African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 6(30), pp. 6407-6411, 12 December, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.072 ISSN 1991-637X ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Estimated value of forest conservation in Iran: A case study of Fars Province S. N. Mousavi* and S. M. R. Akbari Department of Agricultural Economics, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran. Accepted 1 June, 2011 The aim of this study is to estimate the value of forest conservation through Fars rate and review conditional factors. For this purpose, the required information and data were collected from the citizens and visitors of Fars province's forests through a questionnaire. The information in the questionnaire includes personal information in four areas and social status like economic subjects, attitude or caprice questions, and the amount of their information about forests. Factors used to estimate the willingness to pay function include gender, education, marital status and age response of providers, income, family size, orientation to environmental biology, and distance to forest or park. Key words: Willingness to pay, contingent valuation method, forest, Fars province. INTRODUCTION The total forest area of Iran is 12.4 million ha, and is among the 56 countries that have the largest forest area worldwide. It is equal to 0.2 ha per person, while the global amount is equal to 8 0 / ha. This shows poverty and a severe shortage in Iran in this field, but also with low annual per capita. Unfortunately, about 200,000 ha of forests are destroyed (Iran Statistic, 2007). The forest area of Fars province is 1250000 ha, which is inappropriate because of the extent and distribution of existing forests relative to the lack of green spaces in the province. This is quite evident in terms of public recreational needs in many areas of the province's population and it causes fatigue with air pollution in an environment. As a result, non-urban green spaces such as parks and forests can partially solve the problems caused by this phenomenon for the health situation of the community. This can help in the beautification of the environment since the proper use of natural resources was provided by a regional mall, which also provided facilities that were suitable for recreational needs in the present and future users. As such, uniformity is seen in the urban life of individuals. In addition, reducing crime in social and economic research can be justified (Organization of forests, 2003). Environmental projects, *Corresponding author. E-mail: mousavi_sn@yahoo.com. development of green space, creation of external recreational centers and leisure time for citizens in urban and industrial areas is important. Projects that create mental freshness effect for welfare needs of the urban population and urban people should be mentioned (Kashmir, 2009). External services were used to estimate monetary value in the management of natural systems, and it was observed that human integration was effective. The retrieved level of valuation studies led to realization of data and ecosystem structure, and the function of the diverse and complex role in the protection of human welfare and development was sustainable. Economic valuation can be almost positive to make better environmental policies to intervene. Today, the need for understanding and entering values in environmental investments, development projects, industrial and related decisions is quite sensible (Organization of forests, 2003). The effort required for estimating the monetary value of ecosystem services plays the role of double fusion in the management of human and natural systems. Lack of studies caused “Rate Access” to the information related to the structure and function of ecosystems and their complex and diverse role in supporting human welfare in the macro ecosystems. Rate ecosystem can create and improve human welfare and development indicators if participation is stable. Also, it can create and improve