the lake urmia and its satellite wetlands have been selected as a demonstration site for the united nations development program / global environment facility / department of environment conservation of iranian wetlands project. this project aims to demonstrate reduction of the major threats of this wetland protected area coordinated through an integrated management plan. a choice experiment was...

abstract this paper carried out to study determinants of willingness to pay and ecotourism value of tandoreh natioral park using cross section data of 144 households of dargaz and ghochan and contingent value method and logit model in 2008. results showed that age and entrance offer have negative effect and income have positive effect on willingness to pay for ecotourism in tandoreh natioral pa...

maharloo lake, located at 23 kilometers from shiraz, has high value for local people and passengers due to its mild weather and natural interests. studying recreational values of this place is necessary to predict needs, remove scarcities and tourism development. the aim of this research is to estimate the outdoor recreational value of maharloo lake with the use of contingent valuation method. ...