1. • Provides underwater cave exploration expertise about the karst aquifer of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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3. • Develops outreach programs to better educate local and state governments, residents and visitors about the importance and fragility of the region's karst aquifer.
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5. •  Develops relationships with the scientific community and concerned national and international institutions and foundations to expand the knowledge base and develop sustainable management practices and policies for Quintana Roo’s karst aquifer.
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Vision

CINDAQ's vision is the implementation of a regional model for sustainable development that serves the long-term interests of the citizens of Quintana Roo and provides a model for other similarly threatened areas.

Summary

To find a large pristine fresh water supply in this world is rare. Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula contains such a resource. The peninsula is made up of the Mexican states Campeche, Yucatán, and QuintanaRoo. It is a land rich in both human and natural history. The landscape is dominated by temples and pyramids, which testify to the achievements of the ancient Maya civilization.

The Modern Maya culture and the environment upon which it depends still thrives with many traditions and a strong cultural identity and natural systems intact. That identity is bound by a common thread that has woven the fabric of life together on the Peninsula for the last 10,000 years. This thread is the fresh water supply, which runs through a complex and little understood system of flooded solution caves.

Rampant development threatens one of Mexico's largest, most pristine and culturally significant aquifers.   The coast of Mexico's Riviera Maya is facing unprecedented growth that ranks it among the fastest growing regions of the world.   Out of sight and mind, the flooded cave systems of the region play a crucial role as conduits for freshwater moving from the jungle interior out to the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.   The need to explore and better understand the aquifer of Northern Quintana Roo is critical, as these hidden rivers directly influence the health and economic well being of the human population above them and the many ecosystems they nourish from below.   Due to the aquifer's extreme fragility and vulnerability to contamination, over-development development at the surface means that the ecology of the area is nearing a tipping point.   Since this region contributes approximately 10% of Mexico's GNP, the impact of a contaminated aquifer and associated ecosystems would have far-reaching and potentially disastrous results not only for the region's tourist based economy but for Mexico as a whole.  Cave diving explorers provide a critical knowledge base by mapping the subterranean waterways, providing a foundation for scientific work that ultimately will promote understanding and protection of the aquifer and the many ecosystems and the economy that it supports.