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Due to the accident that happened on the river Kama in Chaikovsky district of the Perm Territory (On June 1, 2014 a barge carrying about three thousand tons of industrial salt drowned), the experts of the Cis-Kama and Trans-Kama territorial departments under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan regularly draw water samples from the river Kama in order to prevent deterioration of the ecological state of the water facility. In such a way, the experts drew samples in the area of industrial water recovery in the village Krasny Kluch, as well as in water recovery areas of Naberezhnye Chelny and Elabuga.

TheInternationalForum “ECWATECH-2014” is held in Moscow at the expo center “Crocus Expo” on June 3-6. ThisForumisthelargestcongressionaleventinRussiaandtheCIScountriesdevoted to a complex of matters in the field of water supply and discharge, water technologies, recovery and rational use of water resources. All in all, 750 companies participate this year in the Forum and the exposition including 250 foreign companies.

A children’s holiday devoted to the World Day for Protection of Children and the World Day for Environmental Protection “Green world to the children” was held last weekend on the premises of a shopping and recreation center “Yuzhny”. Anyone who feels like it could participate in the process of erection of a carton ECOcity under the guidance of the School of Architecture and Design for Children “DASHKA”. Thevisitorssawperformanceofanecologicaltheatre “Raduga” staging the “Ballad of a pine”. Moreover, thechildren’sdancecontestwasorganizedwith the assistance of the group “Dance and Plastique School of Dariya Sharova”, the overall champion of the Republic of Tatarstanin rhythmic gymnastics, master of sports of the Russian Federation. Moreover, an artistic duel was held in front of the entrance to “Yuzhny”.

AswimmingcontestwasheldtodayattheAquatics palacein the framework of the Spartakiade of state officials of the Republic of Tatarstan. The team of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was rated the first. The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Protection was rated the second, while the third place was won by the team of the Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Identitydocuments were solemnly delivered to public inspectors for nature protection today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The documents were awarded by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov. Hecongratulatedthosewhoprotectnaturewithsuchanoutstandingeventandurgedtobefair and principled in their tough workaimed at nature conservation. Moreover, todaytheDeputyMinisterforEcology, ChiefStateInspectorforNatureProtection, RamilNizamov, carriedouta learning session, and materials that include all the information required for work were referred to public inspectors.

Festive events devoted to the World Day for Protection of Children and the World Environment Day “Green world to the children” will be held on June 1, 2014 on the premises of a shopping and recreation center “Yuzhny” (address: Prospect pobedy 91).

OnMay 28, in the course of inspection of sanitary and ecological state of the territory of Soviet district of Kazan, stateinspectorsoftheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstanrevealedthefactofspillageofliquidwastes (supposedly petrochemical products)at the following address: 34/10 Sibirsky tract str. The act of ecological inspection was drawn up with regard to the fact of the committed offence, the area of littered territory was measured, and the samples of soil and wastes were drawn. Total area of pollution amounted to1,200 square meters. Experts of the Central specialized inspection of analytical control under the Ministry of Ecology, as well as fellow workers of the Division of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Kazan and the Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Kazan, police department No. 12 “Gvardeysky” of the Soviet district were immediately called to the site of spillage.

Ameetingwithmembersofthe editorial board on creation of the book “Results of nature protection in Tatarstan: history and modernity” devoted to the memory of the First Ministry for Nature Protection of Tatarstan, Anatoly Schepovskikh, was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Representatives of the scientific community of the Republic in the field of environment protection, namely Valerian Garnin, Venera Latypova, Rifgat Shagidullin and others, gathered to discuss the matter at the round table. NinaSchepovskikhwasalsopresentatthemeeting.

A two-month sanitary and ecological campaign still goes on in the Republic of Tatarstan. In general, the order has been established within the boundaries of urban settlements. The work on elimination of the sites of unauthorized waste placement is conducted on the territories adjacent to large urban settlements, in particular, to Kazan. In order to reveal violations of nature protection legislation, management of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan makes tours by helicopters on the territories of the Republic. On May 8, 2014, an ordinary tour was made around the Volga and Vakhitovsky districts of Kazan and Laishevo municipal district. All in all, 43 sites of unauthorized waste placement were revealed, and the work regarding their liquidation is conducted at the moment. The complaints regarding revealed violations concern both utility services of municipal corporations and the activity of legal persons. In such a way,

The campaign on cleaning of public recreation territories “Green capital” was held today in Kazan in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. The order was established in the coastal area of the river Kazanka in the area of the bridge “Millennium” by proponents of public organizations, students of Kazan (Volga) Federal University and Kazan National Research Technological University. At this site, about 80 bags of waste were collected. The territory of the beach “Locomotive” was cleaned by the efforts of students of Kazan State Energy University – more than 40 bags of waste were collected. On this day, about 250 people participated in the campaign.