ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, SPATIAL REMOTE SENSING AND LEGAL 
STRATEGY FOR THE INTERSYSTEMIC COMMUNICATION 
Dr. Ion Gr. Sion 
Geodetic and Photogrammetric Department, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Bd. Lacul Tei 124, 
Sect 2, Bucharest , Cod 020396, O.P. 38, ROMANIA - e-mail: sion_ion2003@yahoo.com 
Session TS SS 1 EOS 
KEY WORDS: Environment, Remote Sensing, Cooperation, International, Proposal, System, Project 
ABSTRACT: 
Chapter 1- Concepts and rational approaches: 
(a) the concept of "extreme limits", meaning the tolerance of the various sub-systems of the biosphere and is in favour of the 
substantiation of the interdisciplinary cooperation (the first rational approach - the convergence of the geo-sciences) aiming at 
activating the dialogue among all sciences of the earth within a fundamental science, such as, the international law. This cooperation 
leads to the assertion of certain premises for the normative harmonizing: the System of International Environment Arrangements 
(SIEA); 
(b) the concept of *geomatics" that is on the basis of the automated processing of the geographical data (including of those of 
spatial remote sensing) and sustains the motivation of the hetero-interdisciplinary cooperation (the second rational approach — the 
convergence of the geo-systems); it is aimed at changing the dialogue between various disciplines from within a series of systems, 
such as the technical disciplines of the spatial remote sensing, those that are specific to the informatic system, of the biological one 
a.s.o. This cooperation focuses upon the achievement of a complex objective: the environment matter (monitoring of the 
environment factors, inventory and valuation of the natural resources, the impact and the extent of the global phenomena) and leads 
to the assertion of certain premises for the normative consolidation: the System of Earth Observing Satellites (SEOS). 
Chapter 2 - Paradigm changes and the project of an intersystemic structure: 
(a) the integrative strategy , having in view: the globalizing trends, being noted with this phenomenon the role of a catalyzer of the 
spatial remote sensing; the informational explosion, requiring in connection with this phenomenon the optimizing of the 
communication (dialogue) through new institutional forms of international cooperation. 
(b) the institutional consecration, consisting in a structure specialized in the cooperation of certain system strategies (SIEA and 
SEOS), starting from the identity of the leading interests and attitudes in the field. It is shown the proposals and the arguments in 
favour of such a form of institutionalization, as well as the mutual contributions of the communities within the intersystemic 
communication. Finally, it is summarized the stages of the project concerning the adoption of the international convention and the 
statute of the International Coordination Center (ICC) of the Remote Sensing and Earth Protection (RSEP), as a specialized agency 
of the UNO. 
- Danube Delta degradation. Starting with 1980, from the 
580,000 ha of Danube Delta, 80,000 ha request an ecological 
reconstruction (these were transformed in the eighties in 
3 ; “agricultural surfaces” and became true “sterile fields”). 
1.1.1 “Extreme limits” concept: This concept refers to the The explanation is not simple though, in essence, it is centered 
1. CONCEPTS AND RATIONAL APPROACHES 
1.1 Extreme limits and interdisciplinary cooperation 
deviation limits for the different subsystems of the biosphere, to 
the solicitations they are submitted to following human 
activities. Transgressing these limits can endanger or menace 
life itself. Though we shall not illustrate such extreme situations 
where the “break” may appear nor the point up to which the 
destruction trend for an ecosystem may be “allowed”. Instead 
we shall present some warnings given by specialized 
organisms: 
- Water crisis. In 2025, the water crisis will affect 50% of the 
Terra population (according to the most optimistic forecasting, 
if the present consumption rate is maintained); 
- Climate warming. At the end of 2100, the global 
temperature will increase with up to 10° C (in case there will 
not be reduced the present rhythm of greenhouse influence); 
- Forests destruction. Since 1950 over 30 million sq km of 
forest have been destroyed (unfortunately, there is foreseen a 
continuous process of wood consumption form Terra's forests, 
with a disastrous annual rate of 200,000 sq km); 
on the human intervention on nature, on an ever increasing 
penury of non-regenerating resources. The more important the 
anthropic modifications regarding environment factors (soil, 
water, air, stratosphere, flora and fauna, mineral and energetic 
resources) are the more precarious the global balance of the 
Society-Man-Nature becomes. Going beyond the limits of 
national jurisdiction, the noxious and harmful forms for the 
vital processes of mankind and the other living creatures could 
not be - most of them - unilateral controlled through internal 
law regulations and there were needed international law 
regulations with multilateral character, in view of establishing à 
deeper and more specialized cooperation in this respect, al 
regional or global level. 
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