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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.

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

Students, postgrads, young scientists and researchers canparticipate in the II Republican Youth Ecological and Scientific Conference devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan and the 15th anniversary of the “Earth Charter”. The event will be held at the Institute for the Ecological Problems and Use of Mineral Resources under the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan on April 7-8, 2016. The work will cover the following directions

Special containers were installed at the residential complex of Innopolis for collection ofrecyclable materials. Dual collection is used to facilitate separate waste collection.Such a system envisages installation of additional containers at the sites for all recyclable materials including waste paper, plastic bottles, and polyethylene. The contents of these containers are further removed to the sorting center, wherespecially trained specialists divide recyclable materials into fractions, which will further be processed.The Volga Ecological Company is the partner of the project. Moreover, a campaign was

Talentedyouth, youngscientists, proponentsofchildren’sand youthorganizations can participatein the VIRepublican Youth Forum “Our Tatarstan”. Thetime frame for submission of applicationswas prolongeduntilMarch7, 2016.Allinallthereare 10 topicalplatforms: “Theterritoryofinnovations”; “The territory of architecture and art”; “The territory of entrepreneurship”; “The territory of kindness”; “The territory of safety”; “The territory of sports”; “The territory of information”; “The territory of small motherland”; “The territory

Almost half of the sites of unauthorized waste placement (about 2 thousand sites) revealed on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2015 accounts for the Central Territorial Department. Such data were announced today during the visiting session of Heads of territorial departmentswith participation of the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev. At the end of last year, the Central Territorial Department was ranked the first with regard to the amount of liquidated landfills (99%). The Central Territorial Department carries out ecological surveillance in Kazan, Vysokaya Gora, Pestretsy, Laishevo

Today, the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, familiarized with the activity of Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center. The activity of the Center is aimed at ecological upbringing of children, and today 1,412 pupils study here. Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center has an abundant training facility at its disposal, and it is an associated member of the Botanical Gardens Council of the of the Urals and the Volga region under the Russian Academy of Sciences, and it enjoys a rich collection of open and protected plants (more than 500 taxons). Municipal Ecological Scientific Community

Heads of the territorial departments under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan gathered today in Kazan in order to familiarize with

Open classes, lectures and class hours devoted to the World Wildlife Day are held today at educational establishments of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event is aimed at dissemination of ecological knowledge among the young generation of the Republic, fostering of responsible attitude to the natural resources and the environment, formation

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