rome in 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 the. Normally prepares oak forest rocky area so they do and 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 look at a price they just 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. 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 rest in our region. My family whose family is 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 felt that as i grew up there my parents fought for the mountains but now there is nothing to see on the mountains so i am striving to see wildlife back again on the mountains like this mountain without animals and theres no coming to them. For years now 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 Mohammed Sali stayed. While but for me the leopard is a kind of Natural Heritage id like to see more of them in these mountains. The new nature reserve is also meant to attract tourists a much needed source of income. A tourist lodges 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 reserves 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 trying things still live 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 feature 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 and. 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 Christiane 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 wild flowers as is often done in germany isnt the best solution here. This right now as is approach maybe for rich countries but its not scalable to know why middle Income Countries so we decided to. Middle income country whereas a well developed Agricultural Sector like mark will. Develop a model of for those then double and scalable. Here in morocco and then spend. The 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. Ph d. Student 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 awfully nature they would not be interested but if we talk about increasing. Week and conservative nature will be. The best approach to. Provide all. The farmers. Stephanie christman works at an institute in the moroccan capital rabat it was here that she developed. 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 love 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 and also in terms of keeping global peace. The thousands of samples she collects help scientists gain an overview of insect populations. Within for example take this one yeah this is amazing we saw the mason views that will make us above ground 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 the last year or so for theres we have to go through the field and to show them that yes there are make them and seeing their balance and their fields are with their i have a part in that and so when they have a large amount of leg kilometers of cereal field and from the point of view of the wild pollinator this is a sign haha. They cannot cross as we cannot cross back foot. 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 i think fuck all the inclusion of wild pollinators in our great culture fits in perfectly with the ministries current strategy. It involves making aquaculture more intelligent in the face of Climate Change and. They 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 sustainable and i guess will that. Increase the class Climate Change resilience of their life and the long long lets pick up on paul and i to protect the better. Farmers as insect protectors based on the current data the model seems to be working yeah so lets take in that the beanie. You live in very very good conditions very dry and the farmers make more profit from the areas with more pollinator friendly plants this is the 2nd year that Mohammad Chokri has been farming using the fat method. Last in our income has increased and with it our lives have improved. We benefit from it we can sell more. Previously we only sold wheat vegetables and pulses ward off the top of the terminal mercilessly being on call little now i know that i can grow different products. As well as other vegetables besides the traditional ones. Youre going to get. Creamed 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. 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 to and garbage poisons the marine life in the reef turning things around is a big challenge. With its breathtaking view sea believe is paradise on earth or at least thats how it looks. But the countrys most prized possession lies under water the incredible biodiversity of its 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 foreign and its 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 i 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 it is 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 a frequent sight clones have wreaked havoc here and Climate Change is turning everything gray. Together with marine biologist lisa carne unter 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 forests in the seas so just like the trees in the forest provide habitat and 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 caught 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 good i dont work but 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 has 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 pelican it shows him where his bait will go for your life which for a few years i started fishing with my dad. This is much more. Than also sees himself as a reef protector hed never use large fishing nets for example they kill too many animals and corals. You know have a who have been officially war they. Know. The reef system protects the fishes. If they dont have that they have the fishes in these corals and stuff like that the growth of right. There glen is dedication to fishing sustainably not everyone is he protects the crayfish just like the queen conch its not yet fishing season. Though hes not so forgiving with the fire fish this. Fishes that live there are there for that group of. The belize 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 that foot as in is committed to. Get across the future is not going to be here for a cute little. Service as much as possible the future will be beautiful but. Headland was among those pushing pressure on the government such as 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 backed down and. Was dredging more oil plugs not. One of the oil spill and it will be for. The people of belize are fighting for their. Money to take stock of the farm to coral shell soon find new homes for. Everything for tech theres work is financed by project money and donations they tightly show us the results of 8 years of work ringback coral cover has increased from just 6 percent 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 crisis it all of us do is a little bandaid binah some time for the close a community of 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 and lynn sells his daily catch to a fish restaurant from busy fresh to the place. Now many coral has to take firm enough hold that it can withstand any storm that comes its way. Back. Once again our reporters were invited to take a glimpse inside one of the worlds living rooms this time in poona india. Readings it. 6 says my husbands head and this alone. 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