The Present study is to achieve optimum environmental MANAGEMENT state. The study was performed in Safarood FOREST Park with an area of 55 hectares. Safarood is one of the most important parks in Iran which located in Ramsar provience. In this Study two efficient methods in environment MANAGEMENT include of AHP, SWOT were used. In the First step, by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the most appropriate function for this area was selected. Then, by using SWOT method. and field studies, the strengths and weaknesses (internal factors) of the region, and the opportunities and threats (external factors), had been specified. Hereafter, some strategies to eliminate weaknesses and threats, and fortifying the strengths and opportunities were adopted. Finally, the strategies were given marks based on their priorities and they were acceted in the Environmental INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT Program of the area.

This paper is aimed to develope a mathematical model for sustainable FOREST development by strategic landuse planning. Such plans are naturally multi purpose so that multi-criteria optimization is utilized for modeling. The objective functions are: Maximization of carbon sequestration, net present value of income, stand volume, employment generation and minimization of soil erosion. Lp-norm is used to aggregate the objectives. The model is implemented for Caspian FOREST in Ramsar. Sensitivity analysis is made by different norms and weights.

Background and Objective: Due to the growth in the number of vehicles, in Iran we face heavier traffic day by day. The offered solutions by various organs have been just based on providing the objectives of the relevant organization; however they have not had any desirable results. The present research aims at offering a comprehensive model comprised of factors affecting traffic so that it could identify them and take some measures toward establishment of convergence and unity in making traffic-related decisions.Method: The present research is a descriptive-survey, based on which traffic indices and constituents are identified, and after development of the primary model through using real data.Findings: Factors contributing to traffic are MANAGEMENT of urban trips, parking MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT of public fleet and transportation network, MANAGEMENT of traffic education, MANAGEMENT of urbanism, MANAGEMENT of emergencies, MANAGEMENT of traffic network, MANAGEMENT of standardization, installation and maintenance of traffic services, MANAGEMENT of mechanized traffic, MANAGEMENT of traffic engineering, MANAGEMENT of research and development.Conclusion: Before testing the reasons and their relationship by Lizrel constituents, the applied constituents in the conceptual model were considered through using analysis factors, which confirmed the existence of eleven constituents resulted from the research variables. The amounts of the two columns “affinity level of variables” and “correlation of variables with the relevant constituent” indicated that the variables were not enough processed, and there is a desirable correlation between every variable and the relevant constituent.

Lessons learnt from failures in FOREST MANAGEMENT programs and the continued trend of deFORESTation in a number of Asian countries reiterate the need to reform the existing FOREST MANAGEMENT systems. A prerequisite to this is a higher level of attention to the social aspects of FOREST MANAGEMENT. The present paper, based on a research conducted in the northern FORESTs of Iran, recommends a number of social policies to be incorporated to FOREST MANAGEMENT system. Two strategies, namely "coexistence" and "resettlement", based on participatory approaches, were recommended to reduce the rate of FOREST overexploitation, and to improve the standards of living in rural areas. The first strategy addresses the total FOREST system, and the second one deals with households living in very small villages (with less than five households) as well as the people who work in the city but are settled in the FORESTs.

Amount and diversity of activities which carried out by the FOREST, Range and Watershed Organization (FRWO) in Iran resulted in production and reproduction of huge volume of data from which only a computerized system should extract useful information for MANAGEMENT and monitoring purposes of the organization or the general offices. The major weaknesses of the existing paper-based systems of collecting, storing and delivering or dissemination of information in FORESTry sector of Iran are its inefficiency in retrieval and searching of data and information, inflexible in analysis and processing of the available data and information, difficulty in data and information flow among different levels of the organization that can be pointed out. Therefore, it is felt that there is an urgent need for the FORESTry sector in Iran to organize its huge mass of information and dissemination activities under a unifying umbrella and work out mechanisms of information exchange and information generation. The information collection and utilization in the FORESTry sector will fail to support any specific planning and MANAGEMENT objectives until the system is not revised. The present research was intended to introduce a computer – based MANAGEMENT information system for the provincial General Natural Resource Office (GNRO) of Noo-shahr in particular and the FRWO of Iran in general. Also the possibilities to install such an IFMIS in FRWO were tested using a pilot case-study. After evaluation of information requirements of the organization and its users using document analysis and questioning (interview and questionnaire), the results were used to design a model of FOREST MANAGEMENT information system and database for the General Natural Resource Office of Noo-shahr.

The major purpose of this study is to assess the perception of managers in the FOREST, Range and Watershed Organization. It is an applied study by using descriptive–correlative method. A questionnaire was developed and data collected from 105 respondents. The validity and reliability of questionnaires was verified. The results of study show that there was a relationship between educational level, work experience, experiences in extension and education activities, role of extension in increasing information about sustainable FORESTry, create positive attitude, providing information about sustainable FORESTry indicators, motivation for participating in the projects, local MANAGEMENT, allocation of appropriate financial resources, attend of extension education courses, participate in group discussions, visiting successful projects, using workshops, newsletters, magazines & bulletin and improvement of sustainable FORESTry MANAGEMENT. Multivariate regression analysis shows that providing economic motivations of managers, being aware of indicators, using courses, MANAGEMENT experiences & the role of extension in creating positive attitudes had positive impact on improvement of sustainable FORESTry sustainable MANAGEMENT.

Developing and implementing FOREST MANAGEMENT plan is a way to conserve FORESTs in critical situations such as FOREST fire. The aim of this research was to comparatively study fire occurrence in managed and unmanaged FORESTs in terms of fire duration and coverage in Golestan province in 2010. For this purpose, first the information on major FOREST MANAGEMENT items was imported into GIS database for each parcel. Then, the data for fire duration and burned area obtained from various resources was imported into GIS. Finally, data on the FOREST fire affected areas was overlaid on the FORESTs area by GIS spatial and statistical analysis. Based on the results, there was strong positive correlation (71.70 %) between fire duration and lack of FOREST roads density, fencing and channel excavation in FORESTs projects. While, about 90% increase in burned areas was attributed to three factors; lack of skilled personnel, decreasing of silvicultural practices and fencing /channel excavation operations. Generally, FOREST MANAGEMENT plans based on the FORESTry science principals, have great importance in FOREST conservation in critical circumstances.