scholarly journals An Assessment of Bird Watching in Turkey as a Recreational Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83
Author(s):  
Ertuğrul Düzgün ◽  
Asena Kurt
Keyword(s):  
Recreational Activity ◽  
Bird Watching

Sustainable tourism planning in Bahía Solano, Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Gabriela Antošová ◽  
Ivan Dario Medina Rojas ◽  
Mauricio Peralta Mejía ◽  
Helmuth Yesid Arias Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Marine Area ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Enormous Amount ◽  
Water Sports

AbstractThe municipality of Bahía Solano possesses important tourist attractions. The majority of them consist of natural wonders such as whale, dolphin and bird watching. Its marine area offers diving courses, all types of fishing, surfing, other water sports etc. The enormous amount of natural wealth stands in contrast to the lack of local development and the high rate of poverty among its inhabitants. Bahía Solano has enviable tourist professions but a low level of competition. This research proposes a methodology of social innovation, elaborated by researchers, that involves nature, communities and tour operators, where a connection of surveys with the expectations and perceptions of the different entities (inhabitants, tourists, and tour operators) has been obtained.

Wintertourismus beeinflusst das Verhalten und die Stressphysiologie des Auerhuhns | Winter tourism influences the behaviour and the stress physiology of the capercaillie

2009 ◽  
Vol 160 (10) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Mollet ◽  
Dominik Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Home Ranges ◽  
Stress Hormone ◽  
Recreational Activity ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Winter Tourism ◽  
Middle Europe ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
High Level

The present study investigated whether the flushing distance, the territorial use and the stress hormone physiology of the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) were influenced in the winter by the presence of a large number of people engaged in sporting activities. In most cases flushing distances were greater, and higher concentrations of stress hormone were found in the blood serum, in areas having a high intensity of sporting activities than in forest stands relatively undisturbed by tourists. During the ski season capercaillie avoided forest patches within their home ranges where there was a high level of recreational activity. The results lead to the conclusion that intensive winter tourism can be a serious threat to the remaining capercaillie populations in middle Europe. It is recommended that the construction of new recreational facilities and new developments should be avoided in the most important habitats for capercaillie. The important habitats which today already lie in the immediate vicinity of areas intensively used by tourists could clearly receive enhanced status, according to each situation, either as tranquility areas for wildlife where entrance is forbidden or with regulations requiring winter tourists to stay on trails.

Use of reclaimed water in the recreation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems: practical experience in the Costa Brava region (Girona, Spain)

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Sala ◽  
S. Romero de Tejada
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Environmental Water ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Indirect Benefits ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Trophic Webs ◽  
Costa Brava ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Where there is water scarcity, the situation is dramatic for aquatic ecosystems. In many Mediterranean basins the exploitation of water resources has gone clearly beyond renewable level and affects aquatic ecosystems. Thus, they may benefit from the recycling of high-quality effluents that can be used to cope with environmental water demands instead of being discharged. Their reclamation with natural technologies produces an improvement in quality based on the development of trophic webs built upon nutrients still dissolved in the reclaimed water. The main project in the Costa Brava area is that of the Empuriabrava constructed wetland system, where nitrified effluent is further treated to reduce the concentration of nutrients in the water and is reused for environmental enhancement. This facility is also an interesting site for bird-watching. Other projects where water recycling produces indirect benefits on the aquatic ecosystems are those in Tossa de Mar, affecting the “temporary” Tossa Creek (a watercourse which flows on temporary basis according to rainfall patterns), and in the Aro Valley, affecting the also “temporary”, but slightly bigger, Ridaura River. This document summarizes these projects and proposes practical recommendations for the use of treated effluents in the recreation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems.

scholarly journals Economic and Conservation Potential of Bird-Watching Tourism in Postconflict Colombia

