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557 selected samples and 1296 laboratory analyzes. Such number of studies was conducted by specialists of the Central Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan from the beginning of the year. Regularly using modern technologies and equipment, water objects are monitored for 30 chemical and biological indicators. On the eve of the World Cup 2018 on May 21, natural water samples of the Kazanka River are taken daily.

Pestrechinskiy district, a plot near Kuyuki village. During the environmental survey, here, the inspectors of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan revealed an illegal quarry.

The ceremony of dedication of the younger generation to ecologists took place in Aksubaevo. There was an eco-festival "Awakening" in memory of Aleksandr Gulyaev, former Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. Within the framework of the festival, employees of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Institute of Ecology and Subsoil Use of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, public figures awarded the young winners of regional environmental competitions with memorable gifts.

"Eco-descent" landed in the children's technopark "Quantorium" in Almetyevsk. Experiments on the analysis of water and soil quality, interactive games and environmental quizzes were waiting for students from the city's educational institutions.

Today Kazan schoolchildren of 6-10 grades, interested in biology and ecology, have started their studies шn the city workshop "School of a Young Ecologist". The first eco-lesson for listeners in the eco-center "Dom" was conducted by the employee of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan Aisylu Ibragimova.

A report on illegal mining of mineral resources was received the day before in the Volga-Kama territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The indifferent citizen reported that "black diggers" are operating in Galaktionovo village of Chistopolskiy district.

250 sq.m. of soil is still covered with waste products of production and consumption. A repeated violation in the territory of the production base in Almetyevsk was revealed during the flight by inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The eco-center "Dom" on the territory of the Gorkinsko-Ometyevskiy forest park hosted a presentation of environmental projects and summarizing the results of the contest "Ecocity-2018". This contest is held among schoolchildren in all cities-organizers of the FIFA 2018 World Cup. On the basis of the set of "Ecocity-2018" using the technology of augmented reality, pupils of 6-10 grades of Kazan have prepared 13 projects.

Last weekend, a solemn event dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding zoologist and ecologist of Tatarstan, Valerian Ivanovich Garanin, was held at the Kazan Federal University.

The illegal development of the quarry was stopped by the inspectors of the Prikamskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the employees of the Department of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation for the Menzelinskiy District. Unlicensed mining of common minerals (clays) was conducted by one of Menzelinsk enterprises on the territory of the city.