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The Ministry of Ecology hosted an annual chess tournament among female employees. Six representatives of the department took part in the intellectual competition, who demonstrated strategic thinking, attentiveness and sports passion.

Today at the Popov technopark in Innopolis an expanded meeting on the results of the work of the Volga-Kama Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor for 2025 was held. The event was attended by the Head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, and the head of Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova. Tatarstan Minister of Ecology Azat Ziganshin also took part in the board.

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin took part in a meeting of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the Kazan Digital Week-2026 International Forum.

Kazan Agrarian University hosted a meeting of inspectors from the Ministry of Ecology with university students who study at the Faculty of Forestry and Ecology. 

The Arbitration Court of the Republic of Udmurtia granted the claim of the Ministry of Ecology and ordered the violator to pay almost 13 million rubles for damage caused to nature. The trial lasted from 2023 and, following the results of the trials, the decision was made in favor of the Ministry. 

A panel session dedicated to the development of specially protected natural areas was held as part of the educational intensive "Reserved Tatarstan", which is held in support of the national projects "Youth and Children" and "Environmental well-being". The key topic of discussion was the republic's experience in restoring the population of the Saker falcon, one of the rarest endangered birds of prey.

The ecological and educational project "Reserved Tatarstan" from the regional youth environmental public organization "It will be clean" has started today. 40 schoolchildren and students gathered at the recreation and educational complex "Baytik". The project is being implemented thanks to the grant support of the President of the Russian Federation provided by the Presidential Nature Foundation.

The Golden Turtle International Festival has started in the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan with the support of the Presidential Nature Foundation. The opening ceremony was attended by Ilnur Nasretdinov, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Specialists from the Ministry of Ecology took part in the All-Russian command and staff exercises to work out actions in the event of a threat of emergency situations. The exercises were held from March 11 to March 12, 2026 in accordance with the Plan of the main events of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The final of the international hackathon "Ecohack: Clean Ocean" started in Kazan today. The event's platform, which brought together young scientists and developers from three countries, has become a place of attraction for those who are looking for innovative answers to the global environmental challenge of microplastic pollution of the oceans.