Studying the Effect of Economic and Social Factors on the Willing to Participate in Sustainable Forest Management Using Sustainability Certification (Case Study Furniture Market Yaftabad - Tehran)

Subject Areas : natural resorces

Nastaran Akbarizadeh ¹ , Rahim Maleknia ^{2 *} , Ziaodin Badehian ³ , Sheyda Khosravi ⁴

1 - M.Sc. in Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Lorestan, Khoram Abad, Iran.
2 - Associate Prof., Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Lorestan, Khoram Abad, Iran. *(Corresponding Authour)
3 - Assistant Prof., Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Lorestan, Khoram Abad, Iran.
4 - Researcher, Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Sanandaj, Iran.

Received: 2016-07-15 Accepted : 2017-02-01 Published : 2021-10-23

Keywords: participation, Forest Certification, Certificated Forest products, Sustainable Forest Management,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Sustainability certification is public participation in sustainable forest management using certificated forest products. So, the investigation of willing to pay of public as key component of this process is first and important step. This study was conducted to Studying the effect of economic and social factors on the willing to participate in sustainable forest management using sustainability certification. Material and Methodology: 400 users of forest products were surveyed using questionnaire. Socio-economic data and opinions about forest certification were gathered. Statistical analyzes were done using correlation, t-test and Kruskal-Wallis test. Findings: According to the results, there was a significant negative relation between statements of questionnaire and age. Relation between willing to certificated products and educational levels was positive significantly. There was not a significant relation between income levels and their wellness to  these products. Discussion and Conclusions: knowledge and willing to participate in forest management via certificated forest products purchasing are affected by social other than economic factors.  

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