International Union of Speleology
| Abbreviation | UIS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1965 |
| Type | INGO |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish[1] |
Parent organization | International Council for Science (ICSU) |
| Website | UIS Official website |
International Union of Speleology (French: Union Internationale de Spéléologie, UIS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization to promote interaction between academic and technical speleologists from a wide range of nationalities for the purpose of developing and coordinating international speleology in all of its scientific, technical, cultural and economic aspects.
History[]
The international speleological community, mostly Europeans, agreed in a meeting in 1949 in Valence-sur-Rhone, France, to hold international speleological congresses beginning in Paris in 1953. The International Union of Speleology formed in 1965 upon the initiative of the International Speleological Congress in that year.[2]
International Speleological Congresses[]
- France (Paris, 1953)
- Italy (Bari, 1958)
- Austria (Vienna, 1961)
- Yugoslavia (Postojna, 1965)
- Germany (Stuttgart, 1969)
- Czechoslovakia (Olomouc, 1973)
- Great Britain (Sheffield, 1977)
- United States (Bowling Green, 1981)
- Spain (Barcelona, 1986)
- Hungary (Budapest, 1989)
- China (Beijing, 1993)
- Switzerland (La Chaux-des-Fonds, 1997)
- Brazil (Brasilia, 2001)
- Greece (Athens-Kalamos, 2005)
- United States (Kerrville, 2009)
- Czech Republic (Brno, 2013)
- Australia (Sydney, 2017)
- France (Lyon, 2021)
Structure[]
UIS voting members consist of a delegate from each member country representing the cavers and speleologists of that country, rather than any of the official national bodies.[2]
Its activities take place in a number of commissions and working groups, such as the UIS Informatics Commission formed in 1986, the Speleotherapy Commission and the Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis Commission.[3]
Publications[]
The UIS publishes the International Journal of Speleology.
Further reading[]
- Labegalini, José Ayrton; et al. (2015-06-01). Fifty years of the UIS. 1965–2015. Založba ZRC. ISBN 9789612547851.
References[]
- ^ "Statutes of International Union of Speleology (UIS)". 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "What is the UIS?". www.uis-speleo.org. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "UIS Commissions and Working Groups". test3.brlog.net. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
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