Effects of legal and organization factors, resource management and social groups on the degradation of renewable natural resources

Renewable natural resources degradation as a main problem, has attracted the thought and force of experts and natural resources responsibles during the last decades. Some effective factors in this category are legal (laws defficiency), organization and official legislations of natural resources organization. Aim of this research was to clear this factors. For his purpose, 11 provinces located in various climatic regions of country, were selected. Data collection was performed using a questionnaire including 7 questions about natural resources. The related experts opinion about legal affairs and official problems that contributed in renewable natural resources degradation was considered in the questionnaire. From total 876 sent questionnaire to the understudy provinces, 504 were received and analyzed. Results showed that no sufficient staffs and equipments (21.2%), no satisfaction and low motivation of personal (16.4%), no sharp legislation (16.2%), and other factors like no clarification legal and courts are effective in natural resources degradation. Management methods, are also effective in natural resources degradation. Government management is responsible for 22.8% of degradation. On the other hand, common utilization caused 17.9% of degradation and group management in range management projects due to their public management lead to 15.6% of degradation. Delivering the public lands to no indigenous peoples for some industrial projects leads to 12.1% of natural resources degradation. Rangelands cooperation management method as another method is responsible for 14.8% of degradation. Private management of natural resources by a family is the best method because it has the less effect on natural resources degradation. Due to socila groups different utilization methods, the resulted percentages in view point of their effect on natural resources degradation were as villagers 47.4%, nomads 32.3% and urbanites 20.3%. are effective in natural resources degradation.