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As part of her internship at the Maison de la Speleologie - Spéléo J - in Namur, Camille is contacting all the Belgian clubs to ask if they agree to have their journals, publications, and topos archived and made freely accessible. If you are interested and have not received the message directly, you can contact the Wikicaves association https://fr.wikicaves.org/contact Nathalie and Camille are working on digitizing the documents and will need a helping hand: don't hesitate to contact them if you have some free time this month.

Discover in issue 129 of Spéléo Mag an article that presents an overview of the tools and methods to implement for managing data on the underground environment. http://www.speleomag.com

The Wikicaves association is holding its general meeting and invites you to participate in a discussion about Grottocenter. Wikicaves meeting in English Vendredi, 21 mars · De 21:00 à 23:00 Fuseau horaire : Europe/Paris Lien de l'appel vidéo : https://meet.google.com/ujh-amcf-ivb Ou composez le : ‪(FR) +33 1 87 40 49 45‬ CODE : ‪243 253 076‬# Plus de numéros de téléphone : https://tel.meet/ujh-amcf-ivb?pin=2310152846345

The International Union of Speleology has been working for several decades to propose standardized symbols that can be used to describe surface phenomena, to make plans of caves and artificial cavities and recently to ensure the conservation of the underground environment. Work has just been done to provide access to all this information at a single address https://ontology.uis-speleo.org/symbols/ Each symbol has its own URL and can be accompanied by detailed information

Today is your birthday! Thank you all for your support, your commitment, but also your doubts and your hopes. How to find an image to illustrate this event? I propose you the key figures that are displayed on the home page and that change constantly.

In the field of natural and human sciences, the MNHN contributes to the production, development and sharing of knowledge on the geological and biological diversity of the Earth, on the diversity of cultures and societies and on the history of the planet. To this end, its mission is to develop in synergy fundamental and applied research, expertise, valorization, enrichment, conservation and provision of collections and data, training including teaching, educational action and the dissemination of scientific and technical culture for all audiences. The MNHN Center for Ecology and Conservation Sciences (UMR 7204 CESCO) coordinates the "Bat Migration Routes in Europe" Project, the aim of which is to study the migration routes of bats in Europe. For this, acoustic recordings are collected across Europe, in order to highlight the hot spots of activity of several species of migratory bats according to environmental variables As part of this project, an agreement has been establishe...