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Almost 50% of forests have been lost in Kurdistan in 70 years, as a nursery in the city of Sulaimaniyah works to battle the destructive effects of deforestation
Hawraman, one of Iran's last isolated treasures, has recently been designated by UNESCO as one of its World Heritage Sites. Complete with millennia-old culture and stunning landscapes, the region has an infinitely rich depository of Kurdish heritage.
As temperatures soar across Iraq, Akre’s residents stay cool in their ancient stone houses, which are protected by a decades-old ban on concrete. But the city’s climate-friendly policy risks backfiring due to a lack of public funding.
![After the destruction of the Tabqa Dam during the Syrian Civil War, residents in Raqqa have turned to solar energy to subsist [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-06/GettyImages-1198658396.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=qqpsgQCa)
After the destruction of the critical Tabqa Dam in the Civil War, residents of Raqqa have turned to the alternative of solar energy to power their city. In the face of adversity, Raqqa's ingenuity has guaranteed the return of some form of normalcy.
İbrahim Özdemir, one of Turkey's most prominent environmentalists, believes that the growing number of Muslim environmentalists can find inspiration for their aggressive campaign against global warming from Islam itself.