The Second Congress of Environmentalistsof the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)will be held on April 4-7, 2017 in Yakutsk within the framework of the Year of Ecology of Russia. The delegates and guests of the congress will be the heads of legislative and executive authorities of the federal, regional and municipal levels of the Russian Federation, representatives of republican environmental organizations, scientists and environmentalists, students. The program of the II Congress of

On April 13, in Sochi, within the framework of the III All-Russian Labour Protection Week, a seminar will be held dedicated to the preparation for the introduction in Russia of an obligatory reporting system for organizations on greenhouse gas emissions. The event is organized in accordance with the decision of the Interagency Working Group on the Economic Aspects of Environmental Protection and GHG Emission Control with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the All-Russian Public Organization “DelovayaRossiya”.

Kids of preschool institutions and students of Autograd schools love the environment in a special way. They showed their indifferent attitude to the preservation of natural resources through creative performances. Artistic compositions dedicated to the environment were demonstrated at the competition of environmental propaganda teams in the cultural center“KAMAZ”. The participants of the “green” concert were Shurale and Kikimora, Granddad and Grandma, who grow a turnip, three famous Russian heroes, and many other interesting characters.

Deputies of the State Council of Tatarstan considered the draft law of the Republic of Tatarstan “On Amendments to the Environmental Code of the Republic of Tatarstan” supplementing the code with the article regulating the procedure for creating dendrological parks and botanical gardens of republican significance, according to the official website of the RT State Council.

Every year on March 22, World Water Day, or the Water resources Day, is marked. This day is aimed at attracting public attention to the state of water bodies and the problems associated with their restoration and protection. The idea of ​​holding an ecological holiday was first voiced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro.

Today, First Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan RustemKamalov took part in the VIII International Forum “Ecology”. The event was held in Moscow in the congress park of the Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow. The forum was held within the framework of the project of the party “United Russia”“St. Petersburg – the sea capital of Russia”.

Annually, since 1971, the International Day of Forests is marked on March 21. It is also called the World Forest Day. This Day was established at the 23-th United Nations General Assembly, at the initiative of the European Confederation of Agriculture. In 2012, the UN General Assembly adopted a special resolution on the approval of the International Day of Forests – the need to remain aware of the importance of their protection and to have another reason to inform the population of the planet about the important role played by forests in our life.

Residents of Kazan can take part in the all-Russian project “Ecodvor” (Eco-yard) http: //www.myecodvor.rf. The ecological holiday is aimed at forming a community of residents who are ready to continuously promote the practice of separate waste collection in their yards and cities. Also, the residents of St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saransk, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Moscow and Moscow regioncan join the project.

In Tatarstan, in January-February, 2017, bailiffs collected more than 1.5 million rubles for environmental violations and completed 265 executive proceedings, according to the official website of the Federal Bailiff Service for Tatarstan.

In the Year of Ecology, the Russian state library for youth and the Russian National public library for science and technology hold the All-Russian campaign in the format of a single day action “Day of environmental knowledge”, timed to the International Day of Environmental Knowledge on April 15.