Registration for participation in the campaign “Grackles have come” will start on March 21st
20 March 2014, Thursday
A press conference devoted to the start of the annual nature protection, ecological and educational campaign “Grackles have come” was held today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.
“Grackles have come” is an annual nature protection campaign, where a children’s contest envisaging construction of birdhouses is the central event. Organizers include a DIY hypermarket “Maxidom”with the assistance of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Kazan Executive Committee.
This year the campaign will be an urban one. Any child over 6 years old will be able to participate in it. Registration of participants will start on March 21st atwww.maxi-konkurs.ru. Moreover, further details on the campaign are also available on the indicated website along with advices of an ornithologist with regard to construction of a birdhouse.
The results will be summarized on April 13th at 10.00 am in one of the parks of Kazan.
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.