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Middle eastern extinctions: building a religious motivation for species protection

  • Tariq Almontaser
    ,
  • Jill Atkins
    ,
  • Ali Elfadli
    ,
  • Abdullah Eskandrany
    ,
  • Abeer Hassan
    ,
  • Omar Mowafi
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Abstract

The extinction and biodiversity accounting literature focused initially on developed economies including the UK and Europe, spreading recently to research on Africa, especially South Africa, China and other countries in the Far East. This chapter addresses species extinctions in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Libya to provide insights into the situation in these countries, problems and issues arising, as well as potential solutions. It presents the causes of species extinctions in the Middle East and provides information on some of the initiatives underway to prevent extinctions. The chapter builds a religious rationale, indeed imperative, for species protection and biodiversity conservation. It discusses the status of threatened species in Saudi Arabia, providing an understanding of the importance of religion as a rationale for species protection.

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Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Host publication Subtitle

Implementing a Species Protection Action Plan for the Financial Markets

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 168-202 (35 pages)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 29/05/2022

Publication status

Published - 29/05/2022

Place of publication

London

Publisher

Routledge, United States, United Kingdom

ISBN (Print)

9781003045557

ISBN (Electronic)

9781000570182

Chapter Number

8

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/625424
  • Scopus: 85142851711

Host publication title

Extinction Governance, Finance and Accounting

Host publication editors

  • Jill Atkins
  • Martina Macpherson

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