All those who are not indifferent to the ecology-related matters are invited to participate in the international contest “Eco-tradition”.The contest piece of work should contain an improvised description of one’s ecological tradition aimed at preservation of ecology and rational use of natural resources (attached photos, infographics, or videoswould

A meeting of the Steering Committee for Preparation and Holding of the Year of Water Protection Areas in the Republic of Tatarstan was held in Kazan under the chairmanship of the Ministry for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev.The Minister denoted elaboration of a complex of measures aimed at protection of water bodies and water protection areas as one of the top-priority directions of the future work. “For that matter, we need coordinated work of the authorities of state control, surveillance, Prosecutor’s office, as well as local self-governing authorities. In such a way, in the course of preparation for the World Aquatics Championshiplast year, coordinated work of all the authorities allowed to host the

The results of the “Earth Hour” campaign were summarized in Tatarstan. According to the estimates of the experts,saved energy amounted to90MWt.    As a reminder, the campaign was held on March 19th under the aegis of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan – Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan for Environment Protection, Fayaz Shakirov, held the concluding meeting today at the Executive Committee of Kazan for the representatives of Kazan, Verkhny Uslon, Vysokaya Gora, Zelenodolsk, Saby,  Laishevo, Rybnaya Sloboda, Pestretsy, Tyulyachi districts of the Republic.As a reminder, zonal meetings

Today Russia has faced a challenge of the model selection – either a traditional pattern for the regulation of pollutions, or introduction of a system of greenhouse gas emissions tradingaka “carbon” tax. Nevertheless, either of these options requirescareful elaboration and system analysis of the consequences for the economy of the country, as it is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. 

The application principle envisages that the company that applies first will obtain the license for an understudied site of subsurface resources. Meanwhile, the size and area of sites given out to the users of subsurface resources will be limited: no more than 3 sites, whereby the information on the stock of raw materials is absent, and the area shall

A report was received by the Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on unauthorizeddischarge of liquid waste on to the soil. A citizen of Nizhnekamsk caught on video how a motor vehicle,namely a sewage pipe cleaner, illegally discharged liquid waste, thus inflicting damage on the nature. Inspectors conducted administrative investigation and

A citizen of Nurlaty district witnessed the violation of the nature protection legislation. He caught on video how a diesel forced circulation system and special machinery collect water from the water area of the Bolshaya Sulcha River. By filling in the applicationof a standard form, the citizen addressed the South-Eastern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Inspectors visited

The fact of illegal extraction of common mineral resources (clay) on the territory of a “wild” quarry located at a distance of 4 km to the south-east of Kulsharipovo village was revealed today by inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Department in the course of the state ecological monitoring of the ecological situation in Almetyevsk district. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan found an excavator at a quarry development site, which

The delegation of Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center familiarized today with the activity of the Central Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.To obtain practical skills, experts of the laboratory gave a tour to the teachers and pupils of the Center aroundthe departments for analysis of industrial emissions andair, as well as analysis of water and soil, physical and chemical analytical methods, biological control, and operative control.Fellow workers of the inspection told