Ecotourism Effect on Biodiversity Parameter Chaldareh Park

Iran has an important role in global biodiversity due to its ecological diversity. This variety creates natural attractions for tourism as an outstanding universal value. due to the effect of tourism on various biodiversity indices including diversity richness and evenness. To do this research in chaldare park tourism region the study area was divided into 3 zones including: low-tourism pressure and medium-tourism and high-tourism pressure. 5 Sample plots with an area of 100m2 with quadrate shape were selected with systematical random concentration of woody spaces. Some micro-plots with an area of 4m2 were selected per sample plots, furthermore; soil samples were collected per sample plots and were analyzed in lab. The results show that high-tourism pressure has significant effect on decreasing the number of plant species, plant richness and diversity and increasing soil density and evenness.