Seyedeh khadijeh Mahdavi; Maedeh Yousefian; Mohammad Reza Shahraki; Reza Ourmaz
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The need to decentralize government at the local level can guarantee the participation of rangeland beneficiaries. So the present study has analyzed the perceptions of rangeland beneficiaries of participatory governance in Incheh salt marshes in Golestan province. The research is descriptive-survey and ...
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The need to decentralize government at the local level can guarantee the participation of rangeland beneficiaries. So the present study has analyzed the perceptions of rangeland beneficiaries of participatory governance in Incheh salt marshes in Golestan province. The research is descriptive-survey and statistical population consists of 120 beneficiaries, 92 of whom were selected as the sample size. The questionnaire was the main tool of data collection and participatory governance was evaluated with 32 items in the form of 9 components. The validity of the questionnaire was obtained by experts and its reliability was obtained by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Statistical calculations based on SPSS25. The results showed that the "implementation" and "conflict resolution" with the highest and "planning" and "coordination" with the lowest were at the highest and lowest levels of governance index, respectively. On the other hand, according to the average obtained in the participatory governance index (3.58), the tendency of governance is toward community-oriented management. There was a positive and significant relationship between the variables of livestock history, number of livestock, age, annual income and the tendency to rule in the rangeland. According to the obtained results and also the importance of rangeland governance, the involvement of beneficiaries in the preparation of rangeland plans and projects and the use of their rich native knowledge, holding classes in line with the cooperative activities of beneficiaries with the Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management as a representative of the government are the most important suggestions of this research.
seyedeh khadijeh mahdavi; gholamreza houseynibamrooud; mouhamadhasan jouri; houseyn tavakouli
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Calligonum eriopodum is the only psammophyte shrub in Iran, which was reported from South Korassan. Searching of environmental limitation of the species was the goal of current research that has been done on dune lands around the east direction of the Qaen city in south Khorassan. First of all, the habitat ...
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Calligonum eriopodum is the only psammophyte shrub in Iran, which was reported from South Korassan. Searching of environmental limitation of the species was the goal of current research that has been done on dune lands around the east direction of the Qaen city in south Khorassan. First of all, the habitat boundary was cleared by field monitoring and GPS recording of points and the species distribution, and then was pointed at map scale 1:50,000. Sampling in inside and outside by using three 1000-meter transects were laid down on the land, and the soil and plant samples were selected using five by five meter plots. The soil samples were taken from the fifth plot in each transects. The water samples were obtained. The t test was done to compare the soil and water samples from two habitats. Results showed that the soil and vegetation conditions were statistically the same inside and outside the habitat. However, EC and TDS of water samples were significantly different two habitat (P-value<0.05). The EC rate of the water resources was less in the inside habitat position than the outside of the species habitat. The water table level (WTL) in the inside limatation in close to the surface was (less than five meters) while it was between twenty five to thirty two meters in the outside land. It can be stated in among environmental factors the WTL and the quality of water resources were the cause of establishing of the species in the dune lands.
