{"id":28,"date":"2022-08-30T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:50:33","slug":"charta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/charta\/","title":{"rendered":"Charta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European Speleological CHARTA for Cave Protection&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u201c10 principles for cave and karst protection in Europe\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subterranean realm is fragile, vulnerable, has a slow evolution ; hence any degradation, intervention or improper activities lead to irreversible effects. Protecting a cave means to know and to appreciate its values, and being responsible means to be aware that the cave is a natural and cultural chronicle that we must protect and preserve for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Respecting the cave environment means respecting life. A way to minimize the impact of caving could involve :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Appreciating the natural beauty and the archeological and paleontological values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not leaving anything behind, but impressions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using environmental friendly techniques for lightening.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staying on established trails or pathways.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caving together as a trained team with sufficient knowledge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not damaging the cave environment and minimizing the risk of cave accidents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working with gear that minimizes the effects on the subterranean environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using pathways on durable surface, to minimize impacts, while we are in the cave exploring and surveying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaving the minimum possible impact on the karst and other landforms that shelter the cave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Becoming educators and promoters of cave and karst protection and conservation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Speleological CHARTA for Cave Protection&nbsp; \u201c10 principles for cave and karst protection in Europe\u201d The subterranean realm is fragile, vulnerable, has a slow evolution ; hence any degradation, intervention or improper activities lead to irreversible effects. Protecting a cave &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/charta\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurospeleo.eu\/ECPC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}