The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation put into operation the state information system “Our nature”

The Federal State Information System for public control of nature protection of the Russian Federation “Our nature” was created for the purposes of development of efficient mechanism of public control, monitoring of the burning problems, consideration of public opinion and creation of the feedback with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. Analogous systems “People’s control” and “State ecological surveillance” have been operating in the Republic of Tatarstan since April 2012. In November 2012, the systems were presented in Moscow to the Minister for Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Sergey Donskoy, by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov. The Minister for Communication and Media of the Russian Federation, Nikolay Nikiforov, also participated in the meeting. Just like the Tatar system, the mobile application and the website “Our nature” allow the citizens to timely report on ecological offences indicating specific coordinates on the base map. In 2014, the system “Our nature” will be used mainly for liquidation of pollution of territories with solid domestic waste.