Monitoring of land, natural resources, and emergency situations as a scientific direction: concept, methodology, technologies, information support. Scientific foundations, goals, functions, content, and organization of monitoring of land, natural resources, and emergency situations (federal, regional, and local levels). Cartographic support of land, natural resources, and emergency situations monitoring. Identification and identification of precursors of dangerous natural processes and phenomena (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, typhoons, floods, mudflows, avalanches, etc.) based on remote sensing data. Aerospace research of natural and anthropogenic processes and their assessment based on remote sensing data. Application of remote sensing data to identify pollution of various objects in the interests of environmental protection, research, and rational use of natural resources, prevention, and mitigation of risks of natural disasters and technological accidents.