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Valuing biodiversity: a Qur’anic account

Species diversity has been the hallmark of biosphere and invaluable resource for human being as well as for the natural environment. In order to appreciate and conserve these diverse species which are constituents of nature, different values from different frames of references have been proffered....

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Main Author: Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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BP134 Qur'an
GE Environmental Sciences
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/34302/1/salihu.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34302/
http://www.icsea.org/ICSEA2013-program.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.343022014-01-23T07:57:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34302/ Valuing biodiversity: a Qur’anic account Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain BP134 Qur'an GE Environmental Sciences GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography Species diversity has been the hallmark of biosphere and invaluable resource for human being as well as for the natural environment. In order to appreciate and conserve these diverse species which are constituents of nature, different values from different frames of references have been proffered. This study examines biological diversity from the Qur‘anic perspective in an attempt to explicate the kinds of value conferred by the Qur‘an on non-human species, particularly among the animals and plants. Collating ayat (verses) of the Qur‘an related to nonhuman species and analyzing key conceptual terms the Qur‘an employs in reference to their diversity, the study found that nonhuman species are presented in the Qur‘an as signs of God and as communities of worshipers worthy of existence and conservation. 2013-11-18 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34302/1/salihu.pdf Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain (2013) Valuing biodiversity: a Qur’anic account. In: 2013 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change (ICBCC 2013), 17th-18th Nov. 2013, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.. (Unpublished) http://www.icsea.org/ICSEA2013-program.pdf
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic BP134 Qur'an
GE Environmental Sciences
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
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GE Environmental Sciences
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain
Valuing biodiversity: a Qur’anic account
description Species diversity has been the hallmark of biosphere and invaluable resource for human being as well as for the natural environment. In order to appreciate and conserve these diverse species which are constituents of nature, different values from different frames of references have been proffered. This study examines biological diversity from the Qur‘anic perspective in an attempt to explicate the kinds of value conferred by the Qur‘an on non-human species, particularly among the animals and plants. Collating ayat (verses) of the Qur‘an related to nonhuman species and analyzing key conceptual terms the Qur‘an employs in reference to their diversity, the study found that nonhuman species are presented in the Qur‘an as signs of God and as communities of worshipers worthy of existence and conservation.
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author Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain
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title Valuing biodiversity: a Qur’anic account
title_short Valuing biodiversity: a Qur’anic account
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