MAGYAR KARSZT- ÉS BARLANGKUTATÓ TÁRSULAT

A karsztvidékek és barlangok bejárásának, megismerésének, feltárásának, tudományos kutatásának szervezése, ismertetése, hasznosítása, elismertetése, a környezet- illetve a természetvédelem, ezen belül is alapvetően a karsztvidékek és barlangok védelme.

Hosszított fogadóóra: Szerdán du. 19.00-ig Postacímünk: Szemlő-hegyi barlang; 1025 Budapest, Pusztaszeri út 35.

Hungarian Speleological Society. Our activities and duties: In our country, outstandingly the caves are under natural protection since they were discovered. At present, the number of the known (discovered) caves are almost 3000 and their length reaches the 150km. About 60-70 percent of this significant lenght was discovered by the work of the members of our Society. To protect these, our main duties are as followes: - Discovering, researching and documentating the karstfields and caves in Hungary - Holding together and coordinating the activites of hungarian speleologists - Operating the educational system of the speleology, issueing professional publications, - Organizing the protection of caves by cooperating with the conservation authorities - Active conservation in the protection of Hungarian karst-fields - Setting up a professional library by collecting the results of both domestic and international karst- and cave research