landuse planning for six forested catchment areas of fars: as a guide for the strategic planning of zagros region

six catchment areas of fars, where belong to bioclimatic zone of deciduous temperate forests of palearctic realm, first were . surveyed, and mapped (scale:1: 100,000). then, after ecological and socio economic data analysis and integration, the ecosystem map (mapping unit) of the area was depicted (makhdoum 1992). the ecological capability of catchment areas for agriculture, range management, forestry l and ecotourism was classified, and mapped. with combination and coordination of socio economic data (e. g, revenues, population density and trend, present landuse , and future development trends ) with that of ecological capabilities, optimum land uses for catchment areas were determined and mapped. in this respect, three scenarios (man, cattle, forest), (man, forest), and (man, forest, cattle) were examined, and analysed. it has been argued, that the landuse planning of these catchment areas could not sufficiently eradicate the ongoing environmental problems of zagros region, unless all catchment areas of zagros region are planned ccordingly, in the context of a strategic plan. the process of the !strategic planning of zagros region is introduced in a model.