The Study of Some Legal Challenges of Four Regions Under the Management of Environment Department in Guilan Province

Possessing some of four protected regions, Guilan Province enjoys one of the most valuable ecosystems of Iran. Because of numerous values and the importance of these four regions of the province in the structure of ecosystems, a strong management and a legal system based on the environmental situation of these regions are necessary. Considering these four regions which are under the management of Iran Department of Environment from legal and environmental viewpoints, most of the problems and challenges of these regions seem to be destruction and occupancy of lands, unauthorized hunting. conveyance and change of function, irregular grazing, tree cuts, fire incidents and illegal constructions. There are legal principles and rules in manuals and in the regulations of four regions which provide obligations and require sanctions to protect the regions, but undoubtedly some legal drawbacks are obvious in the regions because of increasing complicated environmental problems and challenges to protect renewable natural resources of Guilan Province especially in these four regions. Researches show that such these regulations should be econsidered because of their drawbacks such as disproportionate punishments and crimes, lack of necessary sanctions to avoid any aggression to these regions, conveyance of regions by governmental sector and lack of coordination among beneficiaries.