Useful Links

The sites listed below are helpful to the commission and speleologists in general.

Helictite Journal of Australasian Speleological Research

The ASF has a number of documents on an explorable site, ASF Resources

Previous ASF conferences are under Publications then Conference Proceedings, and you should see a page of downloadable files containing the proceedings of each conference. These are mainly older national conferences and includes Speleo 2017, the International Congress of Speleology held in Sydney (Penrith). This is also available through the UIS publications page (see UIS link below) Conference proceedings are also available and searchable at the ASF Library (see ASF library link below).

Standards This should lead to a page of various ASF standards such as:

  • ASF Code of Ethics
  • ASF Minimal Impact Code (2025)
  • ASF Minimal Impact Code of Ethics for Scientific Investigation in Caves (2021)
  • ASF Publication and Copyright Policy
  • ASF Safety Guidelines
  • and lots more!

Publications ASF publications including books, periodicals, journals for members etc.

Donations Donations are needed to keep this and other important ASF initiatives going. You can specify what you’d like to support.

  • ASF Library The ASF library has searchable books, journals, and many other interesting things for speleologists. Well worth a look.
  • ACKMA Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association
  • UIS International Union of Speleology including past UIS conferences, Bulletins, and Guidelines.
  • NSS National Speleological Society (USA)
  • NCKRI National Cave & Karst Research Institute (New Mexico, USA)