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The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan held a practical lesson on completion thedeclaration of income, expenses, assets, and material liabilities, of the spouse and minor children, in the course of the declaration campaign for 2017 (for the taxyear 2016). The lesson was held by GulnazAbleeva,designated specialist for the activities on the prevention of corruption and

Children’s ecological and biological center of Nizhnekamsk region invites students of Tatarstan school to participate in the V Republican Ecological festival “Nature and Us”. The festival program includes:

1. Presentation of innovative environmentally friendly technologies of RT enterprises;

2. Scientific-practical conference for young students “Young environmentalist” in 4 sections:

From 15 to 19 April 2017, Moscow will host the final of the Russian National Junior Water Contest-2017. The participants can be high school students, who present projects in the field of natural and social sciences. The prerequisite is the use of standard and innovative research techniques and methodologies for experiments, monitoring and reporting the results.

The Russian National Junior Water Contest 2017 is held in three levels:

- Municipal;

The youth center“Volga”is holding Republican educational program “Volunteer of Tatarstan”, attended by 100 volunteers from 35 districts of the republic. Under this program, the participants got acquainted with the environmental project “Green GTO” (Ready for Labour and Defence). Childrenlearnedabout ecology and passed exams in environmental GTO. The event passed in two stages: test and interactive. The test stage included questions

Today Chief state inspector of Tatarstan in the field of environmental protection FayazShakirovstudied the results of activitiesof the Zavolzhsky Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the republicfor 2016. Specialists of the Zavolzhsky TA carry out environmental surveillance in Bavlinsky, Kama-Ustyinsky, Apastovsky, Kaybitsky, Drozhzhanovsky, Tetyushskydistricts. Headof the department,NikolayVasin, reported on the works performed. During 2016 the department carried out 339 inspections, checked 219 enterprises and objects. The fines amounted to more than 2.5 million roubles. The damage to

In the Year of Ecology in Russia, the national park “Chavashvarmane” invites everyone to participate in the contest “Inspiration wide open”. The contest program is held in the following nominations:

- Selfies“Eco-Me! Eco-Us! Eco-World!” – photos on nature background with a brief text about the location of the object (participant can send a maximum of three photos).

Children of Aznakaevopreschool institutions of “Goldfish” and “Water spring” participated in ECO-lesson on the theme “Nature is our home”. Educational event was held by specialist of Priiksky Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Elsa Valieva. “Interactive training is one of the most effective ways of the childreneco-education. Outdoor games, quizzes, performances on the theme of the environment help pre-schoolers to join the world of nature. It is therefore important to develop ecological knowledge at such a young age”, – said ElzaValeeva. Preschoolers showed what they knew in the field of

XI All-Russian Youth Scientific and Practical Conference “Issues of subsoil use” will be held on 8-10 February in Yekaterinburg. The event is organized by the Institute of Mining. The conference aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of subsoil use to create breakthrough technologies and become a platform for the training of young scientists and students.

For violations of the license agreement and rules of the land legislation byLLC“Kama Quarry Management”, the Samara CommercialCourt of Appeal decided to suspend activity of the subsoil user LLC “Kama Quarry Management”.

Despitethewarningsof environmentalists and the imposition of fines by administrative authorities, orders, the company refused to voluntarily suspend the works until the elimination of violations. The inspectors of the Southeast Territorial Administration of the

A company in Almetyevsk was fined for 50 thousand roublesfor failure to fulfil the legitimate demands of the official – state inspector of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Unauthorized waste disposal was discovered during inspectionon a helicopter. The state inspector for the environment protection of the Southeast Territorial Administration of the Ministry