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The city children's ecological and biological center of Kazan and the Republican Olympiad Center invite pupils of grades 1-11 to participate in the republican open socio-ecological contest "Let's preserve the nature of Tatarstan". It is aimed at the formation of ecological thinking and culture among the younger generation, the development of schoolchildren's interest in the preservation and enhancement of the natural wealth of Tatarstan.

The Zavolzhskoye territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was visited by the Buinsk lyceum students. Within the framework of this event, students got acquainted with the activities of nature activists. Specialists of the Ministry of Ecology told them about nature protection measures, demonstrated how the laboratory works. 

Message on the formation of landfill from construction debris was received by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. To examine the sanitary and ecological state of this territory, the inspectors of the Central Territorial Administration visited Biryusovaya street in the village of Konstantinovka. During the visit, the violation of environmental requirements was confirmed. Special vehicles operated on-site. In addition, ecologists detected other violations. Storage of dumps of eroded soils within the boundaries of the coastal protective strip, work related to changes in the bottom and shores of the water body, cutting and storage of trees.

Operation of the treatment facilities were optimized in the Drozhzhanovsky district. At the enterprise, the aeration system was reconstructed and filters of sewage treatment were replaced. The management carried out environmental measures was after the inspection of environmentalists. During the monitoring, experts of the Zavolzhsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan established that the discharge of sewage of the enterprise caused pollution of the river. 

About 300 ECO-lessons were held within the framework of the Year of Ecology in the Prikamsky region. The best activists of these events were awarded in the City Palace of Children and Youth Creativity No. 1 of Autograd. Experts of the Prikamsk Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan noted that the schoolchildren and teachers of Naberezhnye Chelny took an active part in conservation activities.

More than 53 thousand people are protected from flooding, possible damage from negative impact of water to the amount of more than 2 billion rubles is prevented. About the measures for clearing and straightening the riverbeds and overhaul of hydraulic structures were told today at a press conference in IA "Tatar-inform". The questions were answered by Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Insaf Galiullin and Head of the Department of Economy and Investment Activity of the Ministry Tagir Valiyev. "In the current year, 22 hydraulic structures on the territory of the republic are overhauled. 

Geological associations of the Republic of Tatarstan (students of grades 5-11 and their teachers) are invited to participate in the Siberian Geological Olympiad, organized by the Geological and Geophysical Faculty of the Novosibirsk State University, the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, and the Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geophysics of the SB RAS.

On December 5-8, 2017 in Moscow the Institute for Problems of Integrated Development of the Earth. Academician N.V. Melnikova (IPCON RAS) will host the International Scientific Conference "Scientific Foundations of Mining Safety." The conference is held within the framework of the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for Scientific Research "Safety of Mining". Plenary sessions will be held in the building of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Within the framework of this event the following issues will be discussed:

Journalists and bloggers of the Republic of Tatarstan can take part in the II All-Russian competition for the Vasily Peskov Award "Window to Nature".
For participation it is necessary to send creative works before December 31 to mmedia@phkp.ru. The competition accepts publications in the media and blogs for the period from November 15, 2016 to October 31, 2017. The work of the participants must meet the following criteria:

The fact of non-licensed extraction of subsurface resources was revealed in village Staroye Urussu of the Yutaz district. During the visit of the inspectors of the Priik territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, special machinery was operating on site. The seizure of common mineral (clay) was carried out illegally by one of the local enterprises.