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On December 12-14, 2017 in Moscow the International Exhibition Center “Crocus Expo” will host the V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection. The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy.
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan announces the start of the republican contest ECOleader. The most eco-friendly enterprises and educational institutions whose task is to teach how to care of nature, public figures who are not indifferent to environmental problems and, of course, journalists who during the year became real assistants to the inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of Tatarstan, are invited to participate.
The works are accepted for the following groups and nominations:
The lattice metal fence was demolished on the Lake Karakul shore in the Nizhnekamsk District. This structure limited the free access of citizens to the water body. Infringement of the nature protection legislation was revealed by the inspector of the Zakamsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan during the survey of water protection zones of the Nizhnekamsk region.
Discussion of the issues of eco-awareness, workshops on manufacturing of pieces from secondary raw materials, excursion to the lake “Aktashsky dip”. In these and other events the teachers of the Almetyevsky district took part during the seminar “Ecological education of schoolchildren within the framework of a village school”.
To draw the population's attention to the issues of the republic's ecology and find ways to solve them. With this aim the republican scientific and practical ecological conference of schoolchildren “Ecology, city and us” was held in Naberezhnye Chelny. More than 180 schoolchildren and teachers from all over the country participated in the event, who presented their research work in the following sections:
The application for the national award in the field of ecology and geography “Crystal Compass” was launched. Nominees can be citizens of the Russian Federation and other countries, creative unions, domestic and foreign organizations and enterprises that have implemented projects in the field of geography and ecology, preservation and promotion of natural and historical and cultural heritage in 2017.
Today in the Cabinet of Ministers of RT it was talked about the Volga rehabilitation project. According to the instruction of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation together with 15 Russian regions has formed the passport of the priority project “Conservation and Prevention of Pollution of the Volga River” (abbreviated name “Volga rehabilitation”. In this connection, an interdepartmental working group was created for the development and the implementation of the regional priority project for the Volga rehabilitation.
“The experience of previous years shows that this project is an effective tool in attracting citizens' attention to environmental issues, – said Farid Abdulganiev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. – The clear and deep look of the younger generation, their vision and different form of presentation is an excellent way to convey information for different age categories.
It has started receipt of applications for participation in the city stage of the All-Russian contest “My Little Homeland: Nature, Culture, Ethnicity”. The organizers of the contest are the Kazan City Education Department and the City Children's Ecological and Biological Center together with environmental organizations. It can be participated by students of educational organizations of Kazan aged 12 to 18 years, showing interest in studying and preserving the natural and cultural heritage of their small homeland.
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan announces the start of the republican contest ECOleader. The most eco-friendly enterprises and educational institutions whose task is to teach how to care of nature, public figures who are not indifferent to environmental problems and, of course, journalists who during the year became real assistants to the inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of Tatarstan, are invited to participate.
The works are accepted for the following groups and nominations: