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A children’s holiday devoted to the World Day for Protection of Children and the World Day for Environmental Protection “Green world to the children” was held last weekend on the premises of a shopping and recreation center “Yuzhny”. Anyone who feels like it could participate in the process of erection of a carton ECOcity under the guidance of the School of Architecture and Design for Children “DASHKA”. Thevisitorssawperformanceofanecologicaltheatre “Raduga” staging the “Ballad of a pine”. Moreover, thechildren’sdancecontestwasorganizedwith the assistance of the group “Dance and Plastique School of Dariya Sharova”, the overall champion of the Republic of Tatarstanin rhythmic gymnastics, master of sports of the Russian Federation. Moreover, an artistic duel was held in front of the entrance to “Yuzhny”.

AswimmingcontestwasheldtodayattheAquatics palacein the framework of the Spartakiade of state officials of the Republic of Tatarstan. The team of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was rated the first. The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Protection was rated the second, while the third place was won by the team of the Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Identitydocuments were solemnly delivered to public inspectors for nature protection today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The documents were awarded by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov. Hecongratulatedthosewhoprotectnaturewithsuchanoutstandingeventandurgedtobefair and principled in their tough workaimed at nature conservation. Moreover, todaytheDeputyMinisterforEcology, ChiefStateInspectorforNatureProtection, RamilNizamov, carriedouta learning session, and materials that include all the information required for work were referred to public inspectors.

Festive events devoted to the World Day for Protection of Children and the World Environment Day “Green world to the children” will be held on June 1, 2014 on the premises of a shopping and recreation center “Yuzhny” (address: Prospect pobedy 91).

OnMay 28, in the course of inspection of sanitary and ecological state of the territory of Soviet district of Kazan, stateinspectorsoftheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstanrevealedthefactofspillageofliquidwastes (supposedly petrochemical products)at the following address: 34/10 Sibirsky tract str. The act of ecological inspection was drawn up with regard to the fact of the committed offence, the area of littered territory was measured, and the samples of soil and wastes were drawn. Total area of pollution amounted to1,200 square meters. Experts of the Central specialized inspection of analytical control under the Ministry of Ecology, as well as fellow workers of the Division of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Kazan and the Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Kazan, police department No. 12 “Gvardeysky” of the Soviet district were immediately called to the site of spillage.

Ameetingwithmembersofthe editorial board on creation of the book “Results of nature protection in Tatarstan: history and modernity” devoted to the memory of the First Ministry for Nature Protection of Tatarstan, Anatoly Schepovskikh, was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Representatives of the scientific community of the Republic in the field of environment protection, namely Valerian Garnin, Venera Latypova, Rifgat Shagidullin and others, gathered to discuss the matter at the round table. NinaSchepovskikhwasalsopresentatthemeeting.

A two-month sanitary and ecological campaign still goes on in the Republic of Tatarstan. In general, the order has been established within the boundaries of urban settlements. The work on elimination of the sites of unauthorized waste placement is conducted on the territories adjacent to large urban settlements, in particular, to Kazan. In order to reveal violations of nature protection legislation, management of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan makes tours by helicopters on the territories of the Republic. On May 8, 2014, an ordinary tour was made around the Volga and Vakhitovsky districts of Kazan and Laishevo municipal district. All in all, 43 sites of unauthorized waste placement were revealed, and the work regarding their liquidation is conducted at the moment. The complaints regarding revealed violations concern both utility services of municipal corporations and the activity of legal persons. In such a way,

The campaign on cleaning of public recreation territories “Green capital” was held today in Kazan in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. The order was established in the coastal area of the river Kazanka in the area of the bridge “Millennium” by proponents of public organizations, students of Kazan (Volga) Federal University and Kazan National Research Technological University. At this site, about 80 bags of waste were collected. The territory of the beach “Locomotive” was cleaned by the efforts of students of Kazan State Energy University – more than 40 bags of waste were collected. On this day, about 250 people participated in the campaign.

The annual Republican ecological and educational campaign “Unified Ecological Lesson” that coincides with the International Day of ecological education was held on May 12, 2014 in educational establishments of the Republic of Tatarstan. The campaign was held for the fifth time and it was organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan in cooperation with administrations of municipal districts and urban districts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Monitoring Service, the Federal Service on Surveillance for Consumer rights protection and human well-being, and the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage for Tatarstan, Kazan Interdistrict Nature Protection Prosecutor’s Office, fellow workers of the Volga-Kama State Biosphere Nature Reserve, as well as active participants of public organizations acted as lecturers at the lesson.

The campaign on cleaning of the territories of public recreation of citizens “Green capital” is held these days in Kazan in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. The event is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with the assistance of Kazan Executive Committee, municipal public organizations, higher educational establishments of the Republic. Today, students of Kazan State Agricultural and representatives of public organizations established order on the territory of Blue Lake, while about 50 bags of litter were collected.