Today, in the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, a meeting was held of the Committee for Ecology, Nature Management and Agricultural Issues. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was represented by the Head of Subsurface Management Relations Regulation Administration Radik Gaynetdinov.
Today, the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy arrived in Kazan with the working visit. He was welcomed at Kazan International Airport by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov and other officials.
The meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Environmental Safety, Nature Management and Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare in the Republic of Tatarstan chaired by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ravil Muratov took place in the form of a videoconference in the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The VII National Geological Conference was held in the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. The conference was attended by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy and the Head of the Federal Subsurface Management Agency Aleksandr Popov, representatives of the State Duma, the Federation Council and scientists and delegates from the regions of Russia. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan was represented at the conference by the Head of the Administration for Subsurface Management Relations Regulation Radik Gaynetdinov.
Within the framework of the campaign “Let's Clear Our Planet Away From Garbage” the specialists of the Trans-Kama Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the pupils of the Children Ecological and Biological Center carried out a labor campaign on cleaning the suburban forest of the 20th residential district of Nizhnekamsk.
For the purposes of support and development of environmental movements in the Republic of Tatarstan, enhancement of efficiency of their activities aimed at fostering of ecological awareness of youth and the population in general, the Tatar Regional Department of the All-Russian Youth Association “Russian Students’ Teams” will hold the first Republican Environmental Youth Forum “Ecovolna” in cooperation with the Youth Public Chamber under the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Forum will take place from October 31 until November 1, 2012 under the auspices of the Youth Center “Volga” of Laishevo Municipal District.
The Government of the Russian Federation approved of the state program “Environmental protection” for the years 2012-2020, elaborated by the Ministry for the Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation
Last week, an excursion to the Trans-Kama Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was held for the pupils of the Children’s Ecological and Biological Center in Nizhnekamsk in the framework of a scientific project “Health of My School”.
On November 6-7, 2012, non-profit partnership “Russian Water Society” with the support of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation holds the 3rd International Forum “Clean Water” in the World Trade Center in Moscow.
Last week, on October 15-19, one of the leading experts of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Mr. Kalev Sepp – professor of the Estonian University of Life Sciences, dean of the “Ecology and Environmental Management” faculty visited the Republic of Tatarstan.