جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « اکوتوریسم » در نشریات گروه « جنگلداری »

Ecotourism is a concept which has attracted global attention in recent years and is usually associated with the concepts of natural resource conservation and rural development. Studies show that ecotourism has the capacity to improve the livelihood of the local people in a participatory management method. Therefore, a tool should be used to analyze the cooperative behavior of the host community as an environmental behavior in the natural ecosystems conservation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the conservation behavior of the host community of forest based ecotourism in forest conservation using the value-belief-norm model.

A questionnaire was used to collect research data. The questionnaire was prepared based on the value-belief-norm model and in consultation with a group of experts including forestry, rural extension, ecotourism and natural resources experts. After confirming the integrity and reliability of questionnaire, the data were collected via the face-to-face interviews. 278 completed questionnaires were used in the analysis process. Data analysis was conducted for descriptive statistics using SPSS23 software and for inferential statistics (to examine the correlation between independent and dependent variables in the form of structural equation modeling) using Smart Pls software.

Comparing the obtained values of the fit indices in Stern's value-belief-norm model with the desired values shows that these values are within the standard range. Therefore, based on the values of the presented indicators, it can be concluded that the model used to investigate the intention of the host villagers to participate in forest conservation has a good fit. Also, the findings of the research indicated that all research hypotheses were confirmed in the value-belief-norm model. The results showed that the research variables in this model are able to explain 71/8% of the host community's intention for forest conservation behaviors.

The results of the research showed that biosphere values, altruistic values, sense of responsibility and awareness of the consequences have an effect on the cooperative behavior of the host community for forest protection. Considering the relationship and interaction of people with natural resources and strong religious beliefs and teachings about the value of natural resources and respect for them among people, this issue can be used to strengthen the pro environmental behavior of forest protection and carry out protective behavior. The study highlighted a strong moral belief among the tourism host community. This issue can be used as a ecotourism based conservation tool for zagros forests.

Forest natural attractions provide great potential for attracting tourists. The ecotourism recreational planning is necessary to prevent forest degradation and alleviate the pressure of forest-dweller communities on forest areas. It has a significant role in enhancing the cultural, social, and economic aspects of society as well as the protection of natural resources to achieve sustainable development. To achieve correct planning, it is necessary to assess the ecological capability of forest areas, align with the socio-economic capability to develop an accurate model. This study aimed to design an ecotourism environmental model for Hyrcanian forests located in the north of Iran. To develop the model, a set of ecological and socio-economic criteria along with relevant sub-criteria were identified through the literature review, then a questionnaire was designed to priority the set of criteria and sub-criteria based on the expert’s opinions. The entropy technique has been used to priority criteria, and fuzzy logic approach along with expert experiences applied to classify the sub-criteria. The results showed that 7 ecological criteria, 7 socio-economic criteria, 40 ecological sub-criteria, and 44 socio-economic sub-criteria, were effective on ecotourism based on expert’s opinions. The most important ecological and socio-economic criteria were water resources, vegetation, tourist attractions, and human historical and cultural aspects of forests, respectively, which the geological criteria were the less important criteria amongst others. Thus, the ecotourism environmental model was developed by a combination of the ecological capability model and socio-economic capability model for Hyrcanian forests.

Ecotourism as one of rangeland ecosystem services in the development plan countries has been under the focus of governments and land managers. The goal of this study is strategic analysis of rangeland ecotourism in Til Abad -Golestan province by using pastoralists and rangeland experts’ point of view. In this order, after identification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and weaknesses factors of rangeland ecotourism through face-to-face interviews, weighting and prioritization of factors conducted by a semi-structured questionnaire between 60 expert and pastoralist via SWOT model. Result showed that between strength factors ‘seasonal aesthetic such as flowering of Saffron over a specific period of year’ and ‘economic income on account of rangeland ecotourism for pastoralists’ with final weight of 0.389 and 0.287 were introduced with highest prioritization by pastoralists and experts. Among weakness factors ‘lack of waste collection system and effect of garbage on aesthetic feature of the landscape’ and ‘lack of taking traditional knowledge and local human sources into consideration for ecotourism management’ with final weight of 0.552 and 0.413 were introduced. ‘Execution of international carbon sequestration project in the region and its economic potential’ and ‘reciprocal transmission of local cultures’ with final weigh of 0.590 and 0.645 were identified among opportunity factors. Among threat factors ‘weakness of ecotourism visitor’s culture and lack of natural resources culture’ with final weight of 0.449 and 0.669 was introduced with highest prioritization by pastoralists and experts. In addition, strategic situation of rangeland ecotourism was determined as ‘defensive’ (WT) by pastoralists and ‘competitive’ (WT) by experts.

