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The drafts of all the final documents of the Conference elaborated with support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Agency were approved of following the results of the special preparatory session of the Environment Policy Committeeunder the UN ECE held in Geneva.The Conference will be held on June 8-10, 2016 in Batumi (Georgia). It is the main nature protection pan-European high-class event.

In particular, the draft Ministerial

In compliance with the document, an application containing general information on the facility and its impact on the environment form the basis for the registration of such a facility along with the information on availability of authorization documents and on the nature protection measures implemented at the facility. Considering completeness of the information submitted by entrepreneurs in the approved form, by order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, a series of acts that also envisagedsubmission by legal entities and sole entrepreneurs

Recovery and protection of water resources, equipment and services for the rational use, purification of sewage waters, water bottling–these and other matters for the water sector development will be reviewed at the International ForumECWATECH-2016. The event will be held at the new exhibition pavilion No. 75 located on the premises of the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh)in Moscow on April 26-28, 2016.The Forum is organized by “ECWATECH

The 4thvisiting session of the Federal Ecological Board under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation on the “Year of Ecology and specially protected territories in the Russian Federation: planning of international, national and

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

The classification will regulate the matters pertaining to approval of minerals by more than 200 types of mineral resources accounted for by the state balance, informs the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Conceptual differences of the new Classification lie in allocation of the category of extractable reserves and a possibility to prepare technical projects for development of the deposit before the reasonably assured resources are approved of. The use of the new Classification

Fellow workers of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and Air Protection Department inspected ecological technologies of “Arakchino gypsum” LLC in order to minimize polluting emissions into the air. Bag air filters with impulse regeneration are used at the company, and the efficiency of treatment with such filters amounts to 98-99%, which is confirmed by the results of the in-process 

The “Lesson on energy conservation” was held today at the Center of competences and technologies for the efficient use of energy and its conservation in the Republic of Tatarstan for the students of Kazan State Energy University and winners of Kazan academic competition on ecology. Chairperson of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Mukhametshin, addressed the students. He acknowledged that, traditionally, the Government of the Republic of Tatarstanpays great attention to the matters regarding ecological education of the young generation. According to First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustem Kamalov, Tatarstan takes one of the leading positions among constituent entities of the Russian Federation with regard to the efficient use of energy and resources at the system and software levels. In particular, this implies minimization

“Tatneft” PJSC obtained a license to collect, transport, process, recover, deactivate, and place wastes of I-IV hazard class issued by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Natural Resource Use. The Company’s activity with regard to waste management is licensed in compliance with new requirements of the nature protection legislation. “Tatneft” has at its disposal the relevant equipment, sites, as well as places for collection and recovery of waste. The activity on collection, transportation, processing, and recovery of waste was conducted by the company in the past as well, “Tatneft” 

The Interdepartemental meeting was held today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on “Practical issues of detection and registration of ecological, corruptive and other related violations containing elements essential to the criminal offences”. The meeting was held in the form of a video conference with participation of the following people: Prosecutor  of Kazan Interdistrict Nature Protection Prosecutor’s Office, Albert Khabirov, Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources – Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Field of Nature Protection,