NEWS

In order to attract public attention to the state of water bodies and problems related to their rational use, restoration and protection, March 22 was marked as World Water Day or Water Resources Day. The idea of ​​holding it was first voiced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro.

“The snow selected at the site of oil pipeline breakthrough of “Transneft – Prikamye” Joint-Stock Company, belongs to the second class of danger, the content in its mass of oil products was 78%”, said environmentalists. The accident at the pipeline occurred on March 15 between Iske-yurt and Chita settlements of Pestrechinskiy district of the Republic of Tatarstan. The area of ​​contaminated soil cover was 700 square meters. Administrative proceedings were instituted against the official of the enterprise on this fact.

The solemn event dedicated to the International Day of Forests was held today at the Kazan State Agrarian University. The Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Egor Tarnavsky took part in it.

Zonal meetings on holding of sanitary-ecological bimonthly period in the republic were held today in Baltasi and Alekseyevskoe town settlements. The readiness of municipal districts of the Northern and Volga-Kama zones was checked by the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan - Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of Environmental Protection, Fayaz Shakirov.

The event discussed the approval of a plan for sanitary cleaning of subordinate territories, creation of operational headquarters to coordinate work on conduct of the bimonthly period, to monitor and eliminate unauthorized waste disposal sites.

The eco-holiday “Protect our planet!” was held in Zireklinskiy Lyceum in Novosheshminskiy district. The event, dedicated to the week of biology and ecology, was attended by pupils of 2-7 grades of the lyceum. The game QUEST was organized for them, during which the children were divided into 4 teams, their task was to collect garbage separately. Together with the state inspectors of the Volga-Kama Territorial Administration, they discussed the rules of behavior in forests, in parks and squares.

A festive event dedicated to the International Day of Forests was held in the kindergarten of the combined type “Solnyshko (Sun)” in Buinsk town of the Republic of Tatarstan. During the event, specialists from the Zavolzhskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan told the children about birds and how to make birdhouses correctly.

In order to draw attention to the problem of forest conservation and its wealth, as well as to raise public awareness of their importance at the international level, a special holiday was established - International Day of Forests or World Day for Protection of Forests.

As part of the celebration, activists of all countries - members of the UN are engaged in planting new trees, hold conferences, seminars and exhibitions, the organizers of which are trying to awaken in people the care of greenery.

A meeting with representatives of Federal State Unitary Enterprise "RosRAO" was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Representatives of the company spoke about their work experience and made several proposals in terms of waste recycling of I and II hazard classes. In turn, Aleksandr Shadrikov stressed the need to anticipate the formation of infrastructure for handling such types of waste, expressing readiness to assist in resolving issues arising in this area.

Who is an environmentalist? What professional qualities are needed for this job? What does he do every day? These questions were answered to the senior pupils of the “Secondary Russian-Tatar Secondary School No. 111” of the city of Kazan, by the Deputy Head of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan Anna Apayeva and the Candidate of Biological Sciences Elvira Nabeyeva.

Residents of Arsk joined the campaign “Hand over the battery - save life of a hedgehog”: the reception point has been set up in the Arsk Central Library since February 1. As of today, 35 kg of batteries have been collected in the Arsk Library in the framework of the campaign “Hand over the battery - save life of a hedgehog”. The campaign will last until June 1, we urge all those who are not indifferent to contribute to the common cause of preserving the nature of our native land.