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Relationship Analysis of Local Community Participation in Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas, Iran

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  • Parvaneh Sobhani

    (Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 1983969411, Iran)

  • Hassan Esmaeilzadeh

    (Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 1983969411, Iran)

  • Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi

    (School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

  • Isabelle D. Wolf

    (Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Azade Deljouei

    (School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

Abstract

Nature conservation efforts cannot succeed without stakeholder participation. The inherent complexity of nature-based ecotourism has made the development of sustainable ecotourism operations a challenge, so it is essential to increase community stakeholder participation. Hence, this study investigates local community participation in Lar National Park (LNP) and the Jajrud Protected Area with the Sustainable Use of Natural Resource Areas (JPA) in Iran and evaluates how this influences the sustainability of ecotourism. This study found that in LNP, sustainable ecotourism development involving local communities is increasing because of the high level of attachment and interest to this part of pristine nature. In the JPA, the relationship between local community participation and ecotourism sustainability is significant too. As a result, natural habitats have been degraded and sustainability has decreased. To conserve these critically endangered natural areas, managers and decision-makers must increase community participation and education to encourage local communities to engage more in developing sustainable ecotourism.

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  • Parvaneh Sobhani & Hassan Esmaeilzadeh & Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi & Isabelle D. Wolf & Azade Deljouei, 2022. "Relationship Analysis of Local Community Participation in Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas, Iran," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-16, October.
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