| | Minimal Impact Cave Rescue Code |
 | | The impact that practice cave rescues have are so diverse and varied that it has become necessary to devise a code that ensures that rescue operators are aware of the measures that are necessary to reduce their impact on caves in a practice rescue. |
 | | Rescue activity must be conducted in a manner responsible to the cave environment, taking particular care to avoid damage to speleothems, sediments, biota and other natural phenomena. |
 | | Cave entrances and passages should not be excavated/enlarged, water levels in sumps should not be modified and stream flows should not be diverted until all possible effects are assessed and the appropriate permission gained. |
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