About the Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association
For more information on ACKMA, including membership enquiries, visit www.ackma.org
Aims of ACKMA
Membership of ACKMA is open to all individuals or organisations that support these aims.
History of ACKMA
Conferences on Cave and Karst Management have been held in this region since 1973. Until 1987, they were organised under the auspices of the Australian Speleological Federation, the first five being termed Australian Conferences on Cave Management and Tourism. In 1987, during the 7th Conference in NSW, the Australasian Cave Management Association (ACMA) was formed at a meeting held at Yarrangobilly Caves. All conferences since have been referred to as Australasian Conferences on Cave & Karst Management. The Association re-named itself the Australasian Cave & Karst Management Association (ACKMA) at the subsequent biennial General Meeting associated with the 8th Conference held in 1989 at Punakaiki, New Zealand. At the 1995 biennial General Meeting at Derwent Bridge, Tasmania (during the 11th Conference) the Association became incorporated as ACKMA Inc. Prior to that date officers of the Association were elected to two year terms. The tenure of officers is now twelve months. The Proceedings of all Conferences have been published. The first edition of the ACMA (later ACKMA) Newsletter was published in June 1988 - a mere 12 pages. It was thereafter published half-yearly until 1993. For the next 18 months it was published quarterly, with two full "Journal Editions" and two (minor) "Newsletter Editions". The publication was permanently renamed the ACKMA Journal from Edition 16 (September 1994) and since Edition 19 (June 1995) it has been issued quarterly as a full Journal.