Naeem Ashraf Raja
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Naeem Ashraf Raja (Urdu: نعیم اشرف راجہ) is the Director of biodiversity in the Federal Government of Pakistan.[1][2]
Government of Pakistan
employee as a forester
Naeem Ashraf Raja | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Occupations | Director Biodiversity, Pakistan |
| Employer(s) | Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan) Government of Pakistan employee as a forester |
| Known for | Environmentalist and a conservationist |
Career
A fellow of 'LEAD Pakistan',[3] Raja previously served as the Assistant Inspector General of Forests in the Ministry of Environment.[4]
Besides his environmental work with the Government of Pakistan, Naeem Ashraf Raja has also worked in the Palas valley with the Himalayan Jungle Project,[4] the Chiltan Markhor Preservation Project, and has also done consultancy work with Pakistan Wildlife Foundation.[5]
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[6][5] and also reviews environment-related submissions for Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies.[7][5][8]
Environmentalist role
Naeem Ashraf Raja often reviews and makes his comments to the Pakistani news media on the dangers to Pakistani forests[9] 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.[1]
