Table 5 Current use of the laboratories and priorities per institution (n = 15).
Continent | Country | Institution | Institution type | Current use and priorities | Comments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method development | Baseline | Understanding impacts | Understanding sources, pathways, transport, and fate | Monitoring | |||||
Africa | |||||||||
South Africa | DFFE | Governmental | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
South Africa | SAEON | Governmental | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
America | |||||||||
Belize | DoE | Government | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Belize | UB | University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Australia | |||||||||
Vanuatu | Bureau of Standards | Government | ✔ | Effectiveness monitoring | |||||
Asia | |||||||||
Indonesia | BRIN | Government | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Maldives | MMRI | Government | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Malaysia | Universitiy Kebangsaan | University | ✔ | ||||||
Malaysia | University | ✔ | |||||||
Philippines | University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Sri Lanka | ITI | Government | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Sri Lanka | NARA | Government | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Sri Lanka | MEPA | Government | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Sri Lanka | CEA | Government | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Europe | |||||||||
United Kingdom | Cefas | Government | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
United Kingdom | UEA | University | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||