This document presents field observations from the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Survey conducted in winter (Jan/Feb) & summer (Jun) 2009 in Sulaimani. The 2009 surveys represent the fifth and sixth seasonal survey conducted in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq since the start of the project in February 2007. It should be noted that a severe drought was affecting the whole Kurdish region of Northern Iraq during the previous summer survey season and very little rain or snow had fallen by the time of the winter 2009 survey. |
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