State environmental monitoring (monitoring of the environment and natural resources) - a comprehensive system of monitoring the state of the environment and natural resources, including using remote sensing data from space, in order to assess, forecast and control changes in their state under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors.
The objects of state environmental monitoring are atmospheric air, earth, surface and groundwater, subsoil, flora and fauna, as well as the climate and ozone layer of the Earth, ecological systems, environmental factors affecting the health of the population.
State monitoring of atmospheric air quality in settlements is carried out by RSE "Kazhydromet" of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
RSE "Kazhydromet" carries out the following activities:
Environmental monitoring:
- Monitoring of the state of atmospheric air;
- Monitoring of the state of atmospheric precipitation;
- Monitoring of the qualitative state of water resources;
- Monitoring of soil condition;
- Meteorological monitoring;
- Radiation monitoring;
- Monitoring of transboundary pollution;
- Background monitoring.