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 194008291773386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela ◽  
R. Scott Winton
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

scholarly journals Bird watching

Nature ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 368 (6467) ◽  
pp. 111-112
Author(s):  
Sara J. Shettleworth
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

scholarly journals Problems of Jordanian Public Universities’ Students: A Survey Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Saleh Salem Al-khawaldeh ◽  
Soud Fahd Alkhrsha
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Public University ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Recreational Activity ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
University Life ◽  
Faculty Level

<p>This study aims at identifying the types of problems encountered Jordanian Public<br />UniversityStudents according to students themselves. It also seeks to investigate the effect of<br />the variables of faculty, level of study, gender and academic achievement on the degree of the<br />intensity of such problems. For this purpose, a version of Moony checklist for problems<br />student, adapted by Sowanah (1983), was used; it consists of (190) items classified into six<br />domains. The sample of the study was randomly selected and consists of (406) male and<br />female students.<br />The results of the study revealed that Jordanian Public University Students suffer from<br />problems in all six domains. They are arranged in descending order according to degree of<br />intensity as follows: Curricula and Methods of Instruction and adapting to University Life,<br />Social and Recreational Activity, Health and Physical Growth, Home and Family Personal<br />and Psycho-affective Relationships, Financial Position and vocational. No statistically<br />significant difference ( a = 0.05) in the degree of the problems intensity attributed to the<br />variables of students' faculty, level of study, gender or academic achievement was indicated.<br />Results also revealed a positive attitude of the students towards the counseling services<br />available to them and that they felt they need the same counseling services in all the study<br />domains with no statistically significant difference (a = 0.05) attributed to any of the study<br />variables. The researchers recommended an establishment of a counseling center in order to<br />help the students overcome their problems.</p><p> </p>

Grizzly bear response to spatio‐temporal variability in human recreational activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ladle ◽  
Tal Avgar ◽  
Matthew Wheatley ◽  
Gordon B. Stenhouse ◽  
Scott E. Nielsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Grizzly Bear ◽  
Recreational Activity ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Bird Watching-Indoors

Blue Jay ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

scholarly journals Environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay for bird-watching ecotourism in Kerandangan Natural Park, Lombok, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wayan Suana ◽  
Hilman Ahyadi ◽  
Gito Hadiprayitno ◽  
Saleh Amin ◽  
Lalu Achmad Tan Tilar Wangsajati Sukmaring Kalih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Observation Point ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Guest House ◽  
The Status

Abstract. Suana IW, Ahyadi H, Hadiprayitno G, Amin S, Kalih LATTWS, Sudaryanto FX. 2020. Environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay for bird-watching ecotourism in Kerandangan Natural Park, Lombok, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 2266-2274.  Five trails of interest to bird-watchers and an observation point by the guest house of Kerandangan Natural Park (KNP) have potential to be developed as bird-watching ecotourism packages. In order to develop sustainable bird-watching ecotourism in KNP, we analyzed the environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay (WTP) for bird-watching ecotourism packages. All of the trails and an observation point in KNP were explored to determine the width and length of the trails, the visit time, as well as the soil texture and slope along the trails. Interviews with KNP managers and secondary data from Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Council (BMKG)-Climatology Station Class I-West Lombok were also used to determine the status of biophysical habitats. The environment carrying capacity was calculated by combining the physical carrying capacity, real carrying capacity, and effective carrying capacity. The results show that environment carrying capacity of bird-watching ecotourism packages in KNP was higher than the actual visitation levels. It indicates that opportunity to develop and increase the number of visitors is considerable. WTP was determined by Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) with payment card approach. Through the brochure, 150 respondents were given information on bird-watching ecotourism packages, then are offered three options, and only allowed to choose one that can be paid. Data were collected by the incidental sampling method. The results show that the visitors are willing to pay for bird-watching ecotourism packages, with mean WTP of US$ 20.7 per visitor. It implies that they are willing to shoulder the financial support for management and conservation of birds and their habitat in KNP. The findings provide important information for KNP managers for planning and marketing bird-watching ecotourism in KNP.

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