The role of information and communication sources and channels of pastoralists in attitude towards the restoration and rehabilitation of rangelands(Case Study: Kurdistan province, city Qorveh)

Information resources and communication channels, can Informing and notifying role, as an agent of change in knowledge, perception and attitude, the most important role to play in preventing the degradation of natural resources. The aim of this study was the role of pastoralists resources and communication channels in attitude towards the reform and rehabilitation of rangelands in the Qorveh city (Kurdistan), respectively. The population of 400 people were pastoralists who are using Morgan table, 196 individuals were selected in this study. For data evaluation SPSS version software was used 22. The data collected in this study was by a questionnaire. Was used to determine the validity of a panel of experts. In order to estimate the reliability of the test Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used. To assess the relationship between independent variables (national channels, local channels and international channels) of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used. Also, to assess the relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable of the statements of each of Kendall's tau b rank correlation coefficient was used. The results showed that the national channels, local and international pastoralists attitude positive and significant relationship. Also, the findings demonstrate that local variable with the most channels and international channels with the lowest relative importance of the independent variables. In addition, results showed that the results of the study showed that the index of communication channels and information sources to account for 56% of the total variance of attitude towards the reform and rehabilitation of rangelands were pastoralists.