Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has just completed the project "Monitoring natural resources and environment by remote sensing technology" to submit to the Prime Minister for approval.
* Monitoring the current situation and trends on natural resources and environment
The project was assigned by the Prime Minister to MONRE to coordinate with the relevant agencies to draft. The implemented project will promote remote sensing application in management and supervision of natural resources and environment for socio-economic development, national defense and security assurance, and make remote sensing technology an effective and regular tool to provide detailed, accurate and up-to-date information on the current status of natural resources and environment in Viet Nam.
According to MONRE, remote sensing technology monitoring will focus on specific targets. They are: Monitoring the status quo and trends of natural resources and environment (including hydro-meteorology, seas and islands, environment, geology and minerals, land, climate change, water resources) at a national scale using remote sensing technology; Provide updated information on the current situation, development and utilization of natural resources and the environment, contributing to the country’s socio-economic development; Obtain thematic database of spatial information monitoring resources and the environment.
In order to deploy the monitoring of natural resources and environment, units need to receive and process remote sensing image data for resource and environmental monitoring and remote sensing technology surveillance in the fields of hydrometeorology; sea and islands; environment; geology and minerals; land administration; climate change; water resources management. The project will also focus on building and updating specialized databases of spatial information on natural resources and environment.
* Specific areas
According to the draft project, remote sensing technology will monitor in detail the fields of natural resources and environment.
In the field of meteorology, hydrology, the applications include: Application of high-resolution and ultra high-resolution remote sensing products to assess the impact of storms, heavy rain and hot weather in coastal areas of Viet Nam; Application of high-resolution remote sensing products in monitoring flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas of Viet Nam in order to improve natural disaster early warning capacity.
Seas and islands field applications include: Monitoring coastal plastic waste; Monitoring oil pollution in some Vietnamese waters; topographic fluctuations of islands; typical marine ecosystems: mangroves, corals, seagrass beds, tidal flats - sandy mud, upland waters; fluctuations of the world's natural resources and environment, world biosphere reserve, national parks, nature reserves; water quality in port areas, coastal industrial zones, estuarine areas and offshore; marine environmental catastrophe (red tide, erosion - coastal accretion and channel sedimentation, sea level rise due to climate change, discharges causing environmental pollution due to industrial activities); flood warnings for coastal areas; provide water and meteorological data for fishing forecasting; Monitoring and updating surface changes and ecosystems of islands and archipelagos.
In the field of environment, remote sensing will be applied in combination with the system of automatic air observation stations to build a system of information to monitor, alert and forecast dust in the air environment in urban areas, key economic regions of Viet Nam; Supervise landfills nationwide; water quality in reservoirs for agricultural production, domestic water supply; monitor saline intrusion in areas of coastal river by remote sensing technology;; water quality in reservoirs for agricultural production, domestic water supply; monitor saline intrusion in areas of coastal river by remote sensing technology; Establish a drought monitoring and warning system for the Central, South Central and Central Highlands regions; Build multi-time information system on wetlands and nature conservation areas by remote sensing technology to serve biodiversity conservation.
In the field of land, remote sensing technology will help develop a remote sensing image database to timely serve land management and use of remote sensing images in checking the results of land inventory nationwide; Using remote sensing images in checking results of land inventory nationwide; Using remote sensing images to monitor wet rice cultivation land, forest land, industrial park land, industrial complexes and golf courses; Using remote sensing images to monitor the implementation of land use planning and plans; Using remote sensing images to monitor the current status of agricultural and forestry farm land according to the Government's Decree No. 118/2014/ND-CP dated December 17, 2014 on arrangement, renewal, development, and improvement of operational efficiency activities of agro-forestry companies.
In addition, remote sensing technology also applies in the field of geology and mineral resources with the monitoring of geohazards, mining assistance, mapping ... Or the application of remote sensing technology to monitor CO2 concentration ; land subsidence in the field of climate change.
Remote sensing technology also supports investigation, statistics and classification of lists of reservoirs and dams across the country by remote sensing technology; Monitoring a number of indicators related to watershed pollution of transboundary rivers for socio-economic development and environmental protection.