LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS · Expedition Photography program with National Geographic launches 2013...
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2017 Lindblad 50th anniversary Launch of National Geographic Global Explorers family program, developed with National Geographic Education Fleet of stand-up paddleboards added to tools for exploration In addition to ongoing projects, LEX-NG Fund earmarks $50,000 in small grants for community projects 1966 Seminal Grimwood-Snow Report published: recommending the founding of a National Park Service and the establishment of a protected marine zone; that all visitors should sleep aboard ships and go ashore with trained naturalist guides—the same policies that guide park visitation today LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS A PARTNER IN GALÁPAGOS CONSERVATION | 1967-2017 1959 Ecuador declares Galápagos a National Park on the centennial of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galápagos Islands established 1967 Lars-Eric Lindblad leads the first international tourist expedition to the Galápagos Islands on the M/S Navarino 1961 Galápagos Marine Biology Station established with support of UNESCO 1964 Charles Darwin Research Station inaugurated 1968 Juan Black and Jose Villa, wardens of the new Galápagos National Park Service arrive—with salaries paid by Lindblad Travel 1970 100-guest Romantica and 10-guest Golden Chachalote chartered—inaugurating the tradition of two different ways of experiencing the islands with Lindblad 1973 The first modern survey of the birds of Galápagos published, with fieldwork sponsored by Lindblad 1974 Lindblad Explorer debuts in Galápagos 1978 Galápagos inscribed as first-ever UNESCO World Heritage site 1984 UNESCO designates the Galápagos National Park a Biosphere Reserve 1997 Galápagos Conservation Fund (GCF) launches, coinciding with the arrival of M/V Polaris, Lindblad’s first year-round ship 1998 Galápagos Marine Reserve designated—with GCF grants for patrol boats, a biodiversity study, and a fisheries catch monitoring program 1999 Teachers-on-Board launches, reaching almost 1/3 of the island’s teachers 2000 Our name becomes Lindblad Expeditions Undersea specialists join our expedition team 2001 Galápagos Marine Reserve included in the UNESCO World Heritage site designation 2007 Two new initiatives roll out, showing dual focus on people and places: Seafood for Thought, supporting sustainable fisheries; and Artisan Fund, supporting local communities 2009 Charles Darwin Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary 2011 Expedition Photography program with National Geographic launches 2013 Lindblad Expeditions receives Doing it All Award from Condé Nast Traveler 2015 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow program expands to Galápagos Bring-a-Book program launched with the Tomás de Berlanga School. To date guests have donated 1,328 books, over 1/3 of the total in the library. National Geographic Endeavour carries seven mangrove finch eggs to the Charles Darwin Station, a example of ongoing in-kind support in Galápagos 50 CELEBRATING YEARS 2006 Newly discovered endemic moth Undulambia lindbladi named in honor of Sven Lindblad Kids-on-Board program launched, with nearly 1,500 Galápagos kids visiting the ship and exploring Academy Bay with Lindblad naturalists 2002 Isla Santiago declared pig free—a first for conservation of any large oceanic island—a project of Lindblad’s Adopt-an-Island pro- gram. With continuing support, pigs, goats and all introduced mammals eradicated from Isla Isabela and other large islands 2004 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Society form strategic alliance 48-guest Islander launches (rechristened National Geographic Islander in 2007) 2008 Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund established. Since 1997 guests aboard our ships in Galápagos have donated $7.6 million to support conservation and other key development initiatives through- out the archipelago Sven Lindblad receives Al Mérito de la Conservación Ecológico Award from the mayor of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos 2010 Guests start visiting the Tomás de Berlanga School, a local education project supported in part by the LEX-NG Fund 2016 Ecuador creates a new marine sanctuary around the islands—one of the world’s largest—and the presidents of Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Colombia sign a historic accord for marine protection in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Sven Lindblad accepts honorary Galápagos National Park Warden badge on behalf of his father National Geographic Endeavour II launches Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund grant awarded to Island Conservation for a pilot study of the Floreana Island Restoration Project, an ambitious species eradication and community program Charles Darwin Foundation signs a historic 25-year agreement with Ecuador, extending and strengthening the partnership between the CDF, Galápagos National Park and the Ecuadorian government
