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The present study adopts a game theory approach analyzing land-use planning in Zagros forests, Iran. A Static Game of Incomplete Information (SGII) was applied to the evaluation of participatory forest management in the study area. This tool allows a complete assessment of sustainable forest planning producing two modeling scenarios based on (i) high and (ii) low social acceptance. According to the SGII results, the Nash Bayesian Equilibrium (NBE) strategy suggests the importance of landscape protection in forest management. The results of the NBE analytical strategy show that landscape protection with barbed wires is the most used strategy in local forest management. The response to the local community includes cooperation in conditions of high social acceptance and noncooperation in conditions of low social acceptance. Overall, social acceptance is an adaptive goal in forest management plans.
Mehdi Zandebasiri; José António Filipe; Javad Soosani; Mehdi Pourhashemi; Luca Salvati; Mário Nuno Mata; Pedro Neves Mata. An Incomplete Information Static Game Evaluating Community-Based Forest Management in Zagros, Iran. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1750 .
AMA StyleMehdi Zandebasiri, José António Filipe, Javad Soosani, Mehdi Pourhashemi, Luca Salvati, Mário Nuno Mata, Pedro Neves Mata. An Incomplete Information Static Game Evaluating Community-Based Forest Management in Zagros, Iran. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):1750.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMehdi Zandebasiri; José António Filipe; Javad Soosani; Mehdi Pourhashemi; Luca Salvati; Mário Nuno Mata; Pedro Neves Mata. 2020. "An Incomplete Information Static Game Evaluating Community-Based Forest Management in Zagros, Iran." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1750.
Oak decline has been observed periodically in the different parts of the world. We conducted this study to evaluate the project control in this phenomenon. In this paper, the project control methods have proposed to be useful tools to deal with oak decline. The aim of the study is twofold: (i) define and schedule a set of activities and determine times for those activities in the Control of Forest Decline Project (CFDP) using the Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) method; (ii) apply the Critical Path Method (CPM) within the context on how to reduce the project time by increasing operating costs and crashing the activities. In crisis management, “golden time” is defined for doing activities and controlling the crisis, which has a greater role than other times. The analysis confirmed that the problem of forest decline is an ecological problem and its root lies in participatory management with the local community. We also found that the time crashing is not economically efficient to the CFDP except for two activities: public information and stakeholder analysis.
Mehdi Zandebasiri; Hrald Vacik; Daniel Etongo; Yasmin Dorfstetter; Javad Soosani; Mehdi Pourhashemi. Application of time-cost trade-off model in forest management projects: The case of Oak decline project. Journal of Forest Science 2019, 65, 481 -492.
AMA StyleMehdi Zandebasiri, Hrald Vacik, Daniel Etongo, Yasmin Dorfstetter, Javad Soosani, Mehdi Pourhashemi. Application of time-cost trade-off model in forest management projects: The case of Oak decline project. Journal of Forest Science. 2019; 65 (No. 12):481-492.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMehdi Zandebasiri; Hrald Vacik; Daniel Etongo; Yasmin Dorfstetter; Javad Soosani; Mehdi Pourhashemi. 2019. "Application of time-cost trade-off model in forest management projects: The case of Oak decline project." Journal of Forest Science 65, no. No. 12: 481-492.
Mehdi Zandebasiri. Evaluation of natural and social problems with DPSIR framework in Zagros forests decline, Iran. Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications 2017, 10, 58 -62.
AMA StyleMehdi Zandebasiri. Evaluation of natural and social problems with DPSIR framework in Zagros forests decline, Iran. Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications. 2017; 10 (2):58-62.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMehdi Zandebasiri. 2017. "Evaluation of natural and social problems with DPSIR framework in Zagros forests decline, Iran." Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications 10, no. 2: 58-62.
Mehdi Zandebasiri. EVALUATING EXISTING STRATEGIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS OF ZAGROS FORESTS OF IRAN. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2017, 15, 621 -632.
AMA StyleMehdi Zandebasiri. EVALUATING EXISTING STRATEGIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS OF ZAGROS FORESTS OF IRAN. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 2017; 15 (3):621-632.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMehdi Zandebasiri. 2017. "EVALUATING EXISTING STRATEGIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS OF ZAGROS FORESTS OF IRAN." Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 15, no. 3: 621-632.