Arasbaran forest is one of the most important and valuable economic and tourism region. Ecotourism development in these forests requires comprehensive and detailed plans to consider all aspects of ecotourism development and maintain the sustainability of the ecosystem to be managed. This project aimed at considering all these merits needed for an appropriate method. In order to achieve a pre-defined process, the analytic network process method was used. The results of rating the control criteria showed that economic benefits with weight 0.26 are the most important criterion in the development of ecotourism in the study area followed by the economic opportunities and environmental costs with weights 0.205 and 0.142, respectively. The benefits of socio-cultural, environmental risks, opportunities, socio-cultural, environmental opportunities, and economic risks, the risks of socio-cultural, environmental benefits, environmental benefits, economic costs and expenses socio-cultural with weight of 0.088, 0.078, 0.069, 0.064, 0.025, 0.0194, 0.0189, 0.016, and 0.0126 were the subsequent priorities. The results of a comprehensive review of the development of ecotourism showed that ecotourism development can have significant environmental costs and opportunities in Arasbaran region that should be considered in its development management.

Today, tourism plays an important role in the global economy. Among the different types of tourism, community-based ecotourism development is an appropriate strategy for preserving natural resources and cultural values. This development is possible through empowerment of local communities and causes the cultural, the social and the environmental stability. In the present study, group decision making approach was used in order to rank the strategic criteria affecting the development of community-based ecotourism in Arasbaran. According to the judgments of experts, strategic criteria affecting the development of community-based ecotourism determined and they were weighted using pairwise comparison analysis. The results showed that most of the identified strategic criteria were related to the weaknesses of laws and management, the strengths of natural resources, social strengths and threats of natural resources respectively with 9, 8, 7 and 6 criteria. The number and weight of strategic criteria related to the social strengths and opportunities revealed in Arasbaran region there are much good potential in the field of community-based ecotourism development.

Recreation planning is not only as a tools for enhancing of socio-economy levels of the people but because of its conservational functions can provide a dynamic conditions for conservation of natural resources. With respect to this point that the first step in recreation planning like planning for any activity is the evaluation of land potential for that activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of ecotourism of Babolrood watershed in Mazandaran province by using of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and geographical information system (GIS). For this regard، firstly the most important effective criteria and sub-criteria in evaluating of the potential for recreation in the study area were determined by using prior researches، conditions of study area and expert knowledge. After that، some questionnaires were provided and between different experts were distributed. The weight of criteria in each questionnaire was calculated and then the averaged weights were estimated. With applying of AHP method and Expert Choice software the final weight for each criteria and sub-criteria was determined. After that، the needed maps for this evaluation were provided in GIS environment. At the end، with help of Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) technique the final potential map for the ecotourism development of region was provided. The results showed that 19/33 percent of study area has a high potential and 52/81 percent has a good potential for ecotourism. In addition، 23/19 percent has an average potential، 1/84 percent has a weak potential and 2/82 percent is not suitable for recreation land use.

Ecotourism as the largest industry in the world, accounts for one third of whole International trade and many people view tourism as a vehicle for economic development of a country. One of the beautiful areas in Iran is Badreh region which is located in Ilam Province. Despite of abundant recreation attractions and many conditions for ecotourism development in this area, but there is no appropriate planning for ecotourism development as a strategy for sustainable development of the region so far. With respect to the importance of the subject, in this study we tried to use GIS and ANP method for evaluating and determining of suitable area for ecotourism in this region. For this regard, firstly different criteria and effective options on evaluating process were determined then a network between the criteria was designed. After that, by using of expert opinions and ANP method the final weight of effective options in evaluating of land potential was assigned and the needed maps for this evaluation were provided. At the end, using of Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) technique the final potential ecotourism development map for the region was provided. The results showed that 6.11 percent of the region fall into the class 1 (high potential) and 29.41, 50.17 and 14.3 percent fall into 2, 3 and 4 classes respectively.

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an effective way to protect the natural resources. Due to needs of human to nature and undesirable effects of over-exploitation on the environment including soil, environmental impact assessment process must be applied in determining the goals, studying the basic conditions, also forecasting and estimating the environmental impacts of project implementation. In this study, fuzzy modeling has been used to assess the environmental impacts in Nour forest park. Three regions containing intensive recreation, extensive recreation and control region were selected, and 30 sample plots were then established in the region as random-systematic. The number of tourists and duration of residence in each sample plot were calculated as input indicators and soil sample was considered as output index. Output and input indicators, classification and fuzzy rules were defined based on Mamdany system. Comparing Model’s results with experimental data showed mode’s error is 6% indicating that model accuracy is favorable. The results showed that with increasing the number of tourist and duration, soil bulk density is also increased, and when the number of tourist reaches to 20 people and duration to an hour, maximum soil compaction occur and further increasing of two factors have no effects on soil compaction. The results also indicated that a fuzzy modeling capability is suitable in predicting the effects of recreation activities and determining the capability of region.