Government and Range Management in Iran (Policy, Laws and Plans)

Abstract

Through laws, policies and plans, governments manage natural ecosystems, including rangelands. According to the political and economic approaches, scientific achievements and the ecological and social developments, the mentioned laws and policies must be developed and updated. Investigation of the effects of these measures can play an important role in the improvement of management processes and updating laws and policies. Reduced level and trend of destruction affirms that the government's actions of Iran in rangeland management are not effective enough and need to be reassessed. The present research was carried out aiming at investigating the effectiveness of laws, policies and plans on rangeland management based on a survey of rangeland management specialists. In this research, results and data have been collected based on questionnaire from experts in executive department (Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Organization), Natural resources research specialist and university faculties. Given the facts that a large number of contestants were available and based on the type of this research, the non-probability sampling method (judgment sampling) has been used. Data were analyzed through using SPSS software, descriptive and inferential statics of (X 2 ) and Kruskal-Wallis test. The total number of specialist rangers in this study was 268 people. The results show that A significant part of the experts participating in this research believe that the nationalization of rangelands has had profound effects on rangeland management systems. In addition, a large number of respondents believe that government policies in relation to rangeland need to be revised and redevelopment plans should also be prepared and implemented in accordance with ecological and social conditions.