A familiarization excursion for the pupils of 1 – 3 forms of Kazan gymnasium No. 20 took place in the Central Specialized Inspection for Analytical Control under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan (CSIAC). The campaign took place within the framework of environmental education in the course of “Habitat Monitoring” discipline study.
To study an existing monitoring system of the sources of man-made impact on environment using analytical equipment was the main aim of this excursion.
The excursion started with the meeting with Andrey Shibayev, the Chief of the laboratory, who told children about the system of environmental and analytical monitoring.
Familiarization with the laboratory work included visiting of the departments of industrial wastes and atmospheric air analysis, water and soil analysis, physical and chemical methods of analysis, biological and operational monitoring. The chiefs of these departments told children about their work in detail, demonstrated equipment and instruments corresponding to up-to-date standards and intended for water, soil, and air analysis. They also answered all pupils’ questions.
As part of the new national project "Environmental well-being" Tatarstan has planned the implementation of 8 environmental initiatives with total funding of 3 billion rubles. The main part of the funds will be used for work on the federal project "Water of Russia", Minister of Ecology Azat Ziganshin said at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin spoke at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was dedicated to the start of the sanitary and ecological two-month period and environmental work plans for 2026 within the framework of the national project "Environmental well-being".
Today, at the weekly staff meeting with the heads of structural and territorial divisions, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Azat Ziganshin, presented badges and official identification cards to the staff of the department.