بررسي اقتصادي و طرح مباحث و طرح نظري شركت هاي تعاوني جنگل نشين شمال ايران

Economics and Related Theoritical Issues of Forest Dwellers Cooperatives in North of Iran

Unstable ecological conditions in north of Iran forests coincided with metamorphism and unstable sociological and economical conditions of forest- dwellers and these have confronted forests with more and more destruction. Cooperatives of forest dwellers were established with the aim of proper exploitation and reclamation of destructed north Iran forests in Gilan province. The cooperatives, which mainly undertook the lands under forestry projects, were basically considered as economic institutes which were responsible for protection and reclamation of forests. From this point of view, with respect to forests ecological limitations the need for establishment of logical relation between economical exploitation and ecological conditions was emphasized. The attraction of contribution of forests villagers in forest exploitation and management is indeed the first step in changing the view in management policy. In the past some objections have been occurred between forest management projects and villagers. Therefore, transferring of these lands. to cooperatives has been the begining for prevention of these objections. But at the same time, the forest-dwellers cooperatives, in framework of economic institutes, should follow economical laws and be beneficial and should have economical stability. In fact, a logical relatonship should exist between environmental and economical values. In this paper, it is attempted to investigate the power and profit of cooperatives from economical point of view.In addition, the possible relationship between ecological potential and economical feasibility will be considered.