Monireh Bahrami; Fereydoon Sarmadian; Ebrahim Pazira
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Rangelands are one of the essential components of natural ecosystems and are known as one of the main sources of forage supply, biodiversity conservation, soil and water resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the ecological potential of rangelands in Alborz province based on the Analytic ...
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Rangelands are one of the essential components of natural ecosystems and are known as one of the main sources of forage supply, biodiversity conservation, soil and water resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the ecological potential of rangelands in Alborz province based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and pairwise comparisons using Geographic Information System (GIS). The digital map of ecological potential (EP) was prepared by weighting and integrating maps of slope, land unit, vegetation cover, land use, and precipitation. The results showed that each of the five criteria had equal importance coefficients (0.2) for determining the EP of rangelands. Overall, 21.77% of the province's area was unsuitable for rangeland use due to rocky outcrops. 15.41% of the province's area had first-degree potential and 37.28% had second-degree potential for rangeland use. Taleqan County had the highest first-degree potential for rangeland use with 56,321 hectares, and Karaj County had the highest second-degree potential with 96,507 hectares. Nazarabad County had no first-degree potential for rangeland use, and Taleqan County had no fourth-degree potential. Nazarabad County and Eshtehard County also had 48.15% and 63.92% potential for third- and fourth-degree rangeland use, respectively. Based on the weighting of different factors, slope was the most limiting factor for rangeland use, accounting for more than 50% of the limitation. In general, determining the EP of rangelands leads to identifying areas that are very suitable for optimal use of natural resources, and can increase rural income and employment both economically and socially.
Mohammadali Keyani; Bahador Zarei
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Good governance, by providing space for participatory processes, is a good platform for strengthening civil society alongside government and the private sector in governing countries. Meanwhile, NGOs, as an important part of civil society, are trying to fill government loopholes in geographical areas. ...
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Good governance, by providing space for participatory processes, is a good platform for strengthening civil society alongside government and the private sector in governing countries. Meanwhile, NGOs, as an important part of civil society, are trying to fill government loopholes in geographical areas. In the discussion of non-governmental organizations, we can point to their importance as one of the key players for achieving good governance in the context of promoting social capital. The present study, which is a descriptive-comparative study, compares the components of good governance (with those of accountability, transparency, accountability and rule of law) by non-governmental organizations and local governments in Iran. The sample size of the study was 296 people (157 members of NGOs and 140 members of local government) who were selected through available sampling and snowball. The results showed that the NGOs have performed better than the local government in achieving the components of good governance. The components of good governance were significantly related to the control indicators of poverty, corruption, and the elimination of discrimination and inequality, which is a great goal to be achieved through the active performance of non-governmental organizations.
Shiva Eyvazi; Sasan Babaei Kafaki; Mohammad Jafari; Mohammad Tahmoures
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Water, soil, pasture, forest, etc. are a valuable divine deposit for the people of any society and the national wealth of that society, which not only should be tried to preserve and protect these national assets, but should By adopting principled, technical, and regenerative exploitation policies, it ...
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Water, soil, pasture, forest, etc. are a valuable divine deposit for the people of any society and the national wealth of that society, which not only should be tried to preserve and protect these national assets, but should By adopting principled, technical, and regenerative exploitation policies, it passed on these most precious sources of life to future generations. With the increasing power of technologies in the exploitation of natural resources, the environmental-environmental balance in recent centuries has been disturbed to the detriment of nature, which has created miserable and sometimes irreparable conditions and is referred to as the crisis of natural resources and the environment. It becomes. Today, the international community sees the solution to this dilemma as protecting the environment, and in doing so, wants to know how it can draw on religious teachings in this important matter. The mentioned research seeks to answer this question by descriptive-analytical method. The results show that in order to get rid of the current environmental crisis, we must refer to moral principles and religious texts, especially Islam, because the basis of the crisis in renewable natural resources is the moral crisis among humans and attention to the fundamental values of Islam. Due to its divine and moral support, it plays a key role in the sustainability and protection of the environment and renewable natural resources.
