Nature Solutionaries Podcast interview with Hana Raza, the Persian leopard conservation program founder and manager

Hana Raza is a Kurdish wildlife conservationist who rediscovered the Persian leopard, once thought to be extinct, in the mountains of Kurdistan in 2011. She dedicated her career to establishing a program for conserving this globally endangered species.  In 2017, she was awarded the prestigious award of Future for Nature.

Together we talk about: 

• Why it is important to protect the Persian leopard
• What the main threats that this animal faces in Iraq are
• What it’s like to be a woman conservationist in war-torn country
• Hana’s current efforts to establish a nature reserve in Qara Dagh

VERONIKA PERKOVÁ

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