Leila Avazpour - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Governance, University of Tehran
Mehdi Ghorbani - Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran

One of the important subdivisions of ecosystems is pastures. The economic evaluation of the functions and resources that are taken from the pasture ecosystem is a useful method for the natural resources optimal management and entrepreneurship at the local level. With the help of the results obtained from the economic evaluation, it is possible to choose businesses that improve the livelihood of the pasture users and empower them as well. ۱۳۳ In the next step, the financial-economic evaluation of the project was done with the help of financial indicators, including NPV, B/C, ROI, and IRR. The results showed that the Tourism business has a suitable economic justification for setting up.

Entrepreneurship, Rangeland, Tourism, Financial Evaluation