New approaches and innovations in the field of ecology were discussed today at Kazan Expo at the All-Russian Conference named after A. I. Shchepovskikh
The conference "Industrial Ecology and Safety" was held within the framework of the Tatarstan Petrochemical Forum. It was attended by Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Olga Manidicheva, Acting Deputy Head of the Volga-Kama Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Management Bulat Akhmadiev, Head of the Russian Ecological Society for the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin and others.
The discussions were also attended by representatives of industrial enterprises, scientific and engineering organizations from the regions of the Russian Federation, whose activities are related to solving problems in the field of environmental protection, rational use of natural resources, regulation and prevention of negative environmental consequences.
At the very beginning of the conference, Deputy Minister of Ecology Olga Manidicheva welcomed all participants and presented in a video the results of a joint project of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan, PJSC SIBUR Holding, and the Anatoly Ivanovich Shchepovskikh Regional Public Foundation for the reintroduction of the Red Book Saker falcon.
The speaker noted that this project clearly demonstrates an example of a successful dialogue between the authorities (the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan), business (SIBUR), science (ornithologists, KFU) and society (volunteers).
Galina Kholshcheva, Head of the SIBUR Ecology Unit, also addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. She noted the importance of environmental responsibility of large industrial enterprises. "Mainly, the environmental friendliness of production is at the forefront of our business. All the production facilities of our company are being improved, their technology is being modernized, and green technologies are being introduced. Ecological production includes two main vectors - increasing productivity, capacity efficiency, reducing environmental impact, minimal resource consumption and restoration of sources. I would like to note that all these programs are based on the principles of the best available technologies," she said.
Reports and presentations at the conference were made by representatives of innovative enterprises of the Russian Federation, universities, scientific institutes.
Thus, Maria Kozhevnikova, Deputy Director for Scientific Activities of the Institute of Ecology and Nature Management of KFU, told about the creation of carbon polygons in Tatarstan and research programs on them. "The carbon landfill is important for understanding how carbon dioxide is released by industry and assimilated by nature. In the future, we need to understand how much carbon dioxide we produce, how much natural and artificial systems absorb," Maria Kozhevnikova said. The speaker told about two sites – a forest and a water one. "In the forest area, we have almost completed all the infrastructure work on preparing the base for the installation of devices, electricity has been supplied. As for the water area, it is more complicated here, there are no such water areas where greenhouse gas flows on the water surface are constantly observed, therefore there is no methodology and no one can tell us how to do it. We act by trial and error." Let us recall that carbon landfills are being created in Russia as part of a pilot project and Tatarstan is among the regions where this project is being implemented.
Yuri Molodichenko, Deputy General Director of Marine Environmental Protection Complexes and Systems LLC, St. Petersburg, has already told about the monitoring of water bodies. The speaker reported on the modernization of the scientific vessel of the Ministry of Ecology "Flamingo" and on the tasks that this vessel will be able to solve now thanks to the latest equipment installed on it. As part of the first expeditions for a comprehensive survey of the Kuibyshev reservoir, samples were taken for further analysis on new equipment, which allowed us to identify areas where there are exceedances of the maximum permissible concentrations of pollutants. All these data are used in the work of the Ministry of Ecology.
Representatives of Eurotechnlab, MTS PJSC, MegaFon PJSC and Ural Research Chemical Institute with Pilot Plant JSC also made presentations.
A representative of MTS PJSC presented a video monitoring system that allows recording and detecting atmospheric air pollution, and the development director of the Ural Chemical Institute spoke about the technology of disinfection of oxen, which has already successfully proven itself in many regions of the country.
It should be noted that the entire business program of the conference was aimed at presenting the current progressive technologies and developments that are used or will be used to solve issues in the field of environmental protection and resource conservation.
Following the results of the conference, the participants who presented the best works on innovative solutions in the field of environmental protection were awarded diplomas.
Congratulations to all participants and we wish you success!