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City Children's Ecological and Biological Center announces the city stage of the All-Russian competition of young environmental researchers. Young people aged 12 to 18 are invited to participate.

Yard camps, workshops, quest games, sanitary clean-ups, environmental lessons - and this is still an incomplete list of activities carried out by eco-volunteers in 45 municipal formations of the republic. The results of the Year of Volunteer were summed up today by the activists of the youth ecological movement “Will be clean!”. “The youth, who are here today, do a lot, are an example for all of us, including for the adult generation. By your example, you infect others - show how to treat the environment, ecology. We say words of gratitude to everyone, and this is more than 7.5 thousand members of the ecological movement “Will be clean!”, - the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Aleksandr Shadrikov, greeted the participants of the festival.

A qualifying stage of the city festival of scenic creativity on environmental topics is taking place till November 30. Children from 6 to 18 years old are invited to participate, both creative teams and solo performers.

One may apply for participation in the qualifying stage, either in person or in absentia.

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan continues to accept applications for participation in the republican competition "ECOleader". The most environmentally friendly enterprises, educational institutions - whose task is to teach to take care of nature, social activists who are not indifferent to environmental problems, and, of course, journalists who, during the year, became real assistants to inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of Tatarstan, are invited to participate.

Message about unauthorized dumping in the garage cooperative of Almetyevsk town, was received by environmentalists through the School Eco-Patrol mobile application. When the specialists of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatartsna left to the site, the information was confirmed. “30% of the cooperative’s area was littered”.

Until December 15, works are accepted for participation in the city stage of the All-Russian competition “My Small Homeland: Nature, Culture, Ethnos”. The competition is held by the Education Department of the city of Kazan, the City Children's Ecological and Biological Center together with environmental organizations.

Works in print and electronic form accompanied with the application form, are accepted at the Organizing Committee by the address: Kazan, Kosmonavtov str., 57, with indication “Competition “My Little Homeland”. Works of winners of the municipal level shall be sent to the next stage of the competition.

The competition of ecological drawings "From a clean sheet!" has been announced for pupils of 1 -11th grades. From October 10 to November 10, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan accepts works made with colored pencils, paints, felt-tip pens (performance technique for the choice of the author) of A3 / A4 format. In the lower right corner on the face of the picture, you must specify the name of the author, grade, name of the educational organization, name of the work. On the back side indicate contact phone number and email address.

Works are accepted at the address Kazan, Pavlyukhina str., 75, office 108

8,501 appeals were received by the Republican Public Reception Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan from the beginning of the year. Most of them – 4,070 - through the School Eco-patrol mobile application. According to the “People’s control” system, ecologists reviewed 1,223 messages, 1,185 notifications via WhatsApp, Telegram, Eco.signal, “Hotline” communication channels. 2,023 appeals were received at the personal receptions of citizens and through the reception of the Ministry.

On-site meeting of the interdepartmental working group on ensuring environmental safety during development of the Nizhnekamsk industrial hub was held in Nizhnekamsk. The commission includes the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Aleksandr Shadrikov, Head of the Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Management of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farit Khairutdinov, Head of the Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of the Republic of Tatarstan, Sergey Zakharov, Head of the Nizhnekamskiy municipal district, the Mayor of Nizhnekamsk, Aidar Metshin, Deputy of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, General Director of “Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Public Joint-Stock Company, Azat Bikmurzin.

During the meeting, the commission considered a number of issues, including implementation of measures to reduce emissions of pollutants into the air and reconstruction of biological wastewater treatment plants. In the near future, the number of Nizhnekamsk enterprises that will be obliged to reduce emissions at their facilities during the onset of adverse meteorological conditions will increase, they reported at the meeting. Currently, there are 8 enterprises, the list is planned to be expanded to 21.

Is the fact of cutting down green spaces on the territory of the Volga-Kama State Natural Biosphere Reserve legal? The collective appeal of citizens was received by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Due to the concern of this situation, environmentalists carried out a field visit to verify the arguments mentioned in the appeal. The fact of land clearing was confirmed on the site.

Specialists of the Office of Rosprirodnadzor for RT conducted an examination and assessment of planting values. A positive conclusion was made according to the results.