OICC Press Anthropogenic Pollution 2588-4646 9 1 2025 07 01 Investigation of the Extra-Organizational Collaborations in Reduction Environmental Pollutions of Tourism Development on Qeshm Island Using Network Analysis Approach 10.57647/j.jap.2025.0901.14 EN Ardeshir Shayesteh Department of Environment, QI.C, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran Mohsen Dehghani Ghanatghestani Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, BA.C, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran Mehdi Jabbarzadeh Department of Environment, QI.C, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran Hananeh Mohammadi Kangarani Department of Forestry, Gorgan University of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran Lobat Taghavi Department of Natural Resources and Environmental, SR.C, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2025 07 01 The environment is the central core of the natural tourism industry; therefore, tourism development directly depends on the environment health. This means that institutional reforms and intra-organizational decisions related to tourism management cannot be considered as an independent and separate issue from environmental management. This research examines the level of cooperation and participation of Qeshm Island’s residents with environmental decisions and actions of government organizations to achieve an efficient model for the successful implementation of environmental decisions which guarantee tourism sustainable development on Qeshm Island. For this purpose, various types of public communication and island tourism activists (governors of rural districts, council members, local people, and other individuals) with government organizations were examined regarding their environmental approaches affecting tourism on Qeshm Island through selecting environmental pollution criteria as one of the determinant limitations in the tourism development on Qeshm Island and applying a network analysis approach. At first, 50 questionnaires were completed and data were analyzed by using the Ucinet and Netdraw software to analyze these variables through the snowball sampling method and visiting the organizations and departments which affect impact the tourism industry and also the organizations and departments related to environmental management and protection on Qeshm Island. Regarding the level of referring to government organizations, the results showed that governors of rural districts and local people with a degree centrality of 33 and intermediate centrality of 460/ 663 and 575/979, respectively, have the most referral to government organizations. Through the cooperation network, the local people with a degree centrality of 38 and intermediate centrality of 456/500 and council members with a degree centrality of 36 and betweenness centrality of 460/ 663 are the most cooperators in carrying out the activities related to environmental pollution reduction on Qeshm Island. The degree centrality of 42 and the betweenness centrality of 249/398 for the council members showed that they have the highest level of trust in government organizations. Generally, among all the variables, governors of rural districts, council members, and local people have the most relevant activities, cooperation, and trust for environmental pollution reduction related to government organizations on this island, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that environmental challenges such as environmental pollution will be reduced by optimizing this network and increasing social capital among this group.