NEWS

Shortly before the High Diving World Cupthat will be held in Kazan on August 8-10th at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the stateof surface waters of the river Kazanka was monitored. Water is sampled daily by the Central specialized inspection of analytical control in order to control water quality.

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan announces thestart of annual republican contests “ECOleader” and “Man and Nature”.
The contests are aimed at attraction of public attention to the problems of ecological safety, encouragement of nature protection activity of companies, as well as activation of the work of republican mass media, improvement of professional skills of journalists that cover ecology-related topics.

Experts of the Northern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan held a contest for the best ecological poster at the children’s recreation camp “Romantik” of Baltasy municipal district. All in all, 7 teams including children from 7 to 16 years old took part in it. The topics of careful attitude to the nature of the motherland were touched upon along with the rules of human behavior in various environments, as well as on imminent ecological problems of global importance.

A series of meetings is held these days in Austria in the framework of the project UNIDO-GEF aimed at decrease in energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases by industrial companies of the Republic of Tatarstan. First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustem Kamalov participates in meetings.

The Third International Ecological Forum of St. Petersburg “Environment and human health: fundamental, clinical and ecological aspects of the modern microbiology” will be held on September 21-24 in St. Petersburg. Scientists from Russia, the CIS countries, the European Community, USA, Japan and other countries will participate in the work of the EcoForum-2014. Round tables, as well as expositions of the achievements of research and development, as well as educational establishments will be held in the framework of the Forum with regard to its topic.

The Republican Public Contest “Manager of the Year” was announced following the results of 2014. Thecontestisaimedatassuranceofpublicrecognition, encouragement and sharing of positive experience of the best managers of companies and organizationswho achieved high results in their fieldsand made considerable contributions into the solution of tasks related to the social and economic development of the Republic.

TheSouth-EasternTerritorialDepartmentundertheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstantogether with Nurlat subdivision of the “Young Guard of United Russia” carried out the campaign “Save the nature” on the territory of the municipal quarry pond. The coastal area of the water body was cleaned from litter near the urban center Tarn-varn. Collected litter in the amount of 3 cubic meters was removed to the landfill of solid domestic waste. Executive Committee of Nurlat Municipal District rendered great assistance in holding the ecological campaign.

The meeting of the board of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan “On the results of work of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan in the 1st half-year of 2014” was held under the chairmanship of the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov.

Dear fishermen, workers of the companies and establishments of the fishing industry, and veterans of the field!
I would like to extend my sincere and cordial congratulations on the occasion of your professional holiday – the Fisherman’s Day!