“We are responsible for nature”. Tatarstan hosted a meeting of board of Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Environmental Management
Today, the leaders of nature protection agencies from all over Russia gathered in Tatarstan. An extended meeting of the board of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Nature Management “On the results of the work of Rosprirodnadzor in 2016 and tasks for 2017”, with the participation of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Khloponin, was held In innopolis. The event was attended by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of RT Farid Abdulganiev, the Head of Rosprirodnadzor in RT Farit Khayrutdinov, the representatives of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Office of the Government of the Russian Federation, Federation, representatives of law enforcement bodies, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, federal bodies The executive authorities, the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the heads of the territorial bodies of Rosprirodnadzor, representatives of public organizations and the scientific community, managers and representatives of industrial enterprises and companies.
Before the meeting the guests visited the exhibition “Year of Ecology. Informatization of environmental activities in Russia”, which featured such projects of Tatarstan as “Environmental Map of the Republic of Tatarstan”, “Public Inspector”, “People’s Inspector”, “People’s Control”, “School Eco-Patrol”, etc. Alexander Khloponin gave a special attention to a mobile application, designed specifically for students. The experience of Tatarstan, he said, could be useful for other regions.
A report on the work of Rosprirodnadzor for 2016, and the main activities for 2017, the Year of Ecology in Russia, was reported by the Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Nature Management Artem Sidorov. In particular, about changes in the sphere of waste management. He noted that following the results of the meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation held at the end of December last year, the list of instructions required the elaboration of the issue of 100% equipping all vehicles transporting waste with control systems. “Various options are being explored now, as a pilot, a system that already operates in Kazan is being considered,” – the head of Rosprirodnadzor said. Alexander Khloponin highly appraised the system of waste movement monitoring. According to him, this will significantly reduce the number of unauthorized landfills. He noted the Republic of Tatarstan as a pilot region for the implementation of a number of innovations in the environmental field. President Rustam Minnikhanov said that there is a large program in Tatarstan for the reconstruction and renovation of treatment facilities. “There is a program “Water”. Well, the most important is the program of public spaces. These are parks, squares, water protection zones, projects – aimed at improving the ecological situation”.
Press Service of MENR of RT