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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.

Illegal mining of common mineral resources was revealed by the employees of the Prikamsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan during the state environmental monitoring in the water area of ​​the Nizhnekamsk reservoir. Environmental violations were recorded by environmentalists using the GLONASS satellite navigation equipment, connecting the

Students of the Arsk school No.7 did an ECO journey to the world of flora and fauna. The event for schoolchildren was conducted by specialists of the Northern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. During the trip, young tourists got acquainted with plants and animals peculiar for their native land, studied natural objects and carried out various ecological tasks

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Crimea will cooperate in the field of environmental protection. The agreement on cooperation was signed today in the administration of the Bakhchisaray region by the Minister of Ecology of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiev and the Minister of Ecology of Crimea Gennady Naraev.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, in conjunction with the Green Movement of Russia EKA launched a children’s creative contest "Colorful Drops", which aims to popularize water conservation ideas and respect for water resources among preschool children, schoolchildren, their parents, and the pedagogical community. Children aged 3 to 18 can take part in the contest. To participate, it is necessary to register on the official website of the project разноцветныекапли.рф, fill out the questionnaire and upload the work in the personal cabinet in one or more of the following categories:

Illegal quarry of 78 m2 was discovered by inspectors of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan near the village of Chepchugi, Vysokogorsky district. Here diggers unlicensedly extracted sand to the depth up to 6.2 meters.

On this day I sincerely congratulate both professional and amateur fishermen! This holiday unites all those who connected their lives with this demanding profession, and those for whom fishing is a sport, a hobby, