Pathology and Troubleshooting the Iran's range management policies towards sustainable exploitation

Afzali, Zainab; Amirtaimoori, Somayeh; Zare Mehrjerdi, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.22059/jrwm.2024.380311.1779

Document Type : Research Paper

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Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

10.22059/jrwm.2024.380311.1779

Abstract

Rangelands play an important role in the sustainability of the ecosystem and providing financial support to many people in the world. Rangelands destruction has caused many concerns at the global level. The results of the studies show that the level of rangelands, rangeland productions and the satisfaction of rangeland users have decreased in Iran. Therefore, the purpose of this research is the pathology and complications of range management policies in Iran towards sustainable exploitation of rangelands. This research is applicable in terms of nature and purpose and mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of research strategy. In the qualitative part, using the meta-synthesis method, the complications of pasture policy towards their sustainable use was determined, and then based on that, a research questionnaire was made and then based on the Delphi method, relying on the opinions of academic experts, for The significance of revealed complications was used. Also, in the qualitative part, articles related to the research topic in the last 15 years (2008-2023) were used, and the criteria for selecting sources was based on the theoretical saturation of the data. The statistical population of quantitative part was academic experts familiar with the subject and interested in cooperation, who formed the Delphi panel. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the opinions of 9 experts were used, and their selection was based on non-probability snowball sampling. The findings of the research indicate that 12 complications can be introduced as the main complications of range management policies in Iran.

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Pathology and Troubleshooting the Iran's range management policies towards sustainable exploitation

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Volume 78, Issue 1February 2025Pages 91-106

Volume 78, Issue 1
February 2025
Pages 91-106