Factors affecting in degradation process of Hyrcanian forests, an exploration of the views of the forest users of the Oghan watershed in Golestan province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Reza Bahrami ¹
• Mohammad Reza Kavousi ²
• Mohammadreza Shahraki ³
• Yaser Ghasemi Aryan ⁴

¹ M.Sc. Student of Forest Biological Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

² Associate Prof., Department of Forest Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Recourses, Gorgan, Iran

³ Researcher of rural development and social issues of natural resources, Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of Golestan Province, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor, Desert Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

Keywords

• forest
• local communities
• destruction
• protection
• Oghan watershed

Main Subjects

• Economic and social