The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Forest Development and Protection in Light of the Sharia and the Provisions Pertaining to Statutory

Abstract

Islamic law, or Sharia, pays close attention to all issues that are beneficial to people's religious and secular lives. The laws of the Kingdom, especially those concerning the preservation and growth of forests, are taken from the writings of the Sharia because the foundation of the Saudi Arabian constitution is the Qur'ān and the Sunnah. Based on the main statutory sources, which are the texts of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah, as well as the enacted statutory provisions on the forests, this paper demonstrates how the Saudi Arabian government has prioritized the development and protection of the forests, and how the statutory provisions in the Kingdom are an extension of the Sharia.