National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan started a pilot ESB in 1979. We renewed our program to "Environmental Specimen Time Capsule Program" and started storing environmental specimens and genetic resources of endangered species funded by the Ministry...

The Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) is an essential part of the monitoring of contaminants in the Swedish fauna. It is also of importance for studies of biological diversity and the effects of noxious substances on threatened animal species. The ESB has one of the...

Air-dried and sieved topsoil samples taken in 1971, 2000-2003 and 2020-2023 as part of the Bunce Woodland Survey monitoring programme of Great Britain. Taken from a depth of 15 cm, using a black plastic cylinder corer or trowel. Samples originally taken by the Nature...

Fish collected in the field by the Environment Agency are frozen on site. They are homogenized in their frozen state and divided into sub-samples back in the UKCEH laboratory.

WIIS Scotland (the Scottish companion scheme to WIIS England) is run by SASA, a Division of the Scottish Government Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate. Incidents of suspected poisoning of animals by pesticides in Scotland are investigated. The aim of the scheme...

The AIM of LIFE APEX is to improve systematic use of chemical monitoring data from apex predators and prey for protecting human health and the environment. Chemical monitoring data from apex predators (e.g. raptors, otters, seals) are of particular value; their position...

The Environmental Specimen Bank is an archive of environmental samples from the Norwegian nature. Miljøprøvebanken directly translates as “The Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB Norway)”. The bank is an archive for the future, containing environmental samples from across...

WILDCOMS is a collaborative network formed between various UK surveillance schemes that monitor disease and contaminants in vertebrate wildlife and aims to: * provide a focal point for disease and contaminant monitoring in wild vertebrates * provide an integrated...

The UKCEH Soil Bank is UKCEH’s facility for storing and analysing soil samples from nationally important surveys and experiments. It contains soils from across England, Scotland and Wales, as well as samples from key global studies, with the majority of samples linked...

(The Umwelt probenbank des Bundes or Federal Environmental Specimen Bank (Germany). The German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) is an archive for samples that can be used to document and assess the quality of the environment in which we live. These samples are representative...

Archived samples are used to study chemical fate and behaviour, to trial new monitoring, and for a wide range of conservation-related studies. Many of these studies are conducted in collaboration with other research groups. Contact us with enquires about accessing archived...

The Otter Project runs a long term environmental surveillance scheme, using otters found dead to investigate contaminants, disease, and population biology across the UK. The otter project records observations, measurements and biological specimens that can be of great...

Air-dried and sieved topsoil samples taken in 2007 as part of the Countryside Survey national monitoring scheme of Great Britain. Taken from a depth of 15 cm, using a black plastic cylinder corer. Samples originally taken by UKCEH to analyse pH, Loss on Ignition,...

These samples and the resulting datasets consists of count data for all species of spider and ground beetle (Carabidae) collected from three habitats (mire, dwarf-shrub heath, pine woodland) at the Cairngorms Environmental Change Network (ECN) since 1999 (beetles) and...

The International Environmental Specimen Bank Group (IESB) promotes the worldwide development of techniques and strategies of environmental specimen banking. IESB seeks international cooperation and collaboration among almost 30 specimen banks around the globe. The...

es-BANK is an orderly system of collection, archiving, cataloging and management of biological and environmental specimens from all over the world and provide them to wide range of researchers within and outside our university for improving scope of the monitoring studies...

The Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS) investigates wildlife deaths in England and Wales where there is evidence that pesticide poisoning may be involved. WIIS monitors pesticide use after approval, so that product approvals can be revised if necessary, and...

Honeybees and wild bees have suffered declines in recent years. These are thought to be linked to agricultural intensification, including pesticide use and loss of habitats/ floral resources, as well as the emergence of new diseases and climate change. Their sensitivity...

Its focus is on opportunistic samples of animals and plants from marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems in the Arctic.

This is a collection of freeze dried plant material containing plant viruses, collected form a range of plants in the UK between 1973-2005