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Artificial tunnels near Terraba river

Artificial tunnels near Terraba river

Not all human activities are harmful to nature – sometimes people create wonderful facilities that are becoming important shelters for animals. This is the case with two artificial tunnels located on the banks of the River Terraba. The tunnels, designed to

Stanimira Deleva April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 News Read more

Paperless cave survey – donation from Idea Wild

Paperless cave survey – donation from Idea Wild

Surveying caves is now a piece of cake for us thanks to the donation of Idea Wild! Now we can create maps of the caves that we discover way faster thanks to the DistoX laser distance meter, upgraded with a

Stanimira Deleva November 6, 2017November 9, 2017 News Read more

Final report for the first year of our project – The Rufford Foundation

Final report for the first year of our project – The Rufford Foundation

  On this link you can find the final report for your funding from the Rufford Small Grant Foundation. 

Stanimira Deleva January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 News Read more

Caving expedition in Panama

Caving expedition in Panama

An international caving expedition around the Bayano lake, Panama, was held from 11 fo 15 Janyary 2017. Researchers from The USA, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Costa Rica, Poland, France and Bulgaria attended the expedition. Five members of the “Anthros” group

Stanimira Deleva January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 News Read more

Workshop – Introduction to caving in Golfito

Workshop – Introduction to caving in Golfito

This weekend – 30.04 – 01.05. 2016 the Anthros Speleological group together with the Brunca Bats Project team organized a workshop for introducing caves and caving activities to interested people in Golfito. The participants of the event were ten students

Stanimira Deleva May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 News Read more

Field work in December

Field work in December

We started the project field work in December 2015 together with the experienced cavers from the Anthros Group. Our small expedition was held between 26 and 28th December around the town of Neily. The main goal was to find and explore

admin January 3, 2016January 3, 2016 News Read more
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