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About the Project...
The karst research community and its knowledge base are fragmented, globally distributed, and highly interdisciplinary. As karst issues move to the forefront of attempts to develop solutions in response to significant human environmental degradation, information integration and linkages promoting collaboration and connectivity among researchers is essential.The goal is a worldwide information network linking scientists, managers, and explorers, in order to inform research, to enhance collaboration, and to address policy decisions in karst environments.
Founding Project PartnersUniversity of South Florida Libraries http://www.lib.usf.edu/ University Libraries, University of New Mexico http://elibrary.unm.edu/ Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) http://www.uis-speleo.org/ The University of South Florida's Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions was the catalyst for this project, providing generous support on many levels. The Center is committed to facilitating solutions to today's most pressing global problems. While many research institutions and public and private sector innovators provide outstanding theory, advice and technologies on how to deal with global issues of importance, the Patel Center's goal is to go one step further: promote the transfer of new discoveries to on-the-ground realities. |
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