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Today, Head of the Sector for Development of Subsurface Resources Management of the Department for Regulation of Subsurface Resources Management Relations under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Irina Chesnokova, celebrates her birthday. She has been working in the Ministry since 2012 – at first she was Leading councilor of the Sector for Development of Subsurface Resources Management, and starting from 2014she isHead of the Sector for Development of Subsurface Resources Management of the Department for Regulation of Subsurface Resources Management Relations under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of

The International conference“Dynamics and thermal of rivers, reservoirs and the coastlandof seas” is currently held in Moscow. The most important and significant results of researches in the field of dynamics and thermal of water facilities obtained over the last yearsin order to determine priority trends of researches and their coordination are discussed during the conference.The meeting on regulation of working patterns of water storage basins of the Volga-Kama Cascadeis held in the framework of the conference.

The XV Ecological forum regarding burning issues of industrial ecologywill be held in Moscow on November 18 - 21. Leading specialists in industrial ecology, fellow workers of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, theFederal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources, and other state authorities, as well as experts of the magazine “Ecology of production” will participate in it. During the eventit is planned to discuss the latest changes in the nature protection legislation. Moreover, acquaintances areplanned along with exchange of experience between forum

Meeting of the Expert Council of the Open Republican Youth Contest of the Social Ecological Advertisement “Clear view” was held today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Expert Council included Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, First Deputy Ministerfor Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustem Kamalov,Deputy Chairperson of the State Council of the Republicof Tatarstan, Deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairpersonof the Union of Journalists of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rimma Ratnikova, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of“Svyazinvestneftekhim” OJSC,Kafil Amirov, Director General ofTRBC“Novy vek” OJSC,Deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilhsat Aminov, Director of the

Results of the International Conference “Ecological history in Russia: stages of establishment and projectedtrends of researches” were summarized in Elabuga Institute under the subsidiary of Kazan Federal University on November 14, 2014. This is the first time that such a conference devoted to ecological history is held in Tatarstan. Doctors and professors of historical sciences from various Russian cities and foreign countries participated in the conference.Round tables were held in the framework of the event, where national and foreign experience of studying of Russian ecological history was discussed along with problems and prospects of establishment of historical and ecological approach in the Russian science.

November 15th is celebrated worldwide as the day of recycling or the World Recycling Day. For the first time the holiday was celebrated in 1997 in the United States of America. It was aimed at encouragement of the Americans to discard wastes for recycling and to buy products made from recyclable materials.In due course this holiday gradually spread beyond the USA. On this day, seminars, tours and other events are traditionally held in many countriesin order to familiarize with aspects of waste recycling and collection of recyclable materials.
The main aim of the holiday is to attract attention of authorities, public and industrial structures to this matter. Tasks of retreatment include solution

Three days are left to submit an application for theII International Contest for theAll-Russian prize“Ecological development — Evolution Awards 2014”. The contest is held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federationwith information support of the portal Greenevolution.ru. Printed or electronic information can be sent to the following address: 119017, Moscow, Staromonetnyper., 31, FSBE“Central Information Bureau of the Ministry ofNatural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation”or to konkurs@greenevolution.ru, marked: “A contest for the prize‘Evolution Awards 2014’”.
The award will be handed to Russian and foreign companies, as well as individuals for achievements in the field of “green” technologiesand in the field of sustainable

Decree of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on assignment of administrative punishment tothe “Management company ‘AS Management’” CJSC No. 444 as of July 10, 2014 for administrative offence envisagedby part 2 of Article 8.6 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (topsoil destruction, and damage of lands as a result of violation of specifications of other substances and consumption/production wastes harmful to the environment and people’s health) was enforced in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 40,000 rubles.
On October 15, 2014 the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan tried a

Kazan Children’s Ecological and Biological Center together with the RepublicanOlympiad Center of the Republic of Tatarstan announced the start of the municipal contest“Second life of the packaging”.Educational establishments of Kazan can participate. The project is aimed at wide propaganda of healthy lifestyleamong pupils of secondary educational establishments, at fostering of the healthy lifestyle skills in the young generation. The event will be held in the categories“Clothes modeling”, “Toy”, and “Composition”. The organizers expect the participants to bring crafts, photos, posters, essays and even costumes created using secondary materials.

An address was received by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on November 4, 2014 on discharge of liquid wastes of chemical substances on to thelandscape of the coastal band of the lakelocated near urban settlement Voronino of Kirov district of Kazan. State inspectors and experts of the Central specialized inspection of analytical control under the Ministry of Ecology together with fellow workersof the police departmentNo. 4 “Yudino” under the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Kazan conducted a field trip to draw soil samples.In the course of inspection they revealed the fact of discharge of yellow wastes of paints and varnishes with