The Qur'an states that human beings were created with a duty to prosper the earth; one of which is by preserving environment and reforestation. This study aims unveil hadiths on reforestation employing Maqāṣid Sharī‘ah approach Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī. paper qualitative content analysis descriptive-analytical approaches. found about recommendation for plantation must be interpreted generally, not res...

The importance of soil factors to the establishment of tree crops is well recognized by forest soil scientists and foresters. It has, however, been overlooked by far too many foresters responsible for major forestation projects. The soil factors found to be significant in the establishment of both planted stock and seedlings from natural or artificial seedf all are: texture and structure charac...

Loss of habitat to urbanization is a primary cause of population declines as human-dominated landscapes expand at increasing rates. Understanding how the relative effects of different conservation strategies is important to slow population declines for species in urban landscapes. We studied the wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina, a declining forest-breeding Neotropical migratory species, and umb...

Decision support systems (DSSs) are increasingly being used in water management for the evaluation of impacts of policy measures under different scenarios. The exact impacts generally are unknown and surrounded with considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties stem from natural randomness, uncertainty in data, models and parameters, and uncertainty about measures and scenarios. It may theref...