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Chambliss Karen-Slotkin Michael H.-Vámosi Alexander R.: A 'javító' fenntarthatóság a'steady-state' fenntarthatóság és a strukturált ökoturizmus

A 'javító' fenntarthatóság.. 25 Wildlife Festival (SCBWF), the most significant BWF held in the State of Florida, will serve as a template.

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0 Brevard County, home of the SCBWF, is also home to the Kennedy Space Center and NASA

—a unique combination to satisfy those who are interested in multipurpose trips. Dubbed the Space Coast of Florida, Brevard County has the distinction of an unparalleled collection of endangered plants and wildlife. The 2005 SCBWF offered 196 events with 624 persons registered for participation in one or more events. Overall, more than two thousand individuals participated in some aspect of the festival. Focusing on the crossover attributes cited above, we match each outcome identified by WL to the structure of activities for the SCBWF. 3.1 BWFs and the Hard Spectrum Bound From the hard spectrum bound, WL determined that structured ecotourists possess a strong environmental commitment, support enhancive sustainability, and prefer physically active events. - Strong environmental commitment - Singh et al. (forthcoming) determined that festival attendees "were overwhelmingly positive about the need to protect and sustain the natural environment."

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1 Selected highlights of the SCBWF provide further evidence of the appreciation and appeal of endangered species to festival attendees. The Florida panther, which once roamed vast areas of central and south Florida, is classified endangered and is struggling to survive as a species in the dwindling habitat that is protected from development. As an example of the SCBWF's environmental commitment, one festival exhibitor, The Wildlife Care Center of Florida, displayed a young female panther which was born in captivity, providing guests a rare opportunity to see this magnificent creature. Another illustration is offered by The Raptor Project, a traveling collection of twenty or so diverse raptors. Many of the birds are handicapped; they were donated to The Raptor Project and serve as educational birds. A star performer, a young Arctic falcon, flew around the Brevard Community College-Titusville campus, the host site of the SCBWF, demonstrating species flight skills to attendees. - Support enhancive sustainability - Singh et al. report "a large and significant segment of the ecotourist market that is engaged in conservation efforts and whose attitudes about the environment influence their behavior towards environmental preservation," supporting enhancive sustainability. 1

0 The SCBWF will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in January 2007. According to independent birding expert Pete Dunne who is the director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, the SCBWF was ranked the 3rd best birding festival in the U.S. in 2004. 1

1 The Singh et al. results are based on data collected from registrants at two Florida BWFs.