Extended session of the Scientific and Technical Council

On March 27, an extended session of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with the participation of the Minister for Ecology Artem Sidorov took place in the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with the agenda “On creation of the natural and sports coastal park for the 2013 Universiade on the Kazanka river right bank in Kazan city in the area stretching from the Palace of Water Sports to the Millennium Bridge”.

Representatives of the engaged ministries and republican departments, developers of the concepts for the Universiade park and a natural and recreational zone on the right bank of the river Kazanka, representatives of public organizations, experts of leading scientific institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of mass media were also invited to take part in this extended session.

The reports on development of the territory in accordance with design documents and decisions on coast protection in view of the need to protect the territory in the backwater of Kuibyshev reservoir from flooding by overflow waters were made at the session. The concept of the Universiade park and natural recreational area on the right bank of the river Kazanka was introduced to the members of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry and to the other invited guests.

Based on the results of the session, the members of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry supported both the idea of creation of the park zone on the right bank of the river Kazanka and coast protection measures. Besides, for the purpose of preservation of plants included in the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan, conduct of research on the distribution areas of these plants in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan was recommended by the members of the Scientific and Technical Council. Further establishment of the Scientific and Methodological center for studying the above mentioned populations and their distribution in historically typical habitat was proposed as well.