{"id":16,"date":"2022-09-05T20:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:01:56","slug":"espl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/espl\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPL – EuroSpeleo Protection Label"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “EuroSpeleo Protection Label”<\/strong> is a European speleological award managed by the ECPC and financed by the FSE. The EuroSpeleo Protection Label will help to promote amongst the speleological clubs of Europe, cave and karst protection activities that are designed in an integrated ecological way, taking into account besides FSE charta and rules also EU environmental directives, the principles of administration of the Natura 2000 sites and the IUCN Guidelines on caves and karst protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With what kind of project can you apply?<\/u><\/em><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EuroSpeleo Protection Label will be awarded every year to one unique cave and\/or karst protection project. A European speleological jury established by the ECPC Board will make the selection. Any project aiming at protecting caves and\/or karst developed by a club, a local committee or a national commission from a member country of the FSE can apply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ESPL 2027 call-out will be published at the end of the year.<\/strong>
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o Previous ESPL awarded Projects<\/strong> (click on the Project title for the report)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026; PROTEctUS \u2013 Cleaning and Protecting Cave Habitats for the Conservation of the Black Olm<\/a><\/strong>; Jamarski klub Novo mesto (Eng. Caving Club Novo mesto); SI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025; Conservation of the Unique Cave Ecosystems of Aoos-Vjosa River Basin<\/a><\/strong>; Speleological Society of Thessaloniki \u201cPROTEAS\u201d ; GR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024; Wonderful aragonite: protect, study and carefully show Balbonne cave<\/a><\/strong> ; Comit\u00e9 d\u00e9partemental de sp\u00e9l\u00e9ologie de l\u2019Aude; FR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023; Digging into the Past: Preserving Irelands Cultural Heritage through Cave Exploration<\/a><\/strong> ; Cork Speleological Group (CSG); IE – – Project booklet “Digging into the Past: Preserving Irelands Cultural Heritage through Cave Exploration”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022; Microplastic pollution in karstic and cave aquifers MPKCA<\/a><\/strong>;  TETIDE APS, Associazione di Promozione Sociale; IT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021; CaveLife App<\/a><\/strong>; German Speleological Federation; DE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020; Phreatic Project Sardinia<\/a><\/strong>; Phreatic A.S.D.; IT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019; Center of excellence – Cerova\u010dke cave – sustainable management of natural heritage and karst underground<\/a><\/strong>; Nature park Velebit – Zagreb Speleological Union; HR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018; Cleaning up the darkness – Puliamo il Buio<\/em> (PiB)<\/a><\/strong>; Italian Speleological Society (SSI); IT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017; Renaturation of the Sagt\u00fcmpel<\/a><\/strong>; Verein f\u00fcr H\u00f6hlenkunde in Obersteier; AT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014; Atlas Wallon du Karst \u2013 Bassin de la Basse Lesse<\/strong><\/a>; CWEPSS – Commission Wallonne d\u2019Etude et de Protection des Sites Souterrains; BE (in French only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012-13; Speleological Educational Path \u0110ula \u2013 Medvedica<\/strong><\/a>; Speleological Society \u0110ula \u2013 Medvedica; HR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011; Monitoring of Proteus Anguinus via Internet<\/a><\/strong>; Tular Cave Laboratory – Dru\u0161tvo za jamsko biologijo; SI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010; Coliboaia Cave – Protecting a Unique Prehistoric Site<\/strong><\/a>; Asociata Speleologica Speowest Arad; RO<\/p>\n\n\n\n


o Prize Take-over Pictures<\/strong>
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ESPL 2025 \u00a9Ernest Geyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2024 \u00a9Ernest Geyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2023 \u00a9Stanislaw Drapala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2022 \u00a9Ernest Geyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2021 \u00a9Csaba Egri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2020 \u00a9Ernest Geyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2019 \u00a9Ernest Geyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2018 @Ernest Geyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ESPL 2017 @Taraneh Khaleghi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The European Cave Protection Commission would like to thank the FSE sponsors for their kind donations for the ESPL each year.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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