World Expedition - Index

World Expedition - booklet - Index

sustainable & responsible travel with world expeditions
contents
� Our environmentally sustainable principles 3
� Our responsible travel principles 3
� Responsible travel at work _ Australia 4
� Responsible travel at work _ Nepal & India 5
� Responsible travel at work _ Africa 6
� Responsible travel at work _ Peru & Bolivia 8
� World Expeditions & porter protection 10
� Fire management 12
� Wildlife 13
� Before you travel 14
� Considerations while you travel 15
� Global warming 20
� Carbon neutral adventure holidays 24
� Giving something back 28
� Making a tangible difference 30
World Expeditions has been pioneering sustainable and responsible
travel to some of the world’s most diverse destinations since it began
operating as Australian Himalayan Expeditions in 1975.
Over the years, World Expeditions has built an international reputation
as a provider of high quality, small group adventures focusing on
unique experiences to remote and pristine wilderness regions and to
destinations that involve real cultural immersion with the local people.
Many of the countries and the people we visit are unfathomably poor,
yet are custodians of spiritually rich and colourful cultures. This different
form of wealth has qualities that can be experienced by anyone,
provided the experience is undertaken in a way that is sensitive to the
beliefs of the culture, the needs of its people and the surrounding
environment.
The natural landscapes we explore are some of the richest, often most
challenging, yet at the same time some of the most fragile
environments on earth. With education, experienced leadership and
appropriate equipment and techniques, it is possible to travel
responsibly through these regions. For us, it is critically important that
such wilderness travel experiences do not diminish the natural values
of the environment.