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All who are not indifferent to the ecology-related matters are invited to participate in the Contest of Educational and Research Projects on Environment Protection carried out within the framework of the program "Youth - for the nature of Moscow". The event is held to promote participation of the youth in solution of ecological problems, and its involvement in research and practical nature protection activity. Categories of creative pieces of work:

- suggestions on solution of ecological problems (ideas, inventions, projects, and programs);

- research projects (monitoring, studying, and assessment);

- projects on ecological enlightenment, education and social advertisement (video spots, leaflets and so on).

"Year after year the water rises and washes out the shore, and we are scared for our houses", feel anxious the citizens of Makarovka village, Laishevo district located on the shore of the River Kama. This year, despite high water level, we managed to avoid shore destruction. Local authorities decided to settle the matter the same old way - they stretched 50 meters of the shore that was mostly susceptible to destruction with fascine. One day of heavy work and the results didn't keep anyone waiting, efficacy and reliability of the method were appraised as early as this spring. "The ingenious is always simple. It is done quite quickly, the way of interweaving of willow branches produces the effect that, in general, protects the shore", acknowledged the Minister

The X Anniversary Interregional Research-to-Practice Conference "Architecture and engineering systems in public buildings" (MES-2016) devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Kazan Architectural School of Art will be held on September 30th. The event will be held at the State TV and Radio Company "Corston". The conference

A new procedure for maintenance of the Red Book of the Russian Federation was adopted by the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia in May 2016, after that it was referred for registration to the Ministry of Justice of Russia, as it is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.

The document envisages a change in the mechanism for selection and referral of the flora and fauna objects to the Red Book of the Russian Federation. A share of responsibility of authorities has been enhanced both on the level of constituent units of the Russian Federation, and the federal authorities (the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency, the Federal Forestry Agency, and the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage).

Maintenance of the Red Book of the Russian Federation includes inclusion (or exclusion) of the flora and fauna

An ecological festival will be held on the threshold of the Republic and City Day on August 27th at the Kazan Park "Kyrlay" featuring contests and master classes on separate waste collection, crafts from waste, clay molding, decoration of eco-bags, plaiting

3 criminal cases were initiated this year over illegal extraction on water. The offenders were held liable under Article 171, part 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Carrying out of entrepreneurial activity without registration or without a license in cases when such a license is obligatory, if such an act inflicted a large damage on citizens, organizations or the state, or if it involved extraction of large revenue”). Total damage in terms of criminal cases amounted to 6,568,698 rubles. Specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan regularly

A report was received today by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan from the citizens of the village on unpleasant odors coming from the nearest forest. Inspectors of the Central Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan immediately went to visit the site. According to the preliminary version, polluted waters were discharged from the drainage well of the country

Today, participants of the children's session of the youth ecological movement "Budet Chisto" held a campaign on cleaning of the territory of Lebyazhye Lake. The event was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. "It is worth noting that the children are very scrupulous when it comes to such events, since they understand that pollution of beaches and coastal areas can lead to dreadful consequences", acknowledged ecological specialists. More than 30 people from various districts of the

Inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan registered the facts of stocking of scrap metals on the soil and violation of waste (petroleum products) management rules in Nurlaty district on the premises of the scrap metal company Trust Metal LLC. 

"We are surrounded by nature, and we are the friends of nature!" - an ecological and educational event for the children attending nursery No. 66 "Veselye Notki" was held in Naberezhnye Chelny under this slogan.