The European Speleological Federation FSE groups national speleological organisations representing 31 member countries
The Dachstein caving expedition normally takes place every summer on the Dachstein plateau in Austria. However, the last well-attended Dachstein expedition was pre-Covid in 2019, with only a small trip in 2022 of ten cavers. This year, the expedition had … Continued
51st speleological exploration campaign in the Sierra de Tendeñera. Tendeñera mountain range is located in the Central Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. It is characterised by an abrupt relief formed by Pleistocene and Holocene karst glaciers, with a … Continued
The Pico del Oro Plateau Caving Expedition in 2023 is an International Expedition that is part of a wider series of North Perú Caving Expeditions organised by Espeleo Club Andino (Perú) and Groupe Spéléo Bagnols Marcoule (France). This highly successful … Continued
The 16th Balkan cavers’ camp in 2023 was held in Serbia, organized by the Federation of Speleological Organizations of Serbia (SSOS) and under the auspices by the European Speleological Federation (FSE) and Balkan Speleological Union (BSU) in the period from … Continued
The FSE was present with 4 Bureau members at Speleo Austria in Tauplitz, Styria. The meeting was from 26 to 29 October 2023. A perfect organization with days filled with excursions and presentations in a great atmosphere. The FSE presented … Continued
The certificate of the EuroSpeleo Protection Label 2023 of the European Cave Protection Commission (ECPC) of the European Speleological Federation (FSE) was handed over to the 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 (𝗖𝗦𝗚) from Ireland for their Project: 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 … Continued
A team of researchers from MRAC (Pascale Lahogue, head of the project, Belgium, and Imen Arfaoui Belgium/Tunisia), as well as cave experts from France (Josiane and Bernard Lips, bio- and speleological co-ordinators, Jean-Philippe Dégletagne) and Germany (Michael Laumanns) set off … Continued
As one of the results of the last General Assembly Meeting of the FSE a new working group was founded – “European Children and Young Cavers (ECYC)”. The Working Grou is chaired by the new FSE Vice-President Christiane Meyer. This … Continued
It is with great pleasure that the European Speleological Federation (FSE) publishes the next EuroSpeleo Newsletter of September 2023. This Newsletter will be exclusively available in electronic form and it will be distributed through the FSE mailing lists, website, Facebook … Continued
From March 1 until March 20 2023 a group of Dutch and Belgian cavers took part in a caving expedition to the Tipan area, part of the Naga municipality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay on the island of Mindanao … Continued
The 15th EuroSpeleo Forum took place from 18th to 21st May in Breitscheid, Hessen, Germany in the local Fritz-Philippi school and nearby sportshall. More than 325 cavers from Germany and abroad attended the congress which was very well organized and … Continued
Within the last months a little group of people found each other to create a new working group within the FSE especially to support children and young cavers – European Children and Young Cavers (ECYC). This new working group intends … Continued