Natural forest Parks are complex ecosystems. Using dual purposes of conservation and tourism can be possible by a balanced relationship between human activities and nature. Assessment of ecological potential is one of the ways to establish this balance; this assessment had been done in Talar Forest Park in Qaemshahr, in North of Iran using AHP and GIS. For identify the criteria and sub-criteria we used the Delphi method. The sub-criteria in order of importance were determined as rainfall, temperature, slope, number of sunny days, aspect, water resources, altitude, humidity, landscape, distance from routes, vegetation diversity, soil, wind, distance to inside routes, geology, resources and facilities, negative factors, vegetation density, distance from population centers, nearby attractions and the density of the surrounding villages. The results of recreational zoning demonstrated that 13.47%, 26.22%, 21.38%, 20.6% and 18.33% of the area had very high, high, average, low and very low recreation potential, respectively.
