The project “Strategies of ecological safety in the Russian Federation until 2025” goes through the procedure of public debate. The document is mindful of the priorities for the development of nature protection regulations defined by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation earlier in the “Basic state policy in the field of ecological development in the Russian Federation until 2030”, as it is reported by the Press Service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The priorities in the field of environmental protection and

The classification will regulate the matters pertaining to approval of minerals by more than 200 types of mineral resources accounted for by the state balance, informs the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Conceptual differences of the new Classification lie in allocation of the category of extractable reserves and a possibility to prepare technical projects for development of the deposit before the reasonably assured resources are approved of. The use of the new Classification

The relevant order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation “On approval of the procedure for generation of codes of the facilities having a negative impact on the environment and assignment of the corresponding facilities therewith” was registered in the Ministry of Justice, as it was reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The Order establishes the procedure for assignment of the facilities with a unique code that is not recurring through the passage of time, which

In compliance with the document, an application containing general information on the facility and its impact on the environment form the basis for the registration of such a facility along with the information on availability of authorization documents and on the nature protection measures implemented at the facility. Considering completeness of the information submitted by entrepreneurs in the approved form, by order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, a series of acts that also envisagedsubmission by legal entities and sole entrepreneurs

The first session of the working group on preparation for the Year of Ecology is planned to be carried out in Moscow in two months in the framework of the international exposition and forum “Ecotech”, as informs the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources

Young ecological and biological specialists, geographers and journalists are invited to participate in the Annual YouthFar East Ecological Conference-contest “Man and biosphere”. The event will be held at the Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences under the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences from March 31 to April 1. In 2016, the conference becomes an international event, since pupils and students from the Asian-Pacific Region will participate in it. It is possible to participate

Recovery and protection of water resources, equipment and services for the rational use, purification of sewage waters, water bottling–these and other matters for the water sector development will be reviewed at the International ForumECWATECH-2016. The event will be held at the new exhibition pavilion No. 75 located on the premises of the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh)in Moscow on April 26-28, 2016.The Forum is organized by “ECWATECH

The VII International Forum “Ecology” that started today in St. Petersburg isdevoted to the complex of measures aimed at minimization of the man-induced impact on water resources, as well as ecological safety related to waste management. The key topics of the Forum will include state policy in the field of nature protection in

Today Russia has faced a challenge of the model selection – either a traditional pattern for the regulation of pollutions, or introduction of a system of greenhouse gas emissions tradingaka “carbon” tax. Nevertheless, either of these options requirescareful elaboration and system analysis of the consequences for the economy of the country, as it is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. 

“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