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The drafts of all the final documents of the Conference elaborated with support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Agency were approved of following the results of the special preparatory session of the Environment Policy Committeeunder the UN ECE held in Geneva.The Conference will be held on June 8-10, 2016 in Batumi (Georgia). It is the main nature protection pan-European high-class event.

In particular, the draft Ministerial

The results of work in 2015 were summarized, and the tasks for 201 were set at the Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. SpecialistsoftheTrans-KamaTerritorialDepartmentcarry out control and supervision in the field of nature protection in Nizhnekamsk, Zainsk, and Sarmanovo. Head of the Department, Alexey Lobanov, reported that in the course of the state ecological supervision, last year inspectorsconducted628 inspections and revealed 687 violations, while681 have already been eliminated.  Allinall, 4 millionworthofadministrative fineswere imposed.Lobanovalsoacknowledgedthatowingtofavorableresultsofthecomplexprogram

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

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

A scheduled municipal ecological campaign “Green street” on waste paper collection will be held on February 27th in Naberezhnye Chelny under the slogan “Bring waste paper – save a tree”. The event starts at 11.30 am at the 18th complex between house 18/07 and specialized schoolNo. 26.A container for separate collection of recyclable

The “Open House” for entrepreneurs of small and medium businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan is held right at this time at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan (at 75 Pavlukhina str., office 209). The Minister for Ecology Farid Abdulganiev acknowledged that before March 1st, experts of the Ministry of Ecology are willing to provide any consulting assistance, and the “Open House” was arranged to that extent.  Specialists of the State Ecological Expertise and Standardization of the Environmental Impact and the Central Territorial Department under

Sustainable development of the field and economic risks of geological prospecting and exploration, state support of investments into geological prospecting and exploration, exploration of the Arctic Shelf and hard-to-recover reserves in the context of sanctions – these and other topics will be the most burning issues to discuss

The remuneration paid to the citizens who have submitted the information on the violations of the nature protection legislation on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan has been increased. Earlier, the citizen who provided photo or video information on the offender received one thousand rubles, and starting 2016 this sum has been increased to 1.5 thousand rubles. Moreover, the list of violations has also been expanded. Besides illegal placement of waste and illegal extraction of mineral resources, people can now also report on the restricted access to the public water facility or its coastline, on the violation of the mode of economic or other activity of the water protection area of the water facility and land damage (destruction of the fertile layer

This year, the largest in the world ecological campaign will be held on March 19th at 8:30 pm local time. The humanity’s ecological footprint will be the topic of the event. The campaign symbolizes solidarity of citizens of various countries in solution of issues regarding energy and resource saving, as well as improvement of ecological situation on the planetary scale. The website dedicated to the Earth Hour 2016 was launched presenting more detailed information on the campaign to participate in it. The official website of the campaign – 60.wwf.ru.

Heads of all the authorities, state authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan, companies and organizations, as well as population of the Republic were invited to join the campaign and switch off for

Today, the delegation of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by the Minister Farid Abdulganiev along with fellow workers of the Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage for the Republic of Tatarstan familiarized with the process of production of electric/heat power at the subsidiary of the “Generating Company” OJSC of Kazan Central Heating and Power Plant – 1, as well as with nature protection activity of the company. The delegation was accompanied by Director General of the “Generating Company”