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To maintain a good sanitary condition of forests, the republic holds an environmental campaign “Clean forests of Tatarstan”. Today, the inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of RT and the Ministry of Forestry of RT inspected the territory of the Vysokogorsky district of the republic. They found an unauthorized dump of construction and household waste on the road, on the territory adjacent to the forestry.

International Conference “Underground Waters – 2017” will be held on November 23-25, 2017 in Yessentuki. The event is organised by the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the International Association of Hydrogeologists, the Geological Center of St. Petersburg State University, the Eurasian Union of Subsoil Use Experts.
The conference will be attended by representatives of the government authorities of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, the State Commission on Mineral Reserves, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the heads of large companies - subsoil users, scientific and scientific-production hydrogeological organizations, leading Russian geologists and foreign specialists.

A report on an unpleasant smell in Naberezhnye Chelny was received by the Prikamsk Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Environmentalists visited the source of the smell. Inspectors of the Prikamsky administration found that at one of the enterprises of the Autograd, measures to protect the atmospheric air during the commissioning works were not observed. The equipment was tested without proper gas traps. In addition, during the inspection it was found out that the organization had not developed a draft of standards for maximum permissible emissions of harmful substances into the atmospheric air.

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.

Production enterprises and companies will be subject to penal sanctions for absence of systems for automatic control of emissions and discharges of pollutants, said Sergei Donskoy, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. The corresponding draft of amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses was sent by the head of the environmental department to the Government of the Russian Federation. The document was introduced together with amendments to the Law on Environmental Protection in the part of automatic emission control. The draft law provides that the program for equipping stationary sources of discharges and discharges at Category I facilities is submitted as part of an application for a comprehensive environmental permit.

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:

Today in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan a videoconference was held. It was attended by Deputy Minister of Ecology of Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan - Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of environmental protection Fayaz Shakirov and acting Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Emir Bedertdinov.

Knowledge of the natural resources of the country, minerals and their deposits can be useful to residents of Tatarstan on November 26. On this day, in all regions of Russia and abroad a third geographical dictation, organized by the Russian Geographical Society, will be held.

Young people of Tatarstan aged 18 to 27 can take part in the All-Russian competition of youth short films "Youth is responsible for the future of the planet", dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Russia. The organizer is Synergy University with the assistance of Perkon Productions, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

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: