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Topical issues in geochemistry,mineralogy, and petrology of intrusive complexes and associated minerals will be discussed at the V International Conference “Ultramafic-mafic complexes: geology, structure, ore potential”. The event will be held on 2-6 September, 2017 at the “Baikal Riviera Hotel” in the villageGremyachinskof Baikal region of the Buryatia Republic. Organizers are Geological Instituteof the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Geological department of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, andthe Buryat State University. The conference format will include a discussion of a wide range of genetic issues, active exchange of

Owners of small and medium businesses gathered today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Throughout the republic the “Open Day”was held. The main discussion topic was reporting on formation, use, detoxification, and disposal of waste resulted from economic or other activity,which must be submitted before 1 March, 2017. The questions of entrepreneurs were answered by the experts of the Ministry of Ecology. Timely submission of reports is required to clearly understand what kind of waste and in what quantities is produced, and to which specialized organizations such waste is moved in accordance with the agreementsconcluded. According to the Unified Register, published on the website of the Federal

60 hours of corrective works– this is apenaltyfor the resident ofMuslyumov district for violation of environmental legislation. In May 2016 he was prosecuted for violation of Article 8.2 of the Administrative Code “Violation of environmental and sanitary-epidemiological requirements for handling production and consumption waste, substances that deplete the ozone layer, or other hazardous substances”, according to the Art.

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan FaridAbdulganiyevtook part in the inspection on unauthorized snow dumps today. As compared to the previous year, their number decreased by almost a quarter, the Minister noted. And volumes too. Accordingto Abdulganiev, this is the result of intense work in this area and close cooperation with people: “As a rule, unauthorized snow dumps appear on the same sites, and these sites are under our close attention. Day and nightchecks are regularly conducted. Today, our task is to prevent the violation of environmental laws. In the previous year we found 207 unauthorized snowdumps, while only 53for the same period

“Every citizen ofTatarstan should have the ability to promptly report violations of environmental legislation”, – said the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of TatarstanFaridAbdulganiyev. The republican public environmental counselingdeskhas obtained a new communication channel. In the Year of Ecology and public spaces people can inform inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of illegal garbage

Treatment and management of water resources, innovative technologies for the waste management, activities for protection of natural resources and other issueswill be discussed at the XVII International Forum “Ecology of Big City”. The event will be held on April 5-7, 2017 in the congress and the exhibition center“Expoforum” in St. Petersburg. The forum is organized with the support and participation of the Committee on the Environmental Management, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region Government and the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation

The corresponding order, approved by the head of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy, has been registered in the Ministry of Justice of Russia, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Through the use of declarative principle for subsoil areaswith solid mineral resources, from 2013 to 2015 the Russia’s relative share in the global investment in exploration more than doubled against the two-fold drop of investments on the world market. The order specifies the limit quantitative criteria by area and number of subsoil sitesprovided

Plans for the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces were discussed today by two Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic. FaridAbdulganiyev met with MuratDimitrov, whomanages the environmental issues in the youth governmentof Tatarstan. He won the national contest for young leaders “Up!” (The contest, held annually since 2009, is aimed at the formation of mechanism of preparation and training of administering staff for the state authorities and local government, institutions and organizations, youth associations of the Republic of Tatarstan. The purpose

School and university students are invited to participate in the All-Russian contest “Green technologies through the eyes of the young”.

The contest is held in two stages: in absentia and in presentio. Applications and abstracts for participation inabsentia stage of the contestare accepted until 15 May.

The package of abstracts is built in two categories:

“Green technologies through the prism of environmental monitoring” – statement of the problem, description of the methods used for environmental monitoring and study of their practicability,

“The problems began with the construction of new settlements. Treatment facilities are overloaded, and excessive volumesdegrade the treatment efficiency” –residents ofOrekhovkaof Zelenodolsk districtcame todayto talk about their everyday concerns and find a solution. They are concerned for the state of the local lake, to where untreated sewage is discharged. The operatingcompany “Orekhovka”, which services this treatment plant, was repeatedly brought to justice, as noted by the deputy head of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan AlmazIsmagilov. In April, based on the materials submitted by the