Thousands of dunams burnt by Penjwen wildfire

Controlling the fire has become a more challenging task due to planted landmines and explosives from the eight year long Iran-Iraq war over three decades ago.

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The game of foxes and chickens in a Kurdish village

In a quiet Kurdish village, foxes slip through shadows, stealing chickens and dodging traps. The author watches them with wonder, seeing not just a nuisance, but the wild beauty moving just beyond reach.

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Red-wattled lapwing: Kurdistan’s alarm bird 

Red-wattled lapwings have one of the loudest and most distinct alarm calls. They are extremely vigilant and always on alert. They live around water streams, farms, rocky ground and cultivated land.

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Echoes of the wild: Kurdistan’s endangered species 

Biologist Soran Ahmed believes that each animal plays an instrumental role in nature and that biodiversity and wildlife are as important to human wellbeing as they are to a healthy ecosystem

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Birds of Kurdistan: Their past, present and future

“Our birds are part of our identity”

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Rare and Threatened: Wildlife on Kurdistan’s Bamo Mountains

Researchers identified several threats to the wildlife in the region, including forest fires, landmines, poaching, and animal trafficking. These factors, they warn, could have led to a significant decline in the population size and distribution of many wild mammalian species, with some possibly already extinct.

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