Analysis of ecological risks within an environmental monitoring system

Abstract

Environmental monitoring is a system of observation, estimation and prognosis for the environment under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors. This system must be realized in the frames of 4 subsystems, which are air monitoring, surface and ground water monitoring, soil monitoring, and flora and fauna monitoring. The effectiveness of the environmental monitoring, the realization of its purposes and tasks depends on the cooperation between "the informative sub-system" and the health care institutions which are responsible both for the social-hygienic and the social-ecological monitoring, the other organizations, and the administrative and governmental institutions. © 2006 Springer.