The Study of the Effective Factors upon Participation of Beneficiaries About Conservation, Rehabilitation and Utilization of Ranges

Rangelands cover over 52 percent area of Iran. These areas require proper management practices to preserve, rehabilitate, and develop and optimal utilization. Thus, identifying the effective factors upon participation of beneficiaries about conservation, rehabilitation and utilization of rangeland is necessary, for this purpose, a survey was undertaken about Roodbar Khoortab watershed in the city of Noor. 40 samples were selected by Cochran formula. Means of research was a questionnaire and its reliability was obtained. /83 through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed through Friedman non-parametric test along with regression, analysis of Variance and Pearson as well as Spearman correlation coefficients in order to evaluate the effects of independent variables on the level of participation. Results showed that economic and social poverty, lack of financial governmental support, shortage of the knowledge about natural resources, lack of awareness of laws and regulation, poor instruction and lack of applying local knowledge in execution of governmental and rangeland management plans are some effective factors against the participation of beneficiaries. Considering some policies that increase beneficiaries and villagers level of knowledge, as the main utilizers of these lands, will be effective on growing trend in the participation.