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The ecological holiday “World Water Day” will be held in Kazan on March 22nd at the Youth Center “Ak Bars”.The event will be held in the form of a presentation of achievements of underwater researchers of Tatarstan. During the first part of the event, the photo-exhibition of the underwater team of the Russian Geographical Society named after Alexey Leonov will be opened. The members of the team will present photos from expeditions when they set the world records – “The pole of Cold”, “Antarctic-10

All pupils are invited to participate in the city stage of the International nature protection campaign “March of parks-2016”. The event will be held on May 1-16 at Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center. It is aimed at fostering of ecology-oriented mindset in the young generation and its involvement in the nature protection activity. The events of the “March of Parks” are carried out in the following areas:

All those who are not indifferent to the matters related to ecology and energy efficiency are invited to participate in the Conference “Ecology and Energy Efficiency” in the framework of the XVI International Symposium “Energy and Resources Efficiency and Energy Conservation” and the XVII International specialized exhibition “Energetics. Cost-effective use of resources”. The event will be held on March 17, 2016 on the premises of “Kazan Fair” OJSC. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the State Autonomous Agency “Center of energy-saving technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

The main topics for discussion will include:

• Creation and development of high-efficiency eco-frien

The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, will participatein the extended meeting of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, where the results of the work in 2015 will be summarized, and the main trends of activity for the year 2016 will be set.The event will be held on March15, 2016 in Moscow.Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, Artem Sidorov, will deliver the key report. As it is reported

The International Day of Rivers is celebrated today at dozens of countries. Earlier, such an important ecological date was called the International Anti-Dam Day, as well as the Day of Activity in Defense of Rivers, Water, and Life. For the first time, this date was celebrated in 1998. On March 14, 1998 more than 50 protest actions were held in more than 20 countries including Russia, Brazil, India, Thailand, Australia, Japan, and USA

This year, the largest in the world ecological campaign will be held on March 19th at 8:30 pm local time. The humanity’s ecological footprint will be the topic of the event. The campaign symbolizes solidarity of citizens of various countries in solution of issues regarding energy and resource saving, as well as improvement of ecological situation on the planetary scale. The website dedicated to the Earth Hour 2016 was launched presenting more detailed information on the campaign to participate in it. The official website of the campaign – 60.wwf.ru.

Heads of all the authorities, state authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan, companies and organizations, as well as population of the Republic were invited to join the campaign and switch off for

A district ecological and geographical conference was held at the secondary school of Verkhny Akbash village of Kukmor municipal district on the following topic: “Through search and creation – to perfection”. The event was arranged by the Educational Board of the Executive Committee of Kukmor Municipal Districtof the Republic of Tatarstan, and the “Center for out-of-school activity”of Kukmor districtwith participation of the Northern

Special containers were installed at the residential complex of Innopolis for collection ofrecyclable materials. Dual collection is used to facilitate separate waste collection.Such a system envisages installation of additional containers at the sites for all recyclable materials including waste paper, plastic bottles, and polyethylene. The contents of these containers are further removed to the sorting center, wherespecially trained specialists divide recyclable materials into fractions, which will further be processed.The Volga Ecological Company is the partner of the project. Moreover, a campaign was

Members of the expedition “The Polar Circle” (research and development team of the Russian Geographical Society) arrivedtoday in Kazan by train. Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Fayaz Shakirov, journalists, representatives of public organizations, and members of the sports society “Dynamo” greeted them at the railway station. During the expedition that lasted for a month, Kazan divers set a record at the White Sea with regard to ice diving, having submerged to 102 meters. Moreover, the divers tested domestic experimental equipmentused for

Young ecological and biological specialists, geographers and journalists are invited to participate in the Annual YouthFar East Ecological Conference-contest “Man and biosphere”. The event will be held at the Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences under the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences from March 31 to April 1. In 2016, the conference becomes an international event, since pupils and students from the Asian-Pacific Region will participate in it. It is possible to participate