Determination of Ecological Vulnerability of Patom District of Kheyrud Forest Using of the Object-Oriented Vulnerability Method

Deforestation in the past decades has risen. So، the proper development of human activities in forests requires the environmental limitations to be considered during forests management process. One of the appropriate measures is the determination of ecological vulnerability. In the present study، Patom District of Kheyrud Forest was classified based on the ecological sustainability، using Object- Oriented Vulnerability Method. The results showed that 26% of the study area is located in middle sensitive class، 46% in sensitive class and 28% in very sensitive class. Overall، we infer that Patom District of Kheyrud Forest has the high ecological vulnerability that it should be considered by forest managers.