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Financing Afforestation in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Countries: What Role for Islamic Economics and Finance? تمويل استزراع الغابات في دول منظمة التعاون الإسلامي: ما دور الاقتصاد والتمويل الإسلامي؟

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  • Shafiu Ibrahim Abdullahi

    (Sule Lamido University, Kafin-Hausa, Jigawa, Nigeria)

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This paper looks at environmental conservation within the growing understanding of the urgent need to confront the two menaces of desertification and deforestation through afforestation schemes in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries. Deforestation is one of the main contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, ecosystem degradation, and from there the rising cases of poverty in the developing world. Their impacts on the economy and environment of OIC member countries has been devastating. Desertification and deforestation are caused by human activities like logging, harmful farming practices, as well as haphazard cutting of trees in order to make way for city buildings and farms. The paper shows that poor handling of past responses to desertification problems can be solved with the right approaches. It first looks at existing approaches to the problem and causes of their failure. Then, it proposes an alternative model based on fiqh teachings and recent developments in Islamic economics and finance. The paper syntheses conventional and Islamic approaches towards solving the problems of desertification, deforestation, and rising temperatures in the OIC countries. It delineates specific functions and contributions of each one of (a) the Islamic state, (b) the institution of waqf, (c) Islamic finance, and (d) the Islamic firm. تتناول هذه الورقة الحفاظ على البيئة ضمن الفهم المتزايد للحاجة الملحة لمواجهة تهديد التصحر وإزالة الغابات من خلال مخططات التشجير في البلدان الأعضاء في منظمة المؤتمر الإسلامي. تعد إزالة الغابات واحدة من المساهمين الرئيسيين في انبعاثات الغازات الدفيئة العالمية وتدهور النظم الإيكولوجية وحالات الفقر المتزايدة في العالم النامي. كانت آثار التصحر وإزالة الغابات مدمرة على الاقتصاد والبيئة في الدول الأعضاء في منظمة المؤتمر الإسلامي. ينجم التصحر وإزالة الغابات عن الأنشطة البشرية الخاطئة مثل والممارسات الزراعية الضارة ، وكذلك قطع الأشجار بطرق عشوائية لإفساح المجال أمام المباني والمزارع في المدن. تبين هذه الورقة أنه يمكن حل سوء التعاملات السابقة لمشاكل التصحر من خلال استخدام النهج الصحيح. تدرس الورقة أولاً الأساليب المستخدمة حاليا لمواجهة هذه المشكلة وأسباب فشلها. ثم تقترح الورقة نموذجا بديلاً مبنياً على تعاليم الفقه والتطورات الحديثة في الاقتصاد والتمويل الإسلامي. تقوم الورقة ببيان الأساليب التقليدية والإسلامية لحل مشاكل التصحر وإزالة الغابات وارتفاع درجة الحرارة في دول منظمة التعاون الإسلامي. كما تحدد الورقة الوظائف والمساهمات المعينة لكل من (1) الدولة الإسلامية ، (2) مؤسسة الوقف ، (3) التمويل الإسلامي ، (4) الشركات الإسلامية.

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  • Shafiu Ibrahim Abdullahi, 2019. "Financing Afforestation in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Countries: What Role for Islamic Economics and Finance? تمويل استزراع الغابات في دول منظمة التعاون الإسلامي: ما دور الاقتصاد والتمويل," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 32(2), pages 161-177, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:32:y:2019:i:2:no:12:p:161-177
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.32-2.12
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    Keywords

    Afforestation; Desertification; Deforestation; Market failure. الاستزراع ، التصحر ، إزالة الغابات ، فشل السوق.;
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    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law

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