Investigating the role of Hyrcanian forest ecosystem in the economic development of Mazandaran province according to market, non-market and conservation components

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1 Agricultural Economics Department. Sari Agriculture Science and Natural Resources University

2 Faculty member and professor of Forestry Department of Tarbiat Modares University

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

4 PhD graduated, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

5 . Faculty member and Assistant Professor of Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

6 PhD student, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Abstract

Hyrcanian forests provide numerous benefits and services to all or part of society, and all governmental and civil institutions are directly and indirectly related to the functions of this forest. This study aims to investigate the economic role of Hyrcanian Forest ecosystem services in the economic development of Mazandaran province. In this study, the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES) was used to identify and distinguish forest services and functions, and the meta-analysis method with the benefit transfer approach was used for valuation. The results showed that the value of ecosystem services of Hyrcanian forests in 2021 was 800.27 million rials per hectare and for the entire Hyrcanian forests of Mazandaran province was 885110 billion rials. Also, the highest value among the three functions of provision, regulating, and cultural of Hyrcanian forests is related to the regulating function of these forests with an annual value of 629880.33 billion rials for the entire ecosystem in 2021, which accounts for about 71.16% of the total values. The lowest value related to the cultural function is 195963.88 billion rials, which accounts for about 22.14% of the total economic values of the ecosystem functions of Hyrcanian forests. The results of this study showed that the Hyrcanian Forest ecosystem plays a high role in the economic development of the beneficiary communities in Mazandaran province. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to protecting services with high economic value in prioritizing the management of Hyrcanian forests.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

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Available Online from 15 April 2025

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