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“Natural water protection areas of Tatarstan should be available for each citizen of the Republic. The work of inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology pertaining to revelation of violations related to restriction of access to the water body has been manifold enhanced”–as it was reported today by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev in his interview with journalists. He acknowledged that great work conducted over the last years regarding demarcation in the water protection area allows to detect such violations operatively and

Today the delegation of the Ministry of ecology and natural resources of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by the Minister Farid Abdulganiev, as well as representatives of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor the Republic of Tatarstan, the Department of Rospotrebnadzor for the Republic of Tatarstan familiarized with operation units of the MUP "Vodokanal" of Kazan city. The delegation was accompanied by Director General of MUP "Vodokanal" Andrey Egorov.

Members of the delegation visited the Volga water intake, pumping station, melting point, biological treatment plant and sludge field. Representatives of the Ministry of ecology, Management of Rosprirodnadzor and Rospotrebnadzor Administration told about the cleaning and processing of wastewater, disinfection and removal from wastewater treatment plants, control the quality of drinking water supplied to consumers on the operation of networks and facilities, and ensuring the smooth operation of systems of water supply and sanitation.
 

The ХIresearch-to-practice conference of pupils “A STEP TO SCIENCE – 2016” devoted to the problem of Ecological culture and the Year of water protection areas announced in the Republic of Tatarstan was held today at specialized school No. 3 of Kazan. In his welcome speech, headmaster of the specialized school, Alexander Morozov, acknowledged that this year more than 200 pieces of work of pupils from Kazan were devoted to the matters of ecology, and he also added that special attention at the educational institution had always been paid to the nature protection theme. He also acknowledged that such events promote development of cognition

The applications can be submitted now to compete for the All-Russian Award “Ecological development – Evolution Awards 2016”. The award will be given for the achievements in the field of ecological aspects of sustainable development on the territory of the Russian Federation and for the achievements in the field of development and application of “green” technologies. “Green” technologies mean resource-saving technologies

All those who are not indifferent to the ecology-related matters are invited to participate in the international contest “Eco-tradition”.The contest piece of work should contain an improvised description of one’s ecological tradition aimed at preservation of ecology and rational use of natural resources (attached photos, infographics, or videoswould

“Everyone is important to the nature. Let’s save biodiversity!”–the International campaign “March of parks-2016” will be held on April 22-26 under this slogan. The campaign is aimed at enhancement in the importance of specially protected territories, assurance of the relevant publicmaintenance of the protectednatural territory, involvement of citizens in rendering practical assistanceto nature reserves

Tukaevo District Court of the Republic of Tatarstan passed a sentence with regard to the criminal case against an entrepreneurfrom Tukaevo district, Elagudzha Dilebashvili.He was found guilty of committing a crime envisaged by part3 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (official bribery for knowingly illegal actions). It was established by the Court that in July2015 during ecological monitoring of the territory of Tatarstan village (Tukaevo district), an inspector of the Cis-Kama Department revealed the fact of a glaring violationon the part of the entrepreneur. The latter, in contempt of all the rules of safe recovery of hazardous

An extended meeting of the Board of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage was held today in Moscow regarding “Results of the work of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage in 2015 and the main trends of activity set for 2016”. Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the Russian Federation, Alexander Khloponin, the Minister for Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Sergey Donskoy, Chairperson of the Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation for Agricultural and Industrial Policy and Nature Use, Gennadiy Gorbunov, Chairperson of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federationfor

Young biological and ecological specialists are invited to participate in the VIICity Ecological Forum “Zilantenok”. It is held in the framework of the open long-term ecological project “Zilant” aimed at implementation of the system approach in ecological education and upbringing of the young generation. The event will be held on April 9th at Kazan Children’s Ecological and BiologicalCenter. “Protection

Pieces of work for the contest of children’s creative work “Let’s create from paper” are accepted until March 17, 2016. The contest is held to attract pupils’ attention to arts and crafts, as well as to foster careful and responsible attitude to nature throughthe instruments of artwork. The Board of Education of Kazan Executive Committee and Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center are the organizers of the event.