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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);

Candy wrapper by wrapper, bottle by bottle – about 40 bags of garbage collected participants of the action “Clean Coast”, held on the Blue Lake in Kazan. The environmental action was attended by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, activists of the youth movement “Budetcisto”, and city residents who are not indifferent to natural resources.

“Green” standards are a priority. Specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan for many years have been raising awareness of organizations engaged in the construction and design of real estate for the purpose of applying “green” standards. Today, 10 facilities use energy-saving and resource-saving technologies, which reduce the negative impact on the environment.

Specialists of the Zavolzhsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan told to the kids of the Buinsk kindergarten “Svetoforik” about how the car exhaust gases affect the environment. To demonstrate this topic, environmentalists conducted practical classes.

The subsoil users who extract the common mineral resources on the Kama River comply with all requirements. Such results were announced by inspectors of the Volga-Kama Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan after an inspection on boats, located in the Chistopol district. On the vessels, the environmentalists checked the presence of the license for the right to use subsoil.

Due to the large number of applications for participation in the contest, as well as taking into account the importance of introduction of the “green” economy and the development of ecological culture, it was decided to extend the deadlines for accepting applications and their consideration. The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation supports a project aimed at assisting the start-ups of Russian enterprises in the field of energy efficiency, the development of small renewable and alternative energy, as well as the modernization of heating systems with the improvement of their “green” characteristics. The jury of the contest is headed by the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergey Ivanov.

The water quality and the state of the coastal strip of the Kazanka River were examined by the inspectors of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The environmentalists paid special attention to the observance of environmental requirements in the water protection zone, since during the summer period there are frequent cases of violations of art. 8.42 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation:

The Russian Geographical Society has announced a contest whose winners will receive youth Internship scholarships in 2017. Applicants for a scholarship of 100,000 RUR can be students, graduate students, doctoral students of higher education institutions and special education institutions, scientists, public figures below 35 y.o.
The contest is held in two categories:

To examine the sanitary condition of the Mesha river banks and to study a new tourist route. With this purpose more than one hundred representatives of nature protection agencies gathered in Pestrechinsky district on the river bank. In Tatarstan, ECO-rafting-2017 was timed to the equator of the Year of Ecology in Russia and the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces in the Republic of Tatarstan. The total length of the route is 15 km. “Ecological rafting is becoming a good tradition, – said Farid Abdulganiev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan. “Last year it was devoted to the Year of Water Protection Zones, in this – to the Year of Ecology.

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.