naa a22 4500 510806341 CHVBK 20180411083420.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11625-012-0190-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11625-012-0190-4 Sustainable forest management in Iran: a factor analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Hossein Azadi, Davood Samari, Kiumarz Zarafshani, Gholamhossein Hosseininia, Frank Witlox] Since 1996, several Forest Resources Management Plans (FRMPs) have been launched by the Iranian government in order to approach sustainable forest management in the Zagros area in west and south-west Iran. This survey study aimed to provide some policy recommendations in order to launch more successful FRMPs. Using a proportional cluster random sampling method, data were collected from 208 forest-dwellers (beneficiaries) and 90 practitioners. The results showed that the FRMPs are far from satisfactory. There are several reasons for this failure. First, the financial resources allocated to these plans are being used for other purposes. Second, the inputs and supplies needed for effective forest management interventions were not in place in a timely manner. Third, the forest management in the area is far from being decentralized. Both the beneficiaries and practitioners believe that forest-dwellers play a weak role in forest management interventions. Factor analysis revealed that three main factors influencing the Zagros management effectiveness are "the management capabilities of forest-dwellers”, "the professional capabilities of practitioners in forest management”, and "public support for forest-dwellers”. The correlation analysis revealed that all the three factors are also positively and significantly associated with the success of the government's forestry programs. Accordingly, the main recommendation of this study was to reformulate forest management policies in the Zagros area by highlighting participatory approaches, not only as a tool, but also as a goal of FRMPs. Springer, 2012 Forestry nationallicence Sustainable forest management nationallicence Participation nationallicence Factor analysis nationallicence Human factor nationallicence Zagros nationallicence Azadi Hossein Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium aut Samari Davood Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran aut Zarafshani Kiumarz Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran aut Hosseininia Gholamhossein Department of Entrepreneurship in Technology, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran aut Witlox Frank Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium aut Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/4(2013-10-01), 543-551 1862-4065 8:4<543 2013 8 11625 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-012-0190-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-012-0190-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Azadi Hossein Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Samari Davood Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zarafshani Kiumarz Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hosseininia Gholamhossein Department of Entrepreneurship in Technology, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Witlox Frank Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/4(2013-10-01), 543-551 1862-4065 8:4<543 2013 8 11625 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer