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Cave Science Publications & Journals

BCRA – Bookshop
View and order our books and subscribe to our periodicals.
https://bcra.org.uk

Karst conservation organisations

Conservation – National Speleological Society
Template Title Mike Stewart, the general manager at Endless Caverns, crawls through a small passage while caving in the wild section of the show cave. Protecting the Underground The NSS…
https://caves.org
National Cave and Karst Research Institute NMT Research Center
Catalyzing the advancement of cave & karst science, research, education and sustainability by funding projects, outreach, and providing educational resources.
https://nckri.org
Scci
SCCi
We work to protect and preserve caves for you, for future generations, and for the hundreds of vulnerable and imperiled species that call them home.
https://saveyourcaves.org

Data-sharing platforms for cave surveys

Cave Registry Data Archive
BCA site maintaining data for the future
https://cave-registry.org.uk
Cave Surveying Group – GitHub
A place for Cave Surveyors to collaborate. Cave Surveying Group has 9 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
https://github.com
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