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2017Lindblad 50th anniversary
Launch of National Geographic Global
Explorers family program, developed with National
Geographic Education
Fleet of stand-up paddleboards added to tools for exploration
In addition to ongoing projects, LEX-NG Fund earmarks $50,000 in small grants for community projects
1966Seminal Grimwood-Snow Report published: recommending the founding of a National Park Service and the establishment of a protected marine zone; that all visitors should sleep aboard ships and go ashore with trained naturalist guides—the same policies that guide park visitation today
LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS A PARTNER IN GALÁPAGOS CONSERVATION | 1967-2017
1959Ecuador declares Galápagos
a National Park on the centennial of Darwin’s On
the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galápagos Islands
established
1967Lars-Eric Lindblad leads
the first international tourist expedition to the Galápagos Islands on the M/S Navarino
1961Galápagos Marine Biology Station established with support of UNESCO
1964Charles Darwin Research Station inaugurated
1968Juan Black and Jose
Villa, wardens of the new Galápagos
National Park Service arrive—with
salaries paid by Lindblad Travel
1970100-guest Romantica and 10-guest Golden Chachalote chartered—inaugurating the tradition of two different ways of experiencing the islands with Lindblad
1973The first modern survey
of the birds of Galápagos published, with fieldwork
sponsored by Lindblad
1974Lindblad Explorer debuts in Galápagos
1978Galápagos inscribed as first-ever UNESCO World Heritage site
1984UNESCO designates the Galápagos National Park a Biosphere Reserve
1997Galápagos Conservation Fund
(GCF) launches, coinciding with the arrival of M/V Polaris,
Lindblad’s first year-round ship
1998Galápagos Marine Reserve designated—with GCF grants for patrol boats, a biodiversity study, and a fisheries catch monitoring program
1999Teachers-on-Board launches,
reaching almost 1/3 of the island’s teachers
2000Our name becomes Lindblad Expeditions
Undersea specialists join our expedition team2001
Galápagos Marine Reserve included in the UNESCO World
Heritage site designation
2007Two new initiatives roll out, showing dual focus
on people and places: Seafood for Thought, supporting sustainable fisheries; and Artisan
Fund, supporting local communities
2009Charles Darwin
Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary
2011Expedition Photography
program with National Geographic launches
2013Lindblad Expeditions
receives Doing it All Award from Condé Nast Traveler
2015Grosvenor Teacher Fellow
program expands to Galápagos
Bring-a-Book program launched with the Tomás de Berlanga School. To date guests have donated 1,328
books, over 1/3 of the total in the library.
National Geographic Endeavour carries seven mangrove finch eggs to the Charles Darwin Station, a example of
ongoing in-kind support in Galápagos
50CELEBRATING
YEARS
2006Newly discovered endemic moth Undulambia lindbladi named in honor of Sven Lindblad
Kids-on-Board program launched, with nearly 1,500 Galápagos kids visiting the ship and exploring Academy Bay with Lindblad naturalists
2002Isla Santiago declared pig free—a first for conservation of any large oceanic island—a project of Lindblad’s Adopt-an-Island pro-gram. With continuing support, pigs, goats and all introduced mammals eradicated from Isla Isabela and other large islands
2004Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Society form strategic alliance
48-guest Islander launches (rechristened National Geographic Islander in 2007)
2008Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund established. Since 1997 guests aboard our ships in Galápagos have donated $7.6 million to support conservation and other key development initiatives through-out the archipelago
Sven Lindblad receives Al Mérito de la Conservación Ecológico Award from the mayor of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos
2010Guests start visiting the Tomás de Berlanga School, a local education project supported in part by the LEX-NG Fund
2016Ecuador creates a new marine sanctuary around the islands—one of the world’s largest—and the presidents of Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Colombia sign a historic accord for marine protection in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Sven Lindblad accepts honorary Galápagos National Park Warden badge on behalf of his father
National Geographic Endeavour II launches
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund grant awarded to Island Conservation for a pilot study of the Floreana Island Restoration Project, an ambitious species eradication and community program
Charles Darwin Foundation signs a historic 25-year agreement with Ecuador, extending and strengthening the partnership between the CDF, Galápagos National Park and the Ecuadorian government
