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Environmental protection, technological issues of waste management and their energy usage, wastewater and gas emissions treatment will be discussed at the 10th International Exhibition WasteTech 2017. The event will be held in Moscow exhibition center “Crocus Expo” on 6 to 8 June. The forum will be held in collaboration with international and national associations, scientific research and design agencies as well as on the initiative of individual participating companies. Traditionally, the exhibition-forum will feature interesting and topical business program, which includes conferences, seminars, and round tables.

Theme of the expo and topics of the business program:

• Waste management and recycling. Collection and transport, waste treatment technologies, recycling, integrated waste management, waste minimization, waste products;

• Special section – treatment of scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals –ScrapExpo;

• Renewable energy (REnergo) – waste-to-energyprocessing; bioenergy (biogas, landfill gas, biomass);

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) invites to participate in the 19-th scientific-practical conference on the oil and gas exploration and development “Geomodel 2017”. The event is traditionally held on 11-14 September in Gelendzhik. During the conference several specialized sessions will be held simultaneously to consider both theoretical and practical problems of oil and gasexploration, prospecting, and development. The average number of participants of the “Geomodel” conference is 200-300 leading practitioners and scholars, representing about 100 companies and universitiesfrom Russia and abroad. The conference program

ECO-school children are invited to participate in the XVII city public environmental forum “ZILANT”. This year it is devoted to the problems of protection of water resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. It is open to school children of grades 8-11. Topics and categoriesof the forum:

Before March 1, 2017 the small and medium-sized enterprises must submit reports on the wasteformation, use, detoxification, and disposal.

Since January 9, 2017 the specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan are ready to render advice to the small and medium-sized enterprises which are required to submit reports on the waste formation, use, detoxification,

Today, ecologists held an event for disabled children on the threshold of the New Year holiday. Elena Gilmizyanova, a lead specialist of the Environmental Education and Cooperation with Civic Organizations Departmentin the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, held the environmental education event. She told the pupils of the Ministry’s activities aimed at developing youth environmental movement in the Republic of Tatarstan, of the results of nature protection campaigns held and environmental education projects implemented. Also,

Tatarstan amateur photographers are invited to participate in the All-Russian photo-contest of water landscapes of the native land,“Water Treasures of Russia”. The event is organized by the Federal Agency of Water Resources under the Year of Ecology in Russia. The contest is open to photographers-residents of the Russian Federation above 16 y.o. Pictures should be sent in electronic form to the official website of the Federal Water Resources Agency from 1 December 2016 to 1 October 2017.

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"Safety Festival" organized for children with disabilities by traffic police officers and experts of RT Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan. Interactive event on the eve of the new year was held in Tatar state puppet theater "Ekiyat". The children talked about respect for nature, the responsibility for the preservation of its wealth and beauty, and the rules of safe behavior on the road. "Environmental education is necessary, - said a leading expert department of environmental education and interaction with community organizations Ministry of Environment Julia Saferova. - It brings in children kindness and respect for nature. If there is, there will be respect for the family and friends a
 

Prior to January 1, 2017, all legal entities and individual entrepreneurs have to put on state account their facilities, have a negative impact on the environment.

The electronic form of the application for registration, as well as clarifications on its filling, are freely available on the official website of Rosprirodnadzor (rpn.gov.ru). Users of natural resources subject to the regional state environmental supervision sent the completed application electronically through the e-mail service is hosted on the website of Rosprirodnadzor, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. In the absence of the electronic digital signature, you must also submit the application in paper form (signed and stamped) in one of the eight regional offices of the Ministry.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi. It was said to hold the Year of Ecology in Russia. "Literature, culture, the environment can not be engaged in one year, and then drop everything. Still, it gives us the opportunity to focus on the most pressing issues and problems ", stressed the President of the country. In 2017, around 600 planned activities at various levels, including the modernization of equipment at the enterprises. It will spen

"One of the most effective ways of saving wildlife for future generations is to develop a system of protected areas and biodiversity conservation", - said the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi at a State Council meeting on the issue "environmental development of the Russian Federation in the interests of future generations" She chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin. "For all endangered animals: Amur tiger, the Near and Far Eastern leopard, polar bear, bison, Przewalski's horse - implemented targeted programs to stabilize and increase their population. We plan to launch new programs for other rare species of animals, in particular for the argali, snow leopard, the Saiga. Next year, of course, continue to work towards the expansion of the list of such programs, including with the participation of the business ", - said Don. Recall one of these programs will be implemented in Tatarstan. In the Year of Ecology based Zelenodolsky Hunting "Sviyazhsk" paneer undertake major work on the creation of inter-regional center of reintroduction, rehabilitation, breeding and conservation of the snow leopard - leopard. Previously, it was noted that as part of the ecology of the year in Russia in 2017 is scheduled for the continuous registration of individuals of the snow leopard. To read the terms of leopard living in the center of the recovery of leopard in the Caucasus, Tatarstan Minister of Ecology Farid Abdulganiyev visited Sochi National Park. The experience will be used in our country.

The main threat to the conservation of this species is poaching. It is estimated that each year illegally destroyed about 10 snow leopards in Russia. In most cases - for the sake of the skin, the price on the black market which amounts to 10 thousand dollars.