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“Every citizen ofTatarstan should have the ability to promptly report violations of environmental legislation”, – said the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of TatarstanFaridAbdulganiyev. The republican public environmental counselingdeskhas obtained a new communication channel. In the Year of Ecology and public spaces people can inform inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of illegal garbage

Treatment and management of water resources, innovative technologies for the waste management, activities for protection of natural resources and other issueswill be discussed at the XVII International Forum “Ecology of Big City”. The event will be held on April 5-7, 2017 in the congress and the exhibition center“Expoforum” in St. Petersburg. The forum is organized with the support and participation of the Committee on the Environmental Management, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region Government and the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation

The corresponding order, approved by the head of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy, has been registered in the Ministry of Justice of Russia, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Through the use of declarative principle for subsoil areaswith solid mineral resources, from 2013 to 2015 the Russia’s relative share in the global investment in exploration more than doubled against the two-fold drop of investments on the world market. The order specifies the limit quantitative criteria by area and number of subsoil sitesprovided

Plans for the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces were discussed today by two Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic. FaridAbdulganiyev met with MuratDimitrov, whomanages the environmental issues in the youth governmentof Tatarstan. He won the national contest for young leaders “Up!” (The contest, held annually since 2009, is aimed at the formation of mechanism of preparation and training of administering staff for the state authorities and local government, institutions and organizations, youth associations of the Republic of Tatarstan. The purpose

School and university students are invited to participate in the All-Russian contest “Green technologies through the eyes of the young”.

The contest is held in two stages: in absentia and in presentio. Applications and abstracts for participation inabsentia stage of the contestare accepted until 15 May.

The package of abstracts is built in two categories:

“Green technologies through the prism of environmental monitoring” – statement of the problem, description of the methods used for environmental monitoring and study of their practicability,

“The problems began with the construction of new settlements. Treatment facilities are overloaded, and excessive volumesdegrade the treatment efficiency” –residents ofOrekhovkaof Zelenodolsk districtcame todayto talk about their everyday concerns and find a solution. They are concerned for the state of the local lake, to where untreated sewage is discharged. The operatingcompany “Orekhovka”, which services this treatment plant, was repeatedly brought to justice, as noted by the deputy head of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan AlmazIsmagilov. In April, based on the materials submitted by the

On January 2017, the online - registration to the XXIX International Congress on Mineral Processing IMPC 2018began. The event will be held on 15-21 September, 2018 in Moscow, in the International Trade Center. The Congress is held every two years and brings together industry professionals from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience, present research results, and discuss new technologies. IMPC 2018 is organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Complex Development of Resources of the RAS (IPKON) and the National Research Technological University “MISiS”. The Congress will be held with the support of the Russian Government. Traditionally, during the congress will be organized:

Kazan to host the III National Environmental festival-contest of scenic art “Rainbow Stage”, dedicated to the International Day of Theatre and the International Earth Day. The event will take place on 21-22 April, 2017 at 15.00 on the stage of the City children’s ecological and biological center of Kazan.

Performers and collectives of children’s education and cultureinstitutions of the Republic of Tatarstanare invitedto participate in the festival. The age of participants of the contest program

The development of solid minerals, drillingtechnologies and methods, geological processes. These and many other topics will be discussed at the XIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “New Ideas in Earth Sciences”. The event is organized by the Russian State Geological Prospecting University named afterSergo Ordzhonikidze (MGRI-RGGRU) on April 5-7, 2017. On the first day ofthe conference program the plenary session will be held, and in the following days the participants will take part in sections and visit the Mineralogical and Paleontological museums.

Professional film-makersand beginners, children’s and youth film studios, environmentalists, students, television journalists –all those who are concerned about environmental issues can take part in the seventh All-Russian Eco Film Festival “Meridian of Hope”. The event will be held in April in St. Petersburg. To show the