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Applications are accepted for participation in a photo contest “Trees - monuments of wildlife”, participants of which can be residents of the Russian Federation above the age of 18.
For participation it is necessary to register on the website: http://rosdrevo.ru/request/photo-contest/ and send a photo before August 1, 2018. The contest accepts color and monochrome photographs (including black and white), the subject of which are trees recognized by the Certification Commission of the Program as nature monuments (a list of such trees can be found at: http://rosdrevo.ru/derevya-pamyatniki-zhivoy- prirody-spisok).

The All Russia youth scientific-practical conference "Geosciences: problems, achievements and prospects of development" will be held on 27-28 of April 2018 in the North-Eastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov. The students, undergraduates, graduate students and young scientists will participate in the event.

The photo amateurs of Tatarstan can take part in the IV competition of the Russian Geographical Society "The most beautiful country" until March 31, 2018. The photo contest is aimed at drawing attention to the issues of preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of Russia, as well as nurturing respect for the environment through the art of photography.

The mobile laboratory of the Ministry of ecology and natural resources of Tatarstan worked today on the territory of PJSC "Kazanorgsintez", where there was a jet fire on the pipeline on the area of 3 sq. m. By using rapid analyses it was identified that there were no  exceedances in nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide. 

The achievements of the Russian mining industry and the development of international cooperation in the field of extraction and processing of mineral raw materials will be discussed at the International exhibition-forum "GorpromExpo-2018". The event will be held from 11 to 14 April, 2018 in Moscow in the congress-exhibition centre "Gostiny Dvor".

The republican stage of the All-Russia Schoolchildren Olympiad on ecology will be held from 6 to 9 of February in the village Petrovsky of the city of Kazan.  More than 140 students of 9-11 classes from educational institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan will participate in this event. The winners and prize-winners of the Olympiad will take part in its final stage, which will be held from 18 to 24 of April in St.-Petersburg. 

The Open House Day will be held on February 15 in the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. All comers can address to ecologists with the questions concerning protection of environment, realization of the state ecological supervision, maintenance of ecological safety on territory of republic. 

Geological associations of the Republic of Tatarstan (students of grades 5-11 and their teachers) are invited to participate in the Siberian Geological Olympiad, organized by the Geological and Geophysical Faculty of the Novosibirsk State University, the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, and the Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geophysics of the SB RAS.

The Minister of natural resources and ecology of the Russian Federation, Sergey Donskoy, has approved the list of subsoil areas, offered in 2018 for using in geological surveys. This is reported on the official website of the Ministry.

Students of 1-11 classes from educational institutions of Kazan can participate in the city competition-exhibition of children's creativity "The second life of packaging - 2018". The organizers are the Department of education of Executive Committee of Kazan and the City children's ecological and biological center.