He subido esta información sobre la isla de Brownsea, ya que en menos de un año estare alla como integrante de la delegación Chilena en el Jamboree Mundial 2007
Brownsea IslandSZ 025 882
Directions - Boats run from Poole Quay, Swanage and Sandbanks. All boats will accept and help wheelchair users.
Description - The island is owned by the National Trust. The Dorset Wildlife Trust lease and manage 101 hectares of the island as a nature reserve. This contains an attractive mix of reedbed, brackish lagoon, mixed and coniferous woodland. Open April to September.
Wildlife - Renowned for its Red Squirrels, deer and rare birds such as Avocet, Terns and nesting Little Egret. Wide range of other species including Water Voles, Nightjars, a large Heronry and numerous insects.
Facilities - Bird hides, DWT Information Centre, self guide leaflet and guided tours at certain times of the year (approximately 3/4 of the trail is accessible by wheelchair, Information Centre is not accessible to wheelchairs and one of the bird hides is not accessible to powered wheelchairs). Nearest disabled toilet on Brownsea Quay. Wheelchairs can be hired from the NT.
Comments - A day trip with excellent wildlife, facilities and assistance. In addition to ferry charges there is a NT entrance fee payable on the island and charges for guided tours and self guided tours around the DWT nature reserve payable in the Information Centre.
World Scouting
From Brownsea Island in 1907, Scouting has spread to almost every country in the world. Indeed, most countries have more than one national Scouting association. While a majority of the world's Scouts belong to national associations affiliated with the two largest international Scouting organizations, there are dozens of national and local associations affiliated with several other international Scouting bodies, and more that are independent of any international organization. There is also a number of organizations that do not consider themselves to be Scouting organizations (they sometimes refer to themselves as "Scout-like" organizations), but nevertheless base their program ultimately on Baden-Powell's Scouting concepts.
So who is a "Scout"? The words "scout" and "scouting" are fairly broad terms that are used by many organizations. And there are non-Scouting organizations that include "scout-like" activities such as camping, hiking, and outdoor skills (some even wear a Scout-type uniform). For simplicity, I include in "Scouting" any organization that labels itself a Scouting program and which bases its program on Baden-Powell's Scouting concepts and ideals. I include both males and females in the definition of "Scout", and I include male-only, female-only, and coed associations in the definition of "Scouting".
There are a number of individual Scout groups (especially in Germany) that operate their own local program independent of any national or regional association. These are difficult to find and track, and they frequently go into or out of existence when leadership changes. So I list the unaffiliated single groups I have discovered separately, and do not count them in the "organization" totals.
