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Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Sergey Donskoy, referred a draft decree to the Russian Government “On approval of the procedure for elaboration and maintenance of the state register of facilities that have negative impact on the environment”, as it is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The register will include the information on all the facilities located on the territory of Russia or the

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

The hot line number, the e-mail, the State Information System “People’s control”, the mobile application “School eco-patrol” are all accessible for the citizens to report on the nature protection violations. All the information received from the citizens is referred to the Republican Public Ecological Reception Office. The information on illegal extraction of common mineral resources, unauthorized landfills, restriction of the access to the water 

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

All those who are not indifferent to the matters related to ecology and energy efficiency are invited to participate in the Conference “Ecology and Energy Efficiency” in the framework of the XVI International Symposium “Energy and Resources Efficiency and Energy Conservation” and the XVII International specialized exhibition “Energetics. Cost-effective use of resources”. The event will be held on March 17, 2016 on the premises of “Kazan Fair” OJSC. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the State Autonomous Agency “Center of energy-saving technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

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

Volga Interregional Nature Protection Prosecutor – State Counselor in Justice of the 3rd class, Vaniamin Selifanov, will receive citizens of Tatarstan on February 16, 2016 in Kazan. The meeting will be held from 1 pm to 2 pm on the premises

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

All those who are not indifferent to the matters related to ecology and energy efficiency are invited to participate in the Conference “Ecology and Energy Efficiency” in the framework of the XVI International Symposium “Energy and Resources Efficiency and Energy Conservation” and the XVII International specialized exhibition “Energetics. Cost-effective use of resources”. The event will be held on March 17, 2016 on the premises of “Kazan Fair” OJSC. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the State Autonomous Agency “Center of energy-saving technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

The main topics for discussion will include:

• Creation and development of high-efficiency eco-frien

Fellow workers of the Central Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan announced the results of chemical and toxicological analyses of natural water samples drawn from the lake on the territory of Zalesny village. Earlier, an address was received from the citizens regarding pollution of this water body, and discharge of sewage waters with characteristic odor was revealed. Air samples were drawn on site. Using a mobile ecological laboratory, such indicators as nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, carbon oxide, sulphur dioxide, and total hydrocarbons were tested. No exceedance of maximum allowable one-time concentrations was detected in the air.  Following the results of the tests carried out at a fixed-site laboratory, the maximum allowable concentrations (for fisheries) were exceeded for the