[CML #17498] Fwd: Important article from UIS for the International Year of Caves and Karst

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От кого: George Veni <>
Кому: George Veni <>
Дата: Четверг, 7 января 2021, 8:20 +03:00
Тема: Important article from UIS for the International Year of Caves and Karst

Dear Friends,

At the start of each year I send an article for publication in the newsletters of the UIS member countries. This year I am also sending the article to our many partners in the International Year of Caves and Karst. I apologize if some of you receive this twice.

This is the first week of the International Year and some of you are not sure how to celebrate the Year with the pandemic. The article I am sending gives the information on the important things you can do until we are all safe again from this illness. The article is written in English, but I am also sending it translated into Spanish. You are welcome and encouraged to translate it into your languages. Please send it to your newsletter editors. The article includes a few photos, which makes it too large to send by e-mail. You can download it from https://we.tl/t-tgvp70s7f9. If you need it in some other format, please tell me.

The article combines information that will appear in the UIS Bulletin at the end of January. However, many people do not read the Bulletin, but they read your newsletters, and because the International Year of Caves and Karst is very important, it is very important that this article is published in your newsletters to reach as many people as possible. You can also post it on your websites or wherever you think it is helpful.

The Opening Ceremony of the International Year will be a virtual event on 26 January. Please watch the website, www.iyck2021.org, or Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/uisspeleo, for details on where to watch the Opening. After that Ceremony, we expect many people will visit the website, so I ask you to please go now to the website’s Events page and send announcements for your events in that format. This will attract more people to your events. It will excite and encourage others to post their events. Of course, please send more events as you develop them later in the year.

Caves and karst are globally important. But they are often poorly understood, misunderstood, and thus often poorly managed. The theme of the Year is “Explore, Understand, Protect,” because exploration is needed to understand and protect them properly. Thank you for joining the UIS in teaching the world, even sometimes one person at a time, about caves and karst. Together, we will improve things greatly for the future.

George

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George Veni, PhD

Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI)

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President, International Union of Speleology (UIS)

NCKRI address (primary)

400-1 Cascades Avenue

Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA

Office: +575-887-5517

Mobile: +210-863-5919

Fax: +575-887-5523

www.nckri.org

UIS address

Titov trg 2

Postojna, 6230 Slovenia

www.uis-speleo.org

www.iyck2021.org

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Bulat Mavlyudov