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Ecological specialists carried out a raid today around Pestretsy Municipal District of Tatarstan. A two-month sanitary campaign to clean the territories is almost over, although certain districts have fallen behind. For instance, the liquidation percentage makes up less than 50 percent in Pestretsy, Laishevo and Vysokaya Gora districts. The problem of districts bordering on Kazan is one and the same year after year", acknowledged Head of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ilkham Sabirov

The 2nd All-Russian ecological children’s festival will be held on June 4-5, 2016 in Moscow– as it is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Secondary educational establishments of constituent units of the Russian Federation, federal and regional centers for further children’s education, children’s ecological associations from Russian regions, school forestries from Russian regions, orphan homes, boarding schools, and others are invited to participate in the festival.Contests of nature protection projects, ecological, enlightenment and

The Russian Geographical Society announces the contest for participation in the forth Youth Research and Development Summer School "Geography in a modern world: problems and prospects" that will be held in Kaluga region on August 13-21, 2016

Graduate students, Ph.D. candidates and young professionals from Russian regions and the near abroad countries

The International project "Contest & exhibition of children's creative work 'The Red Book through the eyes of children'" is implemented in the framework of the International ecological campaign "To save and protect" under the aegis of the National Commission for UNESCO, the International Organization "Northern Forum".

The following creative pieces of work are accepted for the contest:

• those inspired by personal impressions related to acquaintance with the Red Books of various regions and countries, as well as pertaining to the meeting with extinctive species inhabiting specially protected natural areas (during expeditions), and impressions after watching films or visiting Zoos;

those touching upon ecology and morality

The Day of  cleaning of forestlands was held in Tatarstan in the framework of the traditional nature protection campaign "Clean forests of Tatarstan" organized by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan cleaned the territory of the forest fund of Vysokaya Gora local forestry under the State Public Institution "Prigorodnoe Forestry" (Blue Lakes). "It is not the first time that we clean this site. Starting from early spring and until late fall, the Ministry of Ecology carries out various

May 20th - the contest organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan starts on the Volga Day. In order to participate, it is necessary to make an original photo of the Volga River and to create a slogan on careful attitude and protection of the main river of our country - the Volga River.  All citizens of the Republic can participate in it. The contest is held in the social media. In order to participate it is necessary to subscribe or be a follower of the account

Ecological specialists carried out a raid today in the framework of the Volga Day using an eco-analytical vessel "Flamingo" that is equipped with the nature protection complex "Volga-M". It is possible now to monitor and check the quality of water here on a real-time basis. The system of dip sensors ensures continuous measurement of the main physical and chemical water parameters at two depths (temperature, electric conductivity, the rate of mineralization, concentration of dilute oxygen and

A large-scale cleaning campaign devoted to the Volga Day was held today on the territory of the "Naberezhnaya" beach in Verkhny Uslon village. Head of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ilkham Sabirov, representatives of the Executive Committee and the Council of Verkhny Uslon Municipal District, fellow workers of the Central District Hospital, specialists of the RPA "Tatcommunenergo" OJSC, as well as pupils of Verkhny Uslon secondary and specialized schools went out to clean the coastal area. "A great number of plastic and glass bottles, cellulose film and food waste accumulated on the coast of the Volga River, and our duty today is not only to clean the territory from litter, but also to make an effort and preserve such cleanliness for a long time", acknowledged Ilkham Sabirov.  He expressed his gratitude to all the participants of the campaign for caring attitude to nature of the motherland, and he acknowledged that today's task is to promote ecological education of the young generation, and join the initiatives of citizens, organizations and state authorities to protect the environment. All in all, more than 150 persons participated in the event. More than 30 tons of litter were collected and removed. "To

The large-scale campaign "Clean shore" was held in Chistopol. Specialists of the Volga-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the Executive Committee of Chistopol and students of Chistopol Agricultural Vocational School cleaned the coastal area of the Kama River from empty bottles and PE bags. All in all, 9 cubic meters of litter

The large-scale campaign "Clean shore" was held in  Nizhnekamskunder the slogan "Clean shores - to our rivers and lakes". The campaign is organized in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. Specialists of the Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with participants of the movement "Fair Russia" and pupils of the