Year: 2024

The France HABE Prize is awarded each year by the Karst and Caves Protection Commission of the International Union of Speleology (UIS). To prevent the distracted and latecomers from biting their fingers, the date for submitting applications has been extended until July 20, 2024. Do not miss this opportunity! All the useful information is here: http://uis-speleo.org/index.php/karst-and-cave-protection-commission/

The International Journal of Speleology, the official journal of the Union Internationale de Spéléologie, is excited to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on Cave monitoring: the good, the bad, and the nice. Understanding the dynamics of cave environments requires intensive and extensive measurements and monitoring of the physical, chemical, geomorphological, and hydrological parameters, encompassing all features of the caves (geology, hydrology, morphology, air, water, biota, and human impact). Technological advances have shifted observations from sporadic to continuous monitoring, albeit methods vary significantly in frequency, precision, accuracy and duration. Historically, measurements were taken on a “need to know” basis, often focusing on specific parameters like air temperature, while overlooking potentially crucial factors such as CO2 levels or water, soil or rock temperature. Additionally, the lack of affordable…

Dear colleagues, Dear Friends, We are glad to inform you, that the new Call for speleological events support is open! Granted can be the international expeditions or other events, focused on exploration, study, or protection of caves and karst, with emphasis on educational, technical and/or scientific cooperation. All requests should contain description of proposed event as detailed as you are thinking is important for understanding of aims of project, purpose for which the funds will be used and show explicitly, that the proposed event is in agreement with the Statutes, Internal Regulations and Code of Ethics of the UIS. Requests which do not meet this requirements will not be accepted. Detailed conditions and more details about Speleological events support can be found in Speleological Events Support Guidelines on https://uis‐speleo.org/wp‐content/uploads/2020/03/Speleological‐Events‐Support‐Guidelines‐Version‐2‐September‐2019.pdf ,…

Dear Member of the UIS, We have noted a recent resurgence of hoax emails purporting to come from members of the UIS Bureau. Please be vigilant, and always check the email address of the sender carefully. All official UIS emails, including those from UIS Bureau members, will come from an address you are familiar with. If you are at all uncertain please use the website contact form to raise an enquiry. Thank you for your continued support of UIS, Yours sincerely, Nadja Zupan Hajna UIS President

We are glad to share with you Volume 65-1&2 of the UIS Bulletin. The PDF Interactive format can be downloaded by clicking on the link: http://uis-speleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/UIS-Bulletin-65-12-December-2023.pdf The 93 pages of this issue bring the following topics: • TABLE OF CONTENTS • Editorial: The speleology we want in the coming years • President’s Column - by Nadja Zupan Hajna: “Caves and Karst Globally” • Proposal for UNESCO Caves and Karst Day Proclamation • The UIS International Year of Caves and Karst 2021/22 UIS: An Early Summary • Another Mulu expedition in November 2023 • Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection: Updated and Translated • United Nations: Conferences and speleology • Statement of the German Speleological Federation for the UN Water Conference 2023 • UIS Delegation in Brazil: The present and future…