Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective

The rapid decline of world’s biodiversity and increasing need of natural resources to accommodate the growing population suggest that the current western philosophy of conservation biology is not achieving its mission and objective as expected in Southeast Asia. The existing religious tools and...

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Main Author: Mohd. Azlan J. Abdul Gulam Azad
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Language:English
Published: Institut Islam Hadhari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/1/makalah-v4n1-n6.pdf
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description The rapid decline of world’s biodiversity and increasing need of natural resources to accommodate the growing population suggest that the current western philosophy of conservation biology is not achieving its mission and objective as expected in Southeast Asia. The existing religious tools and channels for conservation should be seriously considered. There is a high potential in achieving high standards of conservation biology if management of natural resources adheres to the fundamental principles of Islam in Malaysia. However religious approaches are mainly limited to Islamic norms and treated independently in many parts of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. Therefore there is an urgent need to synergize Islamic concepts in conservation biology with the existing governance system. It is believed if Islamic concepts are genuinely practised and amalgamated into the existing implementation and governance structure in conservation biology, the future for biodiversity in this region will be bright.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:53332016-12-14T06:38:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/ Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective Mohd. Azlan J. Abdul Gulam Azad, The rapid decline of world’s biodiversity and increasing need of natural resources to accommodate the growing population suggest that the current western philosophy of conservation biology is not achieving its mission and objective as expected in Southeast Asia. The existing religious tools and channels for conservation should be seriously considered. There is a high potential in achieving high standards of conservation biology if management of natural resources adheres to the fundamental principles of Islam in Malaysia. However religious approaches are mainly limited to Islamic norms and treated independently in many parts of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. Therefore there is an urgent need to synergize Islamic concepts in conservation biology with the existing governance system. It is believed if Islamic concepts are genuinely practised and amalgamated into the existing implementation and governance structure in conservation biology, the future for biodiversity in this region will be bright. Institut Islam Hadhari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/1/makalah-v4n1-n6.pdf Mohd. Azlan J. Abdul Gulam Azad, (2012) Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective. Jurnal Hadhari, 4 (1). pp. 129-136. ISSN 1985-6830 http://www.ukm.my/jhadhari
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Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective
title Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective
title_full Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective
title_fullStr Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective
title_short Biodiversity conservation strategy in Malaysia: from an Islamic perspective
title_sort biodiversity conservation strategy in malaysia: from an islamic perspective
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5333/1/makalah-v4n1-n6.pdf