APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND WASTES.

This paper addresses the example of information technologies application in management of greenhouse gases and wastes. There was developed an information system for conducting a greenhouse gas inventory at a regional level. It is designed in accordance with the recommendations of "Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories" (IPCC 2006). The system provides collection, storage, processing and analysis of the information, as well as preparation of the required forms and reports on greenhouse gases emissions and removals. The ability of the system use in the field of waste management is ensured by the presence of the module "Waste" in its structure. This module consists of the following four blocks: "Solid waste", "Incineration and open burning", "Treatment of the municipal waste water", "Biological treatment of solid waste". The information about some types of waste is presented in other modules. In particular, the module "Agriculture" takes into account the greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the cultivation of domestic animals, as well as from systems of harvesting, storage and using of manure and litter. Such information can be also useful for estimation of bio resources which could be used in producing of biogas and energy. System is implemented as a program (executable file), a database file and auxiliary files. It includes five subsystems: "Database processing", "Report generation", "Data export and import", "System kernel" and "Analytical block". The system was successfully tested in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District of Russia and now is used as decision support tool by the District's Administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]