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All pupils are invited to participate in the city stage of the International nature protection campaign “March of parks-2016”. The event will be held on May 1-16 at Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center. It is aimed at fostering of ecology-oriented mindset in the young generation and its involvement in the nature protection activity. The events of the “March of Parks” are carried out in the following areas:

In the course of inspection of the coastal area of the Shilna River in Tukaevo district, inspectors of the Cis-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan detected an illegal construction. The summerhouse “Fisherman’s house” was hanging over the river at the coastal protection area.Head ofMalaya Shilna rural settlement received an instruction to demolish the illegal construction. The deadline for completion expired in January 2016

The conference “Ecology and energy efficiency” was held today at the exhibition center “Kazan Fair” in the framework of theXVI International symposium “Energy and resource efficiency and energy saving” and the XVII International specialized exposition “Energetics. Cost-effective use of resources”.  Moderators of the event included the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustem Kamalov, and the UNIDO project lead

Today, ecological specialists carried out thehelicopter overflight including Kazan, Vysokaya Gora, Pestretsy, and Laishevo. The greatest attention was paid to the coastal area of the Kazanka, the Mesha Rivers and Arkhiereyskoe Lake. A series of violations was revealed pertaining to Article8.12.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation“Failure to comply with the obligation to provide citizens with free access

The remuneration paid to the citizens who have submitted the information on the violations of the nature protection legislation on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan has been increased. Earlier, the citizen who provided photo or video information on the offender received one thousand rubles, and starting 2016 this sum has been increased to 1.5 thousand rubles. Moreover, the list of violations has also been expanded. Besides illegal placement of waste and illegal extraction of mineral resources, people can now also report on the restricted access to the public water facility or its coastline, on the violation of the mode of economic or other activity of the water protection area of the water facility and land damage (destruction of the fertile layer

Pieces of work for the contest of children’s creative work “Let’s create from paper” are accepted until March 17, 2016. The contest is held to attract pupils’ attention to arts and crafts, as well as to foster careful and responsible attitude to nature throughthe instruments of artwork. The Board of Education of Kazan Executive Committee and Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center are the organizers of the event.

The relevant order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation “On approval of the procedure for generation of codes of the facilities having a negative impact on the environment and assignment of the corresponding facilities therewith” was registered in the Ministry of Justice, as it was reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The Order establishes the procedure for assignment of the facilities with a unique code that is not recurring through the passage of time, which

The classification will regulate the matters pertaining to approval of minerals by more than 200 types of mineral resources accounted for by the state balance, informs the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Conceptual differences of the new Classification lie in allocation of the category of extractable reserves and a possibility to prepare technical projects for development of the deposit before the reasonably assured resources are approved of. The use of the new Classification

The international ECOTECH Forum and Exposition will be held in Moscow (at the International Exposition Center “Crocus Expo”) on April 26-29, 2016, to touch upon the “green” economy matters and nature protection technologies. The event is held under the logo “’Green’ economy is the basis of sustainable development!” for professional audience involved in solution of nature protection issues in the specific segment of the international market of eco-technologies, goods, works, and services. The exposition and discussions will touch upon all nature protection areas of concern: water, air, wastes, land resources, energy conservation, “green" standards, eco-transport, forest resources and urban environment, ecological monitoring and control, as well as ecological services. The ECOTECH business program will include

“Natural water protection areas of Tatarstan should be available for each citizen of the Republic. The work of inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology pertaining to revelation of violations related to restriction of access to the water body has been manifold enhanced”–as it was reported today by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev in his interview with journalists. He acknowledged that great work conducted over the last years regarding demarcation in the water protection area allows to detect such violations operatively and