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- Wildlife_of_Afghanistan abstract "Afghanistan has long been known for its rich and diverse wildlife, as recorded in Baburnama (Persian for \"Memoirs of Babur\"). Tigers and cheetahs have been present in lowland parts of Afghanistan until the mid-twentieth century. For majority of the Afghan people, natural resources are the source of their livelihood and the basis of their existence. “Virtually the entire land surface of Afghanistan has been used for centuries – whether for local farming or, on a more wide-reaching basis, for livestockgrazing, fuelwood collection and hunting”, says Pekka Haavisto, Chairman of the Afghanistan Task Force of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and former Finnish Minister for Environment. In 2003, a Post-Conflict Environment Assessment Report revealed how warfare in the country had degraded the environment. The report partly also focused on the dramatic decrease of wildlife due to poaching, and outlines ways to respond to these threats. Many of the larger mammals in the country are categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as globally threatened. These include the snow leopard, Marco Polo sheep, Siberian musk deer, markhor, urial, and the Asiatic black bear. Other species of interest are the ibex, the gray wolf, and the brown bear, striped hyenas, and numerous bird of prey species. Most of the Marco Polo sheep and ibex are being poached for food, whereas wolves, snow leopards and bears are being killed for damage prevention.The fur, however, is being sold to aid workers and foreign soldiers as souvenirs on local markets. With five million returning ex-patriots between 2002 and 2014, the pressure on Afghanistan's natural resources are set to increase further. The UNEP Report makes it clear that environmental restoration must play a major part in the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.In 2011, camera traps captured a photo of a Persian leopard, a big cat previously thought to be extinct. With its nine species of wild cats, Afghanistan is second only to Sub-Saharan Africa in big cat diversity. There is the desert in western Herat, where cheetahs are said to exist, and eastern Ghazni province, which may contain the highest breeding colony of flamingos in the world.".
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- Wildlife_of_Afghanistan comment "Afghanistan has long been known for its rich and diverse wildlife, as recorded in Baburnama (Persian for \"Memoirs of Babur\"). Tigers and cheetahs have been present in lowland parts of Afghanistan until the mid-twentieth century. For majority of the Afghan people, natural resources are the source of their livelihood and the basis of their existence.".
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