Programmes and Activities

The following countries maintain or develop environmental specimen banks activities at different levels.

Links to environmental specimen bank sites

• Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank activities and co-ordination
  at Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm
• U.S. Hollings Marine Laboratory and Marine Environmental Specimen Bank
  at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Charleston, SC
• Canada's National Aquatic Biological Specimen Bank and Database
  at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters/Environment Canada; Burlington, Ontario
• Canadian Wildlife Service Specimen Bank
  at National Wildlife Research Centre (Wildlife Toxicology Division - Specimen Bank)
• German Environmental Specimen Bank
  at Federal Environment Agency; Dessau-Roßlau
• Japanese Environmental Specimen Time Capsule Program
  at National Institute of Environmental Science (NIES); Tsukuba
• Japanese Environmental Specimen Bank for Global Monitoring (es-BANK)
  at Ehime University; Matsuyama
• Nordic Environmental Specimen Banking
  cooperation between the Nordic countries (Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark (Greenland), Sweden and Faroe Island) and their national activities:
• Environmental Specimen Banking in Norway
  
• Environmental Specimen Banking in Finland
  
• Environmental Specimen Banking in Denmark
  
• Environmental Specimen Banking in Sweden
  
• Environmental Specimen Banking in Faroe Island
  
• The Mediterranean Marine Mammals Tissue Bank (Italy)
  of the University of Padova

Environmental specimen banks in development

• South Korean National Environmental Specimen Bank
  at National Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIER); Seoul
• French Environmental Specimen Bank
  at Observatoire de Recherche sur la Qualité de l'Environnement
• French Environmental Specimen Bank
  at Observatoire Pérenne de l'Environnement
• British National Fish Tissue Archive
  at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)