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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) - University of Port Harcourt
ISSN: 1119-8362
Vol. 21, No. 5, 2017, pp. 811-815
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Bioline Code: ja17088
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, Vol. 21, No. 5, 2017, pp. 811-815
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Evaluation of Sustainable forest Management of Iran's Zagros forests
ZANDEBASIRI, MEHDI; SOOSANI, JAVAD & POURHASHEMI, MEHDI
Abstract
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) means management of forest resources that
consideration the needs of the current generation without risking ability of future generations to attain their needs.
Evaluation of SFM needs to design a feedback information system to monitoring of forest resources. In this
research, sustainability indicators based on the SMART&D framework were prepared in Tange-Solak local area in
Zagros forest, Iran. Based on this, 7 indicators of ecosystem features were provided for evaluation of SFM. Here,
Sustainability Index (SI) was used in evaluating SFM via fuzzy membership function. The results reveal that,
Forest SI was eventually obtained as 0.15. This number (0.15) was obtained from the Fuzzy approach used in this
study for an SI value far lower for forest sustainability compared to the number 1 (maximum value).
Keywords
Fuzzy logic; Criteria; indicators; Sustainability Index (SI)
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