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April 2001
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Tibet To Monitor Environment with Remote Sensing Technology
LHASA, (Xinhuanet) -- A remote sensing system will be set up in the next couple of years in the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, to monitor the region's environment, according to sources. With an expected investment of 20 million yuan (about 2.4 million U.S. dollars), the system has so far been approved by the Chinese State Meteorological Administration and the local Tibetan authorities. The system is designed to receive observation data from Chinese and foreign satellites, collect and transmit the observation data about the land, rivers, forests and grassland in Tibet, and thus help facilitate the protection of Tibet's environment. Tibet has a vast sparsely populated area and complicated landscape. Traditional means of observation have failed to meet the new demands, local officials said. In addition, Tibet has a high altitude and thin atmosphere, where the remote sensing technology can be efficiently applied.
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