Upgrading cooperation between Slovenian and Chinese karstologists with the establishment of a "One Belt, One Road" laboratory for karst geology

Between 7th and 18th September 2025, Chinese researchers from three research institutions visited Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU. They came from the Institute of Karst Geology CAGS (Guilin), the Department of Geography of Yunnan University (Kunming) and the Chengdu Institute of Biology CAS.

During the visit, we unveiled a plaque on the successful cooperation to date, which is upgraded with the establishment of the China-Slovenia “Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Karst Geology framework initiative. We continued to plan future joint cooperation and carried out a lot of field work, based on studying the karst critical zone, researching the carbon cycle and continuing to monitor the characteristics of water in karst springs and karst rivers along their flow.