A round table was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Omsk Region, Ilya Lobov. The participants spoke about the experience of Tatarstan in the entrusted areas of activity. In particular, the interest of Ilya Lobov was raised by the issues of transition to a new system of solid municipal waste management, provision of water use contracts for the discharge of treated effluents, the need for an environmental impact assessment during the procedure for changing the boundaries of protected areas.