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Third place out of thirty-five. With this result the Tatarstan schoolchildren passed the XI All-Russian field Olympiad for young geologists, which this year took place in Kemerovo. Members of Geobars, the national team of Tatarstan, demonstrated their knowledge of geology in 12 areas. The active schoolchildren were in such disciplines as “Fundamentals of Safety Engineering”, “Petroleum Geology”, “Geological Route”, and “Hydrology”.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation approved a new methodology for calculating the dispersion of harmful substances in the atmosphere. The corresponding order has been registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. As the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia Sergey Donskoy noted, the document is of a key importance for environmental regulation, in fact, it is a matrix for calculating the maximum permissible concentrations of pollutants and maximum permissible emissions into atmospheric air.

The cognitive game “Experts of nature”, master classes on origami and making of ECO-bags, dance flash mob, drawing contest. Every visitor could find something interesting at a children’s ecological festival in Naberezhnye Chelny. The activists of the youth environmental movement of the Republic of Tatarstan Budetchisto with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted an educational and entertaining event for the people of Chelny.

On August 21-22 in Moscow, the central exhibition hall “Manezh” will host the Climate Forum of Russian cities, organized by the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of Moscow. Heads of ministries and departments of Russia and the subjects of the country, representatives of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the World Health Organization, representatives of the German company specializing in the introduction of the best available technologies, leading international and Russian scientists will take part in the event.

The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan announced a contest for subsidies from the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan to non-profit organizations that implement social projects in two areas:
1) creation of conditions for improving the life quality of citizens. Within the framework of this direction, the Contest is held in the following categories:

On August 23-25, 2017 in the Vladimir region, will be held the All-Russian Ecological Forum 2017 “Ecology. New challenges, new solutions” organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Vladimir region. The event is aimed at creating incentives for growth of environmental consciousness, bringing of environmental activities to a brand new level, improving environmental safety and involving young people in addressing urgent and strategic environmental objectives of the regions.

The Natural History Museum of Tatarstan invites to visit the exhibition “Russia Nature Reserves. Kronotsky Reserve”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the reserve system in Russia and the Year of Ecology. Visitors can see the photos revealing the diversity and originality of the wild nature of Russia. The pictures show volcanoes and geysers, amazing ecosystems of the cleanest rivers, lakes and ancient forests, living waters of ​​the Pacific Ocean, the full of colors steppe world

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the National Foundation “Wild country” invite employees in the field of science of state nature reserves and national parks to participate in the contest “Best in Profession: Research Associate”.
The contest is held in the following categories:

Leaders, chiefs and representatives of volunteer, voluntary non-profit organizations and associations, initiative volunteer groups aged 18 to 30 are invited to participate in the All-Russian contest “Volunteer of Russia – 2017”.
The contest is held in the following categories:
- Environmental volunteering (volunteering in the field of environmental protection and solving environmental problems);
- Social volunteering (volunteer activities aimed at helping disabled people, orphanages, elderly single people);

The IV International Geological Forum “Geological Exploration 2017” will be held on October 25, 2017 in Moscow. The event will be attended by representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia, the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, the State Commission on Mineral Reserves, heads of exploration and service enterprises, and top management of extractive companies.