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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:

For the fourth time, the Goethe-Institute announced a contest among schoolchildren “School for Ecology: think, explore, act!”, aiming to draw the attention of schoolchildren to environmental problems. Teams of students from the 7th to 11th grades, as well as their German teachers and subject teachers (biology, ecology, geography, chemistry, physics) are invited to participate. Together with the teachers, schoolchildren should explore the ecological situation in their city (village), on their street, in their school and offer ideas aimed at improving the environmental situation and attracting the public attention to it. Environmental projects must be uploaded to the contest website before November 1, 2017.

Applications are accepted for participation in the international children's and youth contest “Our Oceans in a Changing Climate”. Participants can become children and young people aged 11 to 18 years.
The contest is held in the following categories:

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 are invited to participate – whose task is to teach how to take care of nature, public figures who are not indifferent to environmental problems and, of course, journalists who during the year became real assistants to inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of Tatarstan.
 The works are accepted for the following groups and nominations:
Organizations and individual entrepreneurs:

Inventory of industrial discharges, establishment of coastlines, state registration of land plots of 50-meter coastline from reservoirs, demolition of 365 illegal buildings to ensure public access to water bodies, strengthening supervision over violation of water protection legislation. Farid Abdulganiev, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, reported today on measures aimed at reducing the anthropogenic pressure on the main river of the country, the Volga. In the Moscow Kremlin, under the chairmanship of Sergei Ivanov, the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on environmental protection, ecology and transport, the chairman of the organizing committee for the Year of the Ecology in the Russian Federation, the fourth meeting of the organizing committee for the Year of the Environment in the Russian Federation was held.

Saplings of trees in exchange for waste paper. In Almetyevsk, an ecological action “Let’s save the Tree Together” was held. The event was organized by the specialists of the Department of Ecology and Nature Management of Almetyevsky Municipal District with the support of the South-East Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and the company “Ecoservice”. Within a week, for every 3 kilograms of paper collected, the city residents received a seedling of cedar, fir, oak, maple, spruce or larch.

On October 19 at 10:00 in the building of the Administration of Alkeevo district, receipt of citizens on environmental issues will be held. The questions of the residents will be answered by First Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustem Kamalov. Appointment can be made by calling 8 843 462 17 57

3000 pines and fir trees. This is how many young seedlings were planted on the territory of Almetyevo district within the framework of the “Forest Week” campaign. The employees of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Executive Committee of the Almetyevo Municipal District, the Department of Ecology and Nature Management of the Almetyevo Municipal District and Almetyevo Forestry took part in the mass trees planting.

A 28-meter well in Leninogorsk was identified by the inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. On the territory of the metal warehouse of LLC GC Vtormet groundwater extraction was carried out. Ecologists found that the enterprise is developing a field without the required license. On this fact, the inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology drawn up an administrative report against the infringer in accordance with Part 1 of Article 7.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation,

Tatarstan ecologists will help Arsk students in the implementation of environmental projects. A request to support in the conduct of a qualitative chemical analysis of natural water of the Kazanka River was received today by the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Today Farid Abdulganiev held the traditional reception of citizens in the videoconference mode. Students of the Leskhozskaya school of the Arsk Municipal District are engaged in scientific work of ecological orientation.