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Public opinion on the state of corruption at the Ministry is still monitored at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. One can complete the survey in the “Anti-corruption activity” section – “Public-opinion poll, survey” at http://eco.tatarstan.ru/rus/opros-obshchestvennogo-mneniya-anketirovanie.htm

Sustainable development of the field and economic risks of geological prospecting and exploration, state support of investments into geological prospecting and exploration, exploration of the Arctic Shelf and hard-to-recover reserves in the context of sanctions – these and other topics will be the most burning issues to discuss during the 13th International Exhibition “Mineral Resources-2016. Exploration. Prospection. Extraction” devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Day of Geologist. The event will be held in Moscow on March 29 – 31.

The main categories of the exhibition include:

• Geological prospecting and exploration ashore and afloat;
• Geophysics, seismic prospecting, and interpretation;
• Regional geology, geo-monitoring, geo-informatics, and metrology;

All who are not indifferent to the ecology-related matters are invited to participate in the All-Russian contest “Green technologies through the eyes of the youth”. In order to take part, it is necessary to send author’s articles before May 15, 2016 using photomaterials, video or slide films on production by virtue of green technologies, in-house methods of ecological monitoring, as well as interviews with officials of industrial companies. Students of various ages from secondary schools and vocational schools to higher educational establishments can participate in the

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 international ECOTECH Forum and Exposition will be held in Moscow (at the International Exposition Center “Crocus Expo”) on April 26-29, 2016, to touch upon the “green” economy matters and nature protection technologies. The event is held under the logo “’Green’ economy is the basis of sustainable development!” for professional audience involved in solution of nature protection issues in the specific segment of the international market of eco-technologies, goods, works, and services. The exposition and discussions will touch upon all nature protection areas of concern: water, air, wastes, land resources, energy conservation, “green" standards, eco-transport, forest resources and urban environment, ecological monitoring and control, as well as ecological services. The ECOTECH business program will include

The “Open House” for entrepreneurs of small and medium businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan will be held on February 18th at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan (at 75 Pavlukhina str., office 209) from 4 pm to 7 pm. The experts will answer the questions related to submission of reports on formation, use, deactivation, and placement of waste that formed as a result of economic or other activity, which are to be submitted before March 1, 2016. Those who are liable to the regional state ecological 

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

A dairy plant will be held liable for the failure to comply with ecological and sanitary-epidemiological requirements to management of production and consumption waste. The joint-stock company “ZMK” located on the territory of Buinsk discharged production wastes of dairy production on to the landscape. The area of polluted soil made up 300 square meters, and its depth was 20 cm. Inspectors of the Trans-Volga

Inspectors of the Priikskoe Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with specialists of the Tatar Nature Protection Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office carried out an inspection at ‘Aznakaevo company of heat networks” OJSC. It was established that this company operates treatment facilities in breach of the requirements of the nature protection legislation. Three rulings were delivered on the official under Article 7.6. of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Unauthorized occupation of a water body or its use in contravention of the 

The relevant order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation “On approval of the procedure for generation of codes of the facilities having a negative impact on the environment and assignment of the corresponding facilities therewith” was registered in the Ministry of Justice, as it was reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The Order establishes the procedure for assignment of the facilities with a unique code that is not recurring through the passage of time, which