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.

2019

EXTREME GLACIAL PROJECT

HIGH KARST of PAMIR (Tajikistan)

2018

Photo of the international speleo-biological expedition – Alai-2018

SPELEO BIOLOGICAL INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITION “PAMIR-ALAI”

SPELEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION IN MOLDO-TOO

2017

SPELEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION IN MOLDO-TOO

SKSEK-2017

Балканская экспедиция Алай-2017

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

First Circular of Speleo Forum 2020, Tashkent, 21-24.08.2020

International Central Asian Speleological Forum, August 21 – 24 – 2020, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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.