Journal of Rangeland

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      Community-based approach proved increasingly important in land management since it involves full participation of stakeholders in all stages of planning and implementation of land management programs. Since this approach has a dramatic impact upon the improvement of social capital, this study aimed to analyze and assess bridging social capital of rangeland users at Rostam Abad-e-Alicharak village, in Rigan district. The assessment was carried out in two phases of prior and post-project using social network analysis and questionnaire of network analysis because RFLDL community-based management project is practiced in this village. Trust ties and participation were assessed using macro network indices (e.g. density, reciprocity, transitivity, and geodesic distance). Results indicated that these indices were increased since the implementation of RFLDL project in the study area. Implementing this project led to enhance trust building and reinforcement of participation and cooperation of the head of groups and improve bridging social capital. This finding verifies the desired effect of community-based approach in land management for enhancing social capital of rangeland users.
 

Keywords: Bridging social capital, Rangeland users, Community-based management, RFLDL international project, Rigan District.

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