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On December 12-14, 2017 in Moscow the International Exhibition Center “Crocus Expo” will host the V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection. The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy.

Within the framework of the Year of Ecology, the All-Russian children's drawings contest “Nature of the native land” was announced, which aims to awaken children's interest in environmental issues and attract the attention of people to the ecological condition of their native land. The contest is held among representatives of three age groups:

On October 7 in Tatarstan the results of the III republican contest “School Eco Patrol” will be summed up. This year among the participants there are kids who scored more than 1000 points. The greatest activity was shown by students of Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Almetyevsk, Cheremshan, Spassk, and Yutaz districts.

The ban on going abroad is set for the chief engineer of one of the enterprises of the Yutazinsky district. The reason for this is the outstanding debt of 20 thousand RUR. Administrative penalty in the form of a fine to an official was imposed by the inspectors of the Priik territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan for untimely submission of information on the fulfillment of the conditions for the use of subsoil in the extraction of solid minerals (Form 2-LS).

the XXII International Scientific Symposium of Students and Young Scientists named after Academician Mikhail Usov “Issues of Geology and Development of Subsurface Resources” will be held on November 2-7, 2018 on the base of Tomsk Polytechnic University. The event is dedicated to the 155th anniversary of the birth of Academician Vladimir Obruchev, the 135th anniversary of the birth of Academician Mikhail Usov, the founder of the Siberian Mining and Geological School, and the 110th anniversary of the first graduation of mining engineers in Siberia.

Tatarstanians at the age of 18 to 30 are invited to participate in the contest for youth “My land, I'm responsible for you”, dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Russia and the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces in the Republic of Tatarstan. The organizer is the Republican Youth Library with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Individual works should meet the evaluation criteria:

Creative collectives of Kazan can take part in the XII city ecological festival of scenic creativity of schoolchildren “Sunny Bridge”. The event is organized by the Kazan Education Department and the City Children's Ecological and Biological Center.
The festival includes the following nominations:
1) “Vocal solo”;

Failure of the drying unit on JSC Zelenodolsk Dairy plant in Buinsk caused the discharge of pollutants into the soil. The Buinsk resident told about the violation to the inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology. The prompt response of experts from the Zavolzhsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan prevented major damage to nature. The pollution area was 3 sq.m.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation will impose penalties for violation of the terms of geological exploration, the press service of the ministry reports. The corresponding draft law – amendments to Article 43 of the Russian Federation “On Subsoil” – has been submitted to the Russian Government. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia expects that the law will enter into force on January 1, 2018.

Absence of specially equipped waste collection sites annually becomes one of the reasons for the appearance of unauthorized landfills in horticultural partnerships. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan initiated an appeal to the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan on the need to resolve the issue of financing measures to equip horticultural, gardening and dacha non-profit associations of citizens with sites for collecting solid municipal waste and equipping them with containers and bunkers.