Investigating the production pattern of structures of local communities in Zagros forests (Case study of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province)

What the Local people of forest ecosystem design for different purposes and in order to meet their needs and wants is in the broadest sense of the traditional structures of local communities. The purpose of this study is to fully identify the production structures of local communities in the forests of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. At the first, this identification will help to improve the role of local communities in the forests of the Zagros and secondly, by analyzing the production pattern in this production system, the best conditions for the continuation are introduced and the grounds for improving the conditions are determined for this continuation. In this study, snowball sampling method was used to collect information in the local community. In the section of identifying production structures, the most important knowledge and environmental components that constitute the input of this system were described. In the analysis of production pattern, while introducing appropriate criteria in evaluating the production process, the necessary requirements in order to improve the production pattern among the local communities of Zagros forests are introduced. The results of this study showed that among the three production patterns (craft, lean and agile), the traditional structures of local communities are the most suitable for the craft production pattern. While the agile production pattern is the best model of the production process in most production evaluation criteria. It is necessary to change from craft to agile model, considering environmental uncertainties and leveraging the effect of information on Zagros forest management.