title: Monitoring and management of mountain environment.
abstract: The monitoring of mountain environment gives necessary information for its control and effective management in view of its sustainable development. A system of complex monitoring of environment has been established, including physical, chemical, meteorological, hydrological, biological and sociological factors. Methods and observations have been developed and applied. Using a geographical information system, a database was created for Rila Mountain and a modern computer network connected to internet was established. As a direct consequence of the French-Bulgarian project OM2 (carried out in the period 1993-1998) a Basic Environmental Observatory (on the peak Moussala, 2925 m) was constructed and put in operation in attempt to control the large scale and long-term transportation of atmospheric pollutants.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, 72, Tzarigradsko chaussee, blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria. jstamen@inrne.bas.bg
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Stamenov
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Vachev
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000531:Altitude; D002031:Bulgaria; D016208:Databases, Factual; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France; D040362:Geographic Information Systems
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants