Forestry for the Next Decade: Managing Thrust Areas

by Ajoy Kumar Bhattacharya

Overview

Islam came on the scene, with a message, philosophy and code of conduct, perfect by all means, with its advent, the new faith revolutionised the contemporary world in a very short span of time. It also brought along with its beliefs and practices, a new culture, which gradually build a new civilization, now known as Islamic Civilization. Islam has made a great contribution to the development and growth of human civilization, education and intellect in particular and the whole society, in general. This is a well-known fact now that Muslims were leading the world of knowledge and wisdom when Europe was still a dark continent, far behind in education and science. In the early era of Islam the Muslims were in full command of the science and technology of the times. They not only unearthed adopted and preserved the lost treasure of the Greek wisdom, but also promoted it to new heights. Muslim academics and scientists were among the leading lights of that period of history. They contributed a lot to the growth of all branches of knowledge he that Philosophy, Logic literature, Geography, History Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Medicine. Islam is a scientific and progressive religion All its teachings have a scientific and logical approach. Islam directs all its followers to learn, gain knowledge and master the arts and sciences c: the contemporary world. Islam, as a living faith stands for spreading light and eliminating darkness from the world. They contributed a lot to the growth of all branches of knowledge and thus enriched the new civilization. This series, unique in its presentation, is perhaps first of its kind, to take all the great developments and changes over the centuries. All the significant aspects have been covered in these volumes. This multi-volume study is based on original (Holy Quran and Traditions) and other authentic sources: Arabic, Persian and Urdu books and manuscripts. For further comprehension and comparative study, English books by Muslim scholars and as well as Western writers have also been consulted at length. The painstaking research and thorough study of thousands of pages by a team of scholars over a period of time, has resulted in an authentic, comprehensive, exhaustive, exclusive, lengthy and still interesting work, which, is bound to fill a big vacuum in Islamic Studies and as well as the treasure of Knowledge about Culture and Civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354398988
Publisher:	Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date:	06/30/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

A.K. Bhattacharya is an Indian Forest Service Officer of 1983 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is presently an Associate Professor and Conservator of Forests in Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Dr. Bhattacharya is Post Doctoral in Environmental Sciences and has contributed a large number of articles in national and international journals on a range of topics related to forestry and environment. He also has to his credit a book on Kandhar Plane Hijack, based on his own experience as a hostage. His main contributions to the field of eco-tourism include organizing capacity building workshops and training courses for the local authorities of the various concerned departments, communities and NGOs, extending professional support to the State Government for promotion of eco-tourism, supervising research works on eco-tourism related topics, and preparing Eco-tourism Management Plans for few protected areas.