Presentation of the system “People’s control” and the Geographic information system (GIS) “State environmental control” at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov made a presentation of the system “People’s control” and the Geographic information system (GIS) “State environmental control” for the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation. The Minister of Telecommunications of the Russian Federation Nikolay Nikiforov also took part in the meeting.

Several topical information systems were developed and are now used for the purposes of management of natural resources and control of ecological state of the Republic of Tatarstan, namely:

-the system for standardization of the environmental impact;

-the system for environmental control;

-geographic information systems for monitoring of the places of unauthorized waste disposal and the system “State Environmental Control” that can be used by all environmental bodies, both republican and federal, allowing to plan inspections, track their status, and evaluate parameters of environmental control efficiency.

By virtue of the system “People’s control”, every citizen can report a problem, support statements of other citizens and, what is even more important, and evaluate the decisions made thereon.