Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

DEFORESTATION AND THE ISLAMIC STEWARDSHIP ETHIC

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. The Logjam of Deforestation
• 2. Causes of Forest Loss
• 2.1. Demand for Wood
• 2.2. Conversion to Agriculture
• 2.3. Conflict Over Land Tenure
• 2.4. Illegal Logging and Corruption
• 2.5. Industrialization, Urbanization, and Infrastructure
• 2.6. Economic Poverty; No Alternative Livelihoods
• 2.7. Lack of Political Will, Poor Central Planning, and Inadequate Capacity 
• 3. Analysis
• 3.1. Environmental Ethics
• 3.2. Examples of Forest Management
• 3.2.1. Brazil
• 3.2.2. Nepal and New Zealand
• 3.2.3. USA and other English-speaking countries
• 3.2.4. Countries with significant Muslim influence
• 3.2.4.1. The Philippines
• 3.2.4.2. Indonesia
• 3.3. Environmental Stewardship Philosophies
• 3.4. Environmental Ethical Philosophies (moving beyond anthropocentrism toward ecocentrism and theo-centrism)
• 3.5. The Islamic Ethic of Stewardship
• 3.5.1. Muslim Stewardship
• 3.5.2. Resources management decisions and Islamic ethics
• 3.5.3. Significance of trees in Islam
• 4. Conclusion
• References
• Notes