Environmental Telecommunications Project - Toxic Monitoring Network 

Ecologia

Apple Computer Corporation

Equipment grant from Apple Corporation

Monitoring of toxic waste

The project aimed to establish a toxic monitoring network on the western edge of Eurasia. This area of the former Soviet Union has earned itself the unfortunate reputation of having some of the highest levels of pollution on Earth. The most immediate objective of the toxic monitoring network project was to ensure reliable communications between the beneficiaries of the equipment; four environmental NGO's already combating pollution problems in the region, and their main US partner. Over the longer term, the goal of the project will be to make available a central database allowing all regions of Eurasia, however remote, access to critical tories information. This proposed database to be located in Eurasia will be similar to the widely used US systems of RACHEL (Remote Access Chemical Hazards Electronic Library) and the RTKNet (the Right to Know Network).

Training the four groups across the region in ICT to give participants an opportunity to build the trust and teamwork necessary to make the project succeed.

The necessary equipment is now available to manage and distribute the information that has been gathering for years.

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