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The UIS Bulletin, Which Is to Publish the Quality of Our Publication BULLETIN Union Internationale de Spéléologie Volume 59-2 - December 2017 CavesCaves inin anan AncientAncient LandLand Sydney, Australia, 23-30 July 2017 all the details of the event is here ALSO IN THE 123 PAGES OF THIS ISSUE • Reports of the Secretary General and UIS Commissions • Minutes of the General Assembly and Bureau Meetings • UIS Prizes 2017 • The President’s Column - Renewal and Opportunities • In Mexico, changes to improve national speleology • The new world’s deepest cave • What is the largest cave chamber in the world? and more... BULLETIN BULLETIN Union Internationale de Spéléologie Union Internationale de Spéléologie TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial BULLETIN Editorial - Historical Issue: Improvement Ahead ........................................................... 3 Official publication of the UIS for publicizing the The President’s Column – Renewal and Opportunities ..................................................... 4 HISTORICAL ISSUE: IMPROVEMENT AHEAD activities of the UIS and the state of the art of The Report of the UIS Secretary General ...................................................................................6 international speleology - ©2018 17th ICS – Final Report ........................................................................................................................11 By Nivaldo Colzato (Brazil) - Editor UIS Prizes 2017 ......................................................................................................................................42 UIS Adjunct Secretary EDITOR IN CHIEF [email protected] Efraín MERCADO (Puerto Rico) France Habe Prize 2017 ....................................................................................................................48 The Deepest Cave in the World ......................................................................................................49 Dear reader, main objective is to give readers high quality content that GRAPHICS EDITOR Largest Cave Chambers in the World – 3D Scanning Project ...................................52 We are glad to share with you one more issue of the respects their need for accurate and informative speleologi- Nivaldo COLZATO (Brazil) Report - Arts and Letters Commission .......................................................................................53 UIS Bulletin. It’s 123 pages with 186 photos and 22 images, cal news of international interest. Now that the Bulletin has Report - Karst and Cave Protection Department ..................................................................54 making it the largest and most illustrated issue of the 66 developed a new design and interactive format, we need to DISCLAIMER Report - Artificial Cavities Commission.................................................................................... 57 bulletins published since the first one in 1970. The major hi- focus our efforts on journalistic excellence. In order to reach The views and opinions expressed in this bulletin are ghlight, however, is the content. Quite varied, full of good such a goal we invite authors to use this guide as a reference those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect Report - Speleotherapy Commission .........................................................................................63 news and important information, the content of this issue for the production of articles that will continue to improve the official policy or position of the International Report - History of Speleology Commission ..........................................................................66 fulfills the purpose of the UIS Bulletin, which is to publish the quality of our publication. Photos and illustrations, for Union of Speleology or its Bureau members unless Report - Cave Rescue Commission ..........................................................................................67 the activities of the UIS and the state of the art of interna- example, should be included because they are important for stated. UIS reserves it rights to admit or refuse any Report - Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis Commission ...............................74 article that does not fulfill UIS standards or criteria. tional speleology. more enjoyable reading and a complete understanding of Report - Physical Chemistry, and Hydrogeology of Karst Commission ...............76 See page 52, for example, the list of the world’s largest the content. Report - Archaeology and Palaeontology Commission ................................................78 mapped chambers. The authors of the “3D Scanning Project” The improvement of the Bulletin is only one of the Report - Pseudokarst Commission ..........................................................................................79 want to know how these caves should be rated: by volume many challenges now facing the UIS. Demands for projects Report - Cave Diving Commission ............................................................................................81 or floor area? And where do the chambers begin and end, related to the protection of our speleological natural heri- Report - Bibliography Commission ...........................................................................................82 and how do you measure the largest known cave passage in tage for future generations appear regularly throughout Union Internationale the world? It should prove an interesting discussion, but such the world, and stand as one example of the increasing the de Spéléologie Report - Informatics Commission .............................................................................................83 questions are not necessary in the “competition” for depth. importance of caves and karst that the UIS much address, Founded in Postojna, Slovenia, 1965 Report - Publications Exchange Working Group/ Informatics Commission .........86 Extending 2,204 m beneath its entrance, Verëvkina Cave has especially because of their direct relationship with water, The UIS is a non-profit, non-governmental Report - Glacier, Firn, and Ice Caves Commission .............................................................. 88 just became the deepest cave in the world, now occupying which is our highest heritage to be protected and preserved. worldwide speleological organization that Mexico, Making Changes to Improve National Speleology ...........................................89 promotes the development of interaction between the throne that belonged to its neighbor Krubera (Voronja) As George Veni mentions in the newly created “President’s Minutes of the UIS Bureau Meetings at the 17th ICS – Session 1 ...........................94 academic and technical speleologists of a wide Cave (2,197 m deep). Details of the expedition that reached Column”, “it will require work, and the Bureau cannot do it all th range of nationalities to develop and coordinate Minutes of the UIS General Assembly at the 17 ICS ..................................................102 such a spectacular depth are on page 49. alone. We will look at you for support, and I am confident you international speleology in all of its scientific, Minutes of the UIS Bureau Meetings at the 17th ICS – Session 2 .........................107 In a special 31-page report, you will learn everything will be ready to help.” th technical, cultural and economic aspects. New Statutes of the UIS ................................................................................................................111 about the 17 International Congress of Speleology (ICS), Our new UIS President invites us to unite our know- held in Australia last July. It includes the Minutes of the Ge- ledge and energies, as we see in Mexico. On page 89, the NON DISCRIMINATION POLICY In Memoriam – Alain Mangin (France) ................................................................................114 neral Assemblies of the UIS as well as for the two UIS Bureau Mexican Union of Speleological Association (UMAE, in Spa- The UIS prohibits discrimination against its In Memoriam – Giovanni Badino (Italy) ..............................................................................116 member nations, volunteers, and providers on the Meetings held during the event. In the area of UIS activities, nish), the Mexican representative in the UIS, invites cavers Calendar of Events 2018-2019 ................................................................................................118 basies of race, color, national origin, age, disability, you will find 15 reports from UIS Commissions which show and speleologists that intend to work in Mexico to so based th sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where 18 International Congress of Speleology – Lyon, France 2021 ..............................119 the dynamism of their members and their commitment to on the UIS Code of Ethics for Cave Exploration and Science applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial UIS Bureau 2017/2021 ................................................................................................................120 speleological advancement in many fields of science, docu- in Foreign Countries. In following the Code of Ethics, UMAE or parental status or sexual orientation. Should you List of Member Nations ...............................................................................................................121 mentation, and the protection of caves and karst. On page 6, asks to be contacted for any support and help with interna- have any question, please
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