On December 4, 2013, the meeting of the round table “Ecoculture in modern conditions” was held at the National Cultural Center ‘Kazan”. Organizers included the Republican Center for Development of Traditional Culture under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Executive Committee of the Republican Public Movement “Tatarstan is a new age” – “Tatarstan – Yana gasyr”. Principal Adviser of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Elena Gilmizyanova participated in the meeting of the round table. During her speech, she suggested that efforts of authorities, state nature protection organizations, public associations and the population be united to preserve our environment and ensure ecological safety, as well as to support the system of further ecological education and nurturing.
In the framework of the Year for Ecological Culture and Nature Protection in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republican Center for Development of Traditional Culture held the Republican contest of children’s amateur associations “Earth Breath” from January 2013 until November 2013 in cooperation with the Executive Committee of the Political Council of the Republican Public Movement “Tatarstan is a new age” – “Tatarstan – Yana gasyr”. Twenty five children’s amateur associations from Alekseevskoe, Buinsk, Bugulma, Kaybitsy, Leninogorsk, Muslyumovo, Sarmanovo, Chistopol municipal districts participated in the contest. During the contest, specific work directed at children was carried out aiming to preserve the favorable for living environment, and to instill careful attitude to nature.
Participants of the contest, namely children from 7 to 14 years old, planted trees in their native villages under the leadership of adults, cleaned springs, arranged addresses of propaganda teams and little theatres featuring nature protection, as well as exhibitions of crafts from natural materials.
As part of the new national project "Environmental well-being" Tatarstan has planned the implementation of 8 environmental initiatives with total funding of 3 billion rubles. The main part of the funds will be used for work on the federal project "Water of Russia", Minister of Ecology Azat Ziganshin said at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin spoke at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was dedicated to the start of the sanitary and ecological two-month period and environmental work plans for 2026 within the framework of the national project "Environmental well-being".
Today, at the weekly staff meeting with the heads of structural and territorial divisions, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Azat Ziganshin, presented badges and official identification cards to the staff of the department.