On April 17, 2013, the regional scientific and practical conference of young ecologists and regional ethnographers “The Earth is Our Mother” took place on the basis of the Bulgarian secondary comprehensive school No. 1 with profound studying of some subjects. Within the framework of the process of preparation to the conference by the Children Activity Center of the Spassky municipal area, they announced a contest on ecology and regional ethnography. Elena Gilmizyanova, the Principal Advisщr of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ruzaniya Nizamova, the Сhief of the Archives Department of the Spassky municipal area, Margarita Markova, a methodologist of the Board of Education of the Spassky municipal area, as well as winners of the announced contests and pupils of the Spassky and Alkeevsky regions of the Republic of Tatarstan took part in the conference.
Elena Gilmizyanova acquainted pupils with an ecological situation in the Republic of Tatarstan, gave an estimate to pupils’ ecological projects, and invited them to take active part in the republican and the All-Russian competitions.
Inspectors of the Central Department, together with representatives of the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a survey of the territory of the Zelenodolsk district.
The events were held in the Zainsky district. The commission included inspectors from the Zakamsky Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from residents about violations of environmental legislation in the Yelabuga district. Inspectors from the Kama Department went to the site and confirmed the fact of dumping production and consumption waste into the territory of the Bug River water protection zone.