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The International Ecological Contest of children’s creativity “The Red Book as viewed by children” started in Khanty-Mansiysk. The project is implemented in the framework of the International Ecological Campaign“Save and Protect” under the aegis of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.The contest is aimed at formation of ecological culture and active attitude of the young generation with regard to the problem of reduction of diversity of flora and fauna in various regions and on the planet in general.Children from 6 to 17 years of age living both on the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad can participate in it.Categories of the contest include essay, photography, painting, graphic arts, sculpture touching upon ecology andmorality. Moreover, creative

The group round of basketball competitions took place on December 6, 2014 in Kazanin the framework of the Spartakiade of State and municipal officials of the Republic of Tatarstanin the Universal Sports Complex “Vatan”. The team of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan made the basketball playoffs after successful completion of the group stage. The next game will take place on December13th.

Presentation of geo-information systems of the Republic for the fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was demonstrated in the technopark of high technologies “IT-park”. Participants familiarized with work of “IT-park”, visited offices for small and medium IT-companies, and a business incubator for 40 startups. The latest achievements of the Tatar developers in the field of rendering of state e-services were shown to the fellow workers of the Ministry at the Center for the System for dispatching emergency servicesGLONASS+112.