عوامل اجتماعي- اقتصادي مؤثر در تخريب منابع طبيعي كشور و سهم آنها در تخريب

Determination of socio-economic factors on natural resources degradation of Iran

The most important problem of natural resources of Iran in recent decades is natural resources degradation. This research was based on documental research method, field research method and desk research method, by using 3 questionnaires for villages, tribe settlements and stockholders. Altogether, 131 sample areas in 3 main c limatic zones of II provinces and sub zones were selected. In the se sample areas, 48 7 village questionnaires, 1847 family questionnaires and 504 exp ert questionnaires were completed. Results indicated that degradation intensity from semi-desert zone toward semi-steppe, steppe .dry forests and high mountainous sub zones of Iran-touranian zone have increased . Tn addition, J9 socio-economic factors are the most important and effective factors of natural resources degradation of Iran . These factors were ordered in three groups including animal and animal hu sbandry group, cutting and harvesting group and land use changing group. Stockholder ideas showed that animal and animal husbandry group were 47. 2%, cutting and harvesting group were 16.9% and land use changing group were 35.9% effective in natural resources degradation. In contrary, expert opinion s were 43.3% animal and animal husbandry group , 24.3%cutt ing and harvesting group, 32.4% land use chan ging group. Mean of these two ideas indicated that the first effective group in natural resources degradation with 45 .9% is th e animal and animal husbandry group , cutting and harvesting group with %33.5 is the second and land use changing group with 20.6% is the third. So , the most important factor in natural resources degradation of Iran is animal and animal husbandry group, including, inereasing in livestock and herder numbers, premature gra zing, over grazing and problems between stockholders .