تعيين و تحليل مسيرهاي سياستگذاري ميان سه متغيير نهاد، جنگل و آب در ناحيه رويشي زاگرس (مطالعه موردي: حوضه آبخيز وزگ در استان كهگيلويه و بويراحمد)

Policy-making between institution, forest and water variables by path analysis method (case study; Vezg watershed/ Kohgiloye va Boyerahmad province)

High cohesion of ecological and human factors in Zagros biogeographic Region and its ancient institutional structure, emphasize the necessity of integrated natural resources policy-making and management with institution centrality in this region. This research was done in order to determine and analysis the policymaking paths between institution (independent variable), forest (intermediate variable) and water (dependent variable) variables in Zagros biogeographic Region and investigate the relationship between these three variables and their changing processes during 1992 - 2008. Survey methods were used for data collection of public and state formal and informal institutions related to forest and water resources. The main steps of this research included variable determination and operation, questionnaire preparation and validity and reliability determination, data collection and statistical analysis through path analysis. The results showed forest and water resources have been degraded in this watershed in this period. Also, policies and managerial activities of institutions had the most direct and indirect affects on forest and water situations and are the beginning point of three policy paths between these three variables. So it is necessary for policy institutions to pay more attention to the relations between these variables and their changing effects to others and also avoid unilateral policy-making and management of forest and water resources.