Posts Tagged ‘conservation’
Written on January 7th, 2010 by admin_aquaone shout
“Diving” straight into the new role, Community Outreach Manager, Juan Diaz Alvan, ventured into little-visited communities this past December with M/V Aqua’s paramedic, Winston Pinedo. The duo, at times accompanied by Aqua Expeditions guests, offered medical attention to members of the Huaisi, Hatum Poza, Lago Prado and Tibiplaya II Zona communities – mostly pregnant women and children.
In addition to offering medical services, the Aqua Expeditions group also led a plastic waste cleaning campaign with the help of children from the Lago Prado community; organized a small Christmas Eve event Tibiplaya II Zona; and lead a responsible shopping expeditions with M/V Aqua guests to the Huaisi community, known for using only primary materials existing around the community — no feathers, animal teeth, snake skins, etc.
Written on January 5th, 2010 by admin_aquaone shout
Aqua Expeditions has a strong commitment to identifying and helping to meet the needs of local communities in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, where it operates the M/V Aqua. To underscore that commitment, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Francesco Galli-Zugaro appointed Juan Díaz Alván to the newly created position of Community Outreach Manager.
Mr. Díaz Alván is a biologist who specializes both in working with communities in protected areas, as well as in the study of Amazon birds. He will manage relationship-building between Aqua Expeditions and 14 local riverside communities, and will also work with the leadership of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve and other institutions related to tourism and environmental conservation in Amazonia. He is a graduate of Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP).
Welcome aboard, Juan!
Written on November 10th, 2009 by admin_aquano shouts
This October 2009, Condé Nast Traveler listed Aqua Expeditions among 26 travel and tourism companies that it recognizes as “World Savers.” The list honored those companies that, according to the magazine, are “turning travel’s enormous potential to improve the planet into reality.”
Nominations were made for excellence in the areas of education, poverty, wildlife, preservation, and health. Aqua Expeditions, however, was honored to find itself on the “doing it all” list, reflecting its efforts in every one of the above categories.
Aqua Expeditions is dedicated to delivering a world-class Amazon experience, in an environment of comfort and safety. Its team onboard the M/V Aqua equals that of the finest small ship operators, anywhere in the world. Management has a total commitment to excellence.
