GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL MONITORING: CONCEPT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR 
WORLD COMMUNITY 
Oleg Pivovarov 
Grigori Khozin 
CEI Foudation 
P.O.Box 162 
Moscow 119048, Russia 
ISPRS Commission VII / Working Group 10 
ABSTRACT 
The Global Ecological Monitoring Project (GEM-Project) is aimed at creation of a global real time 
information system, using space-borne, air-borne and ground monitoring segments, connected to 
common data base, which is a part of United International Information Network, capable of 
distributing information among regions and nations. The project implements the idea expressed by 
E. Teller and E. Velikhov conceming use of military space technology of the USA and the former 
Soviet Union in peaceful purposes to project the environment. 
The proposed system will use as "building blocks" military surveillance satellite networks and will 
be capable of serving the information needs of international organizations dealing with the global 
issues as well as of government agencies in different countries. 
The Russian component of the GEM-project has a status of National non-governmental program 
which makes it possible to use huge experience and vast technological potentials of FSU in new 
political and social economic conditions of the democratic Russia. 
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