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Inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan registered discharge of exhaust oil on to the local landscape in the water protection area of unnamed spring on Montazhnaya street in Almetyevsk. By the moment of inspection, fellow workers of one of the companies in Almetyevsk managed to cover the site of discharge with construction sand. Nevertheless, ecological specialists managed to estimate the area of soil pollution (70 m2) and the volume of discharged waste (2 m3). Specialized Inspection

Senior pupils with the most comprehensive knowledge - winners and runners-up of the Regional and All-Russian stages of the Ecological Olympiad in 2016 - met today with the First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustem Kamalov.

A team of young ecological specialists was the second largest team at the All-Russian stage held in Yekaterinburg - all in all, 31 pupils participated in the competitions (a team from Moscow was the first largest comprising 41 pupils). As it was acknowledged at the Ministry of Education and Science of the

A report on an unauthorized landfill near a large trading complex in Kazan was received today by inspectors through the "School eco-patrol" system. A pupil made a picture of the site of offense with a position fix, so ecological specialists didn't have trouble finding it. Specialists of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan registered violation in Kirovsky district of Kazan on Zalesnaya str. and qualified it according to Article 8.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ("Failure to comply with ecological

A meeting was held between fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and a representative of the company "NPF MEMS" LLC (Samara) with regard to the use of a portable gas chromatograph "PIA" manufactured by this company for the activity of specialized inspections of analytical control under the Ministry to ensure environmental quality control.

More than 2,500 citizens of Chistopol participated in the Saturday work campaign in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. Workers of the Volga-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of executive and city executive committees of the municipal district, students of the agricultural vocational school, fellow workers of the subsidiary of Chistopol electrical services, teachers and pupils and educational institutions, fellow workers of prevention and treatment facilities, and workers of the cultural field and organizations participated in the campaign. Citizens of the city cleaned  parks, square gardens, streets, residential areas, playgrounds for kids, and public recreation places from trash, empty bottles and PE bags , and they

Citizens of Alekseevskoe and Novosheshminsk municipal districts went out to clean the streets from litter that had accumulated during winter.

Saturday work campaigns are held both on weekends and on working days. In such a way, on April 13th, fellow workers of organizations and companies participated in a large-scale cleaning campaign on the assigned territories.

Large-scale cleaning

"Let's save our historical motherland" - the campaigns on cleaning the monuments, as well as objects of historical and cultural heritage were held today under this slogan in Bilyary (Alekseevskoe municipal district), Bulgary (Spassky municipal district), and Sviyazhsk (Zelenodolsk municipal district).

Pupils of 8th and 10th forms of the Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution 'Specialized School n.a. V.V. Karpov" in Osinovo village of Zelenodolsk district participated in it. Many pupils of the specialized school are active participants of the All-Russian Children's Ecological Movement "Green planet". The specialized school has been participating for a long time now in the events organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, it also cooperates and holds joint research events with administrations of natural reserves and specially protected natural territories of the Republic. According to Elena Gilmizyanova

The Ecological Knowledge Day held at "Nursery No. 1 'Veselaya Karusel'" of Chistopol started with educational contests and quizzes. Fellow workers of the Volga-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan arranged a quest for the little ones on the topic "What do we know about nature?". The children happily joined the game: they responded to the questions, winding up their brains and showing comprehensive knowledge. During the event, ecological specialists also told the children about how

Fellow workers of the Northern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan went out to beautify the territory adjacent to their department. Fellow workers of the Ministry cleaned the territory from litter, dry wood, fallen leaves, and they also took care of bushes and greenery. Within

The international ECOTECH Forum and Exposition will be held in Moscow (at the International Exposition Center “Crocus Expo”) on April 26-29, 2016, to touch upon the “green” economy matters and nature protection technologies. The event is held under the logo “’Green’ economy is the basis of sustainable development!” for professional audience involved in solution of nature protection issues in the specific segment of the international market of eco-technologies, goods, works, and services. The exposition and discussions will touch upon all nature protection areas of concern: water, air, wastes, land resources, energy conservation, “green" standards, eco-transport, forest resources and urban environment, ecological monitoring and control, as well as ecological services. The ECOTECH business program will include