APMMN 2019-2APMMN 2019BCRC-SEA & SCRC Indonesia in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (Taiwan EPA), US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) held the “8th Annual Asia-Pacific Mercury Monitoring Network Partners Meeting” on 14-16 August 2019 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Apart from participants from Indonesia, the APMMN meeting was also attended by participants from various countries such as South Africa, Fiji, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Palau, Myanmar, Mongolia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In the 8th APMMN meeting, the Director of BCRC-SEA & SCRC Indonesia served as the moderator.

The three-day annual event includes status updates on mercury monitoring in partner countries and strategic planning for future APMMN goals. The meeting was closed with a field visit to PT. Antam and a mercury monitoring laboratory.


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