Relationship Analysis of Local Community Participation in Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas, Iran

Nature conservation efforts cannot succeed without stakeholder participation. The inherent complexity of nature-based ecotourism has made the development sustainable operations a challenge, so it is essential to increase community Hence, this study investigates local participation in Lar National Park (LNP) and Jajrud Protected Area with Sustainable Use Natural Resource Areas (JPA) Iran evaluates how influences sustainability ecotourism. This found that LNP, involving communities increasing because high level attachment interest part pristine nature. In JPA, relationship between significant too. As result, natural habitats have been degraded decreased. To conserve these critically endangered areas, managers decision-makers must education encourage engage more developing