France HABE Prize 2017

The France HABE Prize is awarded by the Department of Karst and the Cave Protection of the International Union of Speleology (UIS).

Its purpose is to promote the protection of karst and caves for generations to come. Their natural legacy are proven sources of increasingly rich information about the history of our planet and humanity, enabling people to act more thoughtfully, efficiently, and sustainably for the future of our environment.

Nominations must reach by May 20, 2015.

For more information:

http://uis-speleo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=383

Easily download all data from Grottocenter

Vincent has just set up a service that makes it easy to download all Grottocenter data. This takes the form of a compressed file which contains a json file per type of data (inputs, cavities, organizations, massifs, documents). The update is carried out once a month. This service is accessible to members of the Wikicaves association and partner organizations. If you are interested in this service, do not hesitate to contact us .

Caving expedition in Kyrgyzstan !

The Fund for the Preservation and Exploration of Caves (FPEC) offer cavers the opportunity to take part project on caving research in almost non-explored caves in Kyrgyzstan. In Kyrgyzstan , the caving potential is huge. Almost all prospective regions are poorly explored or unexplored at all. Cave systems which were discovered previously require further exploration. In connection with this we think that the co-operation with colleagues from other countries with the aim to make joint researches in Kyrgyzstan may bring good results. This year we are planning researches in the perspective regions of the Turkestan Range located in the south-west of Kyrgyzstan and associated with the Pamir-Alai Mountain system. For the time being those regions are insufficiently explored and that provides good opportunity for the wide search of caves. Besides, there i...

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