Ecomonitoring (FGIS)

Integrated Environmental Monitoring System

Main Article: Integrated Environmental Monitoring System

2024

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the launch of GIS to monitor permafrost

On June 25, 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the provision on state monitoring of permafrost. For this, a special state information system (GIS) will be created.

The project involves long-term observations of phenomena and processes occurring in permafrost soils. In addition, permafrost will be analyzed, assessed and predicted. The information collected will be used to model and scenario predict climate change. It is expected that this will help prevent the negative impact of such changes on various sectors of the economy and the quality of life of citizens, will contribute to the creation and accident-free operation of infrastructure facilities in areas of permafrost, affecting up to 65% of the country's territory.

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Monitoring the state of permafrost is part of state environmental monitoring. In order to implement the project, a subsystem of state background monitoring will be formed within the framework of FGIS "Ecomonitoring," for the work of which the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) is responsible. Based on the data received, special maps of the state of permafrost will be created. Information on the degradation of permafrost soils will be available to interested federal executive bodies, executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local governments, individuals and legal entities.

When collecting data, Roshydromet will interact with the public law company Roskadastre, the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, the Federal Biomedical Agency, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use and other federal executive bodies, as well as local governments and organizations.^[1]

Creating GIS

On March 25, 2024, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation announced a tender for the creation of a federal state information system for the state of the environment - FSIS "Ecomonitoring." The cost of the project is estimated at 622.85 million rubles.

The technical documentation states that the development of the FSIS will be carried out in two stages. The first will last until November 29, 2024: it provides for monitoring the state and pollution of atmospheric air. As part of the second phase - until February 18, 2025 - other elements of the platform will be created. Financing is carried out at the expense of the federal budget.

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The Ecomonitoring system is planned to be deployed on the GosTech platform. The FSIS will include modules for monitoring wildlife, hunting resources, atmospheric air, surface water, soils, continental shelf, inland sea waters, territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, water bodies and aquatic biological resources, the state of the subsoil, radiation situation, permafrost, the ecological system of Lake Baikal, etc. In addition, it is planned to control objects of negative impact and accumulated harm, monitor the management of production and consumption waste.

When developing the system, it is allowed to use various programming languages. These include, C++ Groovy,,, Java JavaScript PL/pgSQL (a procedural extension of the SQL language used in),, PostgreSQL DBMS Python Scala (a multi-paradigm programming language), Shell (a scripting language in the family OS Linux) and Kotlin (a statically typed, object-oriented programming language). All source codes and codes of assembly scripts must be transferred to the National Fund of Algorithms and Programs.^[2]

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