48 laboratories in 23 countries participated in the 23rd Needle/Leaf Interlaboratory Test, but only 47 laboratories send their results in time.

The following test samples were submitted to the participants:

Beech leaves (Austria), Spruce needles (Slovenia) - same sample like in the 19th Test (Sample 1), Spruce needles (Austria) and Ash leaves…

The Croatian Forest Research Institute is glad to invite laboratories to participate in the 10th ICP Forests Soil Interlaboratory Comparison in 2021. The registration deadline is 15-Apr-2021.

All necessary information you will find here (Invitation letter).

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Tamara Jakovljevic (tamaraj@sumins.hr) from…

Dear participants of the 10th Deposition and soil solution WRT 2020,

The automatic data evaluation based on the median values has been completed and cross-checked. In total 37 laboratories participated in the exercise.

You can check now the results and qualification report of your laboratory at http://bfw.ac.at/depo/ring_depo.login by entering your laboratory code and your password.

The report can be downloaded at…

Together with 30 participants from 16 countries we had a successful meeting of the heads of the labs in Brasov/Romania from 5^th till 6^th of September 2019! The meeting was very well organized by Dora Lucaci and her team. We discussed the results of the last ring tests (water, foliage and soil). Limits for heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in water samples were fixed and water ringtest will be performed annually. The future of aqua regia digestion from soil…