Quality assurance (QA) in international forest monitoring programmes: activity, problems and perspectives from East Asia and Europe

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Table VI

Overview and timing of the inter-laboratory comparison projects and field exercises carried out within the EANET since it was launched in 1998.

	Inter-laboratory comparison projects				Field exercises^*

Reference	Wet deposition	Dry deposition	Soil	Inland aquatic	Soil profile	Observation	Sampling
year	(artificial	(impregnated filters for	(soil or soil	environment (artificial	description, and soil	methods for	methods for
	rainwater)	the filter pack method)	extract solution)	inland water)	sampling methods	forest vegetation	inland waters
1998	+				+	+	+
1999	+		+		+	+	+
2000	+		+	+	+	+	+
2001	+		+	+	+	+	+
2002	+		+	+	+	+	+
2003	+		+	+	+	+	+
2004	+		+	+	+	+	+
2005	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
2006	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
2007	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

Field exercises were carried out as a part of the JICA training course.