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7000 violations of environmental law, 24 criminal cases, 141 million rubles levied fines and damages. These are the results of supervisory activities of the Ministry of Environment in 2016. The figures voiced at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers. The head of the Ministry of Environment Farid Abdulganiyev noted that in the framework of the Year of the water protection zones paid special attention to violations of the requirements of the water protection legislation. Such this year revealed 1711. State inspectors examined 100% of water objects of regional significance. Revealed 387 facts of citizens' access restrictions to the water bodies of regional importance - 279 illegal buildings - demolished. Other materials are now in court.

The issues of protection of Tatarstan water resources will be the main topic of theVIIICityOpenEcologicalForum“ZILANTIONOK” for school children of grades 1-7.  It is held in the framework of the open long-term ecological project “Zilant” aimed at the implementation of the systematic approach to environmental awareness and education of the younggeneration.Theresultswillbepresentedat the City Children’s Ecological & Biological Centre, High School No.126 (Sovetskiy district, Kazan city) on April8, but school childrenshall start active preparation right now. TheForumareasof focus are:

Attracting the attention of children to the protection of the environment,own health and of the others, newer knowledge about healthy lifestyle, formation of motivational environment for the development of diverse world of children’s interests – these are the main goals of the project “Aspire to live withinterest” (Russian abbreviation – “Strizh”, means “swift

The winners of the regional stage of the All-Russian contest for environmental real estate development and energy efficiency Green Awards Conceptwere announced in Kazan. In the category “Residential construction: multi-storey complexes” won a residential complex “Sovremennik

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:

Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiyev took part in the conference call, which took place in the video mode. Conference devoted to the preparation of the federal project "Ecology of Russia" party "United Russia" held a State Duma deputy Sergei Petrov of Russia. Summed up the year and outlined tasks for 2017 minutes.

 Project "Ecology of Russia" is being implemented in 57 Russian regions, including Tatarstan. The purpose of the project: the creation of an integrated approach to work to improve the quality of the environment and ecological conditions of human life, the formation of a sustainable ecologically oriented model of economic development and to promote the investment attractiveness of the Russian Federation.
 

Works for participation in the city stage of the All-Russian contest “My small motherland: nature, culture, ethnicity”are to be submitteduntil December 16

The event is organized by the Education Department of Kazan and the CityChildren’s ecological and biological center in collaboration with environmental organizations. The contest is

From 28 to 30 March, 2017, the 14th International Exhibition “Resources-2017. Exploration.Surveying. Mining” will be held in theV.I. VernadskyState Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event is organized since 2004 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting of the working group devoted to attraction of federal funds into the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2017. The event was attended by the deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of 7th convocation FatihSibagatullin, Deputy

Application of eco-standards in life and in construction of house, knowledge of healthy eating rules and methods used in sorting of solid waste – these issues were discussed today by “ECO-actives” of schools and universities. Examination on the“Green GTO” norms (GTO – (Russian