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The most active representatives of youth eco-associations and student community, experts of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of environmental issues will gather at the IV Forum of Youth Environmental Organizations “ECOvolna”. It will be held from May 31 to June 1 on the basis of the health and educational complex “Baitik”. Leaders, specialists, curators, members of public organizations and associations aged from 14 to 30 years old, conducting their activities in the field of environmental education and the organization of environmental protection measures are invited to participate in the forum.

Since the beginning of spring of this year, the actual development of the hydrological situation in the Volga basin proceeded according to an unfavorable scenario, according to the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia.

A number of violations were discovered by inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on a land plot leased in Almetyevsk. During the raid survey, a fence was fixed, preventing citizens from having free access to Narimanka river, in 3 meters from the coastline with the position of 20 for general use. According to the results of the audit, the owner of the territory is brought to administrative responsibility.

Active and creative children of the kindergarten “Balakach” of Mamadysh town in the framework of “EcoSpring" – 2019” participate in the campaign to collect the caps from plastic bottles. Their sorting and delivery is the first step towards separate collection and recycling. According to the organizers of the event, covers from baby food, water, juices are brought daily. As part of the campaign, educators include conversations, nature walks, and observations.

Ecological rafting on Sviyaga was held last weekend by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan jointly with the regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Republic of Tatarstan. The length of the route was about 40 km, and the duration - three days. Rafting started in Malye Kokuzy village of Apastovskiy district, and finished in Burunduki village of Kaibitskiy district. Fourteen people took part in it - activists of the Russian Geographical Society and students with parents, as well as undergraduates from India and Algeria.

Today, within the framework of the received appeal of citizens about the spill of petroleum products in Kirovskiy district of Kazan, inspectors of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan carried out a field visit. It has been established that more than 150 square meters of soil is contaminated. Samples of pollutant and soil were selected for general chemical analysis and assignment of hazard class.

As part of the sanitary-ecological bimonthly period, the festival “EcoModa2019” took place in Buinsk town. The central park of the city turned into a podium for the display of unique costumes. More than 100 people took part in the display of garments made of waste material.

At present, the escapages through the Zhiguli hydroelectric complex have been adjusted downward, and at the same time, the inflow of water to the Kama reservoirs (Kama line) has increased significantly.

According to the optimistic forecast, the level of the Kuibyshev reservoir will increase at an intensity of 0.5 m/decade (10 days). By June 9, it is planned to reach 52 m.

More than 100 environmental violations were identified by environmentalists during a helicopter flyby of Laishevskiy, Pestrechinskiy, Vysokogorskiy districts and the city of Kazan. The Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Chief State Inspector in the field of Environmental Protection, Fayaz Shakirov, made a raid on the inspection of the territory.

Administrative measures will be taken against legal entities.

On May 15, 2019, for the first time, within the framework of the National Project “Ecology”, the All-Russian Ecological Campaign “Water of Russia” will take place on the territory of the Admiralteiskaya Sloboda (coastal zone of the Volga River). A direct link will bring together participants from five constituent entities of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Tatarstan, the Volgograd Republic, the Ulyanovsk, Ivanovo, and Tver Regions.