Evaluation and analysis of factors affecting the destruction of oak forests in Chegni county of Lorestan province

The oak forest environment of Chegni county has been neglected by the people and officials for many years and the area covered by these forests has decreased due to various reasons such as fire, cutting down trees by local communities (charcoal production) and drought and other natural factors. This study was conducted to evaluate and analyze the factors affecting the destruction of oak forests in Chegni county of Lorestan province; The descriptive-analytical method used is based on library resources and a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population studied; Experts are the subject of study and AMOS software has been used to analyze the measurement model (relationship between indicators and latent variables) and structural model (relationship between latent variables), the results showed; Environmental factors (drought and climate change, lack of groundwater resources, fires, etc.), management (lack of adequate supervision over the change of use of forest lands by the natives, lack of firefighting facilities in the event of fire, lack of decisive action against violators and ...), social and economic (the level of awareness of the role and importance of natural resources and forests, overgrazing, literacy of indigenous communities, livelihoods of indigenous communities, etc.) directly affect the destruction of oak forests in Chegni county. Also, the results of evaluation and measurement criteria of the measurement model, structural and overall fit of the model in the quantitative part of the research indicate the fact that the effective components in the measurement model of environmental, social, economic and managerial dimensions have a strong fit.