Determination of Ecological Vulnerability of Patom District of Kheyrud Forest Using of the Object-Oriented Vulnerability Method

Aghnoum, Maryam; Feghhi, Jahangir; Makhdoum, Majid; Jabbarian Amiri, Bahman

doi:10.22059/jne.2013.36321

Determination of Ecological Vulnerability of Patom District of Kheyrud Forest Using of the Object-Oriented Vulnerability Method

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Maryam Aghnoum ¹

Jahangir Feghhi ²

Majid Makhdoum ³

Bahman Jabbarian Amiri ⁴

¹ M.Sc. Forestry Student, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² Associated Professor, Department of Forestry and Forest Economic, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ Professor, Department of Forestry and Forest Economic, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jne.2013.36321

Abstract

Deforestation in the past decades has risen. So, the proper development of human activities in forests requires the environmental limitations to be considered during forests management process. One of the appropriate measures is the determination of ecological vulnerability. In the present study, Patom District of Kheyrud Forest was classified based on the ecological sustainability, using Object- Oriented Vulnerability Method. The results showed that 26% of the study area is located in middle sensitive class, 46% in sensitive class and 28% in very sensitive class. Overall, we infer that Patom District of Kheyrud Forest has the high ecological vulnerability that it should be considered by forest managers.

Keywords

Ecological Vulnerability

environmental limitations

Forest management

Kheyroud forest

object-oriented vulnerability method