Photo of the Khoja Mumin salt mountain. Author, Alexander Mashkov

Foundation for the Preservation and Exploration of Caves

Foundation for the Preservation and Exploration of Caves is a public organization is open to all comers who want to explore the world of caves and to do research in the field of karst and Speleology. The Fund has the professional experience of the research of cave systems in various scientific and applied aspects. The basic principle of speleological studies is an interdisciplinary comprehensive study of the caves, which is fundamental to the work of the Fund. Studies should be carried out at the junction of several scientific fields such as earth science, biology, history and archaeology, cultural studies and Ethnography, environmental protection, anthropology, medicine, sports, water resources, and glaciology.

2023

International speleological expedition under the auspices of UNESCO, to the geopark “Madygen”, Southern Tien Shan, 2023

Speleological expedition to the salt caves of Tajikistan

International Search-for-caves expedition “Tuya-Muyun – 2023”, Kyrgyzstan

2022

Speleological expedition to the salt caves of Tajikistan

Speleo expedition to the “Bears” cave. Fergana ridge. Southern Tian- Shan

Speleological expedition under the auspices of UNESCO

2020

Speleological Expedition to the Karst Areas of the Ferghana Range. South of Kyrgyzstan. August – September, 2021

Speleo expedition to the “Kumysh” karst plateau. July-August, 2021

Speleological expedition to the deepest caves of Asia, Boysun-Tau, Uzbekistan

Photo of the Khoja Mumin salt mountain. Author, Alexander Mashkov

International Year of Karst and Caves of UNESCO in 2021

Results of speleological project Speleostan-2017

An international meeting on speleology will be held in Turkey.

Declaration of Cooperation