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Documents traditional knowledge of 97 medicinal plant species from 41 families in Soran district. Based on interviews with 171 participants between October 2021 and May 2022, the study records plant parts, preparation methods and reported traditional uses. It highlights the importance of conserving plant resources and preserving local knowledge for further research.
Documents Sulaymaniyah’s butterfly fauna and adds records to the known diversity of the region, providing a reference for local butterfly research and conservation.
Uses camera traps to document Bamo Mountain’s mammals, including leopard and wild goat, and discusses hunting, fires and other pressures on their habitats.
Reviews Iraq’s biodiversity conservation efforts and implementation of its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2015–2020. The report assesses progress towards national targets and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, documents conservation measures and identifies remaining gaps. It supports national planning and reporting under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Compiles a checklist of Iraq’s lizards using published records, museum material and field information. The paper reports 50 species belonging to 27 genera and seven families, with distribution notes covering different parts of Iraq. It provides a reference for lizard diversity and recorded occurrence at the time of publication.
Records 66 medicinal plant species, their local names and traditional uses, preserving knowledge shared by herbalists across Sulaymaniyah.
Maps and estimates vegetation cover across the Kurdistan Region using satellite imagery and geographic information systems. Combining work undertaken in Duhok in 2014 with work in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja and Garmian in 2015, it presents vegetation distribution by administrative area and elevation. The report supports forest, rangeland and land-management planning.
Updates Iraq’s biodiversity status, trends and threats, and considers their implications for human well-being. It reviews the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, its implementation and the integration of biodiversity into other sectors. The report also assesses progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and relevant Millennium Development Goals.
Records evidence of wild mammals at more than 20 sites in Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Duhok, using photographs, tracks, droppings and other field signs.
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