Affecting Factors on Participation of Forests Rural Dwellers toward Oshtorankooh Forests Management in Doroud Township, Iran

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors

1 Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Islamic Azad, Science and Research Branch, Tehran.

2 , Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.

3 Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University Islamic Azad, Boroujerd Branch, Boroujerd

Abstract

Forest resources management due to the breadth of the subject and interference with social and economic issues is a meta-organizational plan application which is required the public participation. Due to increasing population size and high dependency of forest dwellers to forest resources, the destruction of these valuable resources declined in terms of quantity and quality and is in danger of disappearing. The purpose of this study was to investigate affecting factors on participation of forests rural dwellers toward Oshtorankooh forests management in Doroud. The study was fulfilled by using descriptive - correlation method. The population size was 543 households that according to Krejcie & Morgan Table, 226 family supervisors were studied as a sample by using stratified random sampling method. Statistical analysis was done through SPSS software. The research tool included a questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by a group of professionals. A pilot study was conducted during which the Cronbach's alpha test was calculated to determinate the reliability of data collection instrument. Multiple regression analysis showed that the use of educational tools and resources, attitude to participation, age, cooperation and interaction experience in rural areas, education level and annual income, could explain 0.51 of the variation of participation. Results of path analysis showed that variable of the use educational tools and resources had the most effect and the awareness of the importance of forests had the least effect on the participation rate in forest management. Based on the findings, some executive recommendations have been presented

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Environmental Sciences
Volume 13, Issue 3
October 2015
Pages 51-62

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