Wetlands Conservation Through CEPA Program, a Case Study of Hashilan Wetland in Kermanshah

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 M.A. in Natural Resources-Environmental Engineering, Motahar Institute of Higher Education.

2 Ph.D. in Irrigation and Drainage, Deputy CEO Gazin Sazeh Toos Consulting Engineers

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad,

Abstract

هرچند تالاب‌ها زمانی بهترین تفرجگاه­های ایران به شمار می­رفتند، ولی در اثر عواملی همچون مدیریت غیرکارا، تعارض انسان-تالاب، تعارضات اجتماعی و عوامل طبیعی، بسیاری از آنها امروزه خشک‌شده و از بین رفته­اند. مقاله حاضر با هدف ساماندهی تالاب هشیلان کرمانشاه از طریق ظرفیت­سازی و مشارکت اجتماعی، بر اساس یافته­های حاصل از اجرای طرح ساماندهی تالاب هشیلان با رویکرد ظرفیت­سازی اجتماعی انجام شده است. شیوه پژوهش، مشارکتی با کارکرد تحقیق در عمل است. جامعه آماری پژوهش، نهادهای محلی و دولتی و همچنین زنان و مردان روستاهای حوضه تالاب مخصوصاً روستاییان هشیلان است. برای ساماندهی تالاب هشیلان، از ابزار سیپا (برقراری ارتباط، آموزش و آگاهی عمومی) به‌عنوان ابزاری برای ظرفیت­سازی و مشارکت اجتماعی استفاده شد. برای برقراری ارتباط با جامعه و نهادهای محلی و دولتی در جهت برجسته‏‌سازی اهمیت تالاب، جشنواره­ای برگزار و کارگاه­های آموزشی برای مردم روستای هشیلان اجرا شد. همچنین در راستای ارائه برنامه­های راهبردی، نشست­‌هایی با معتمدان محلی تدارک دیده شد و از طریق پرسشنامه موردبررسی قرار گرفتند. داده‏ها با نرم‌افزار SPSS26 تحلیل شدند و تکنیک SWOT مورد استفاده قرار گرفت. طبق نتایج، برقراری ارتباط، آموزش، آگاهی و همچنین برگزاری جلسات آموزشی، مهم‌ترین عوامل مؤثر در حفاظت و حمایت از تالاب هشیلان به دست آمدند. همچنین توسعه گردشگری و بهره­برداری پایدار می‌تواند نقش مهمی در توانمندسازی جوانان روستایی و کسب درآمد پایدار داشته و زمینه را برای کاهش مهاجرت آنها به نقاط اطراف فراهم کند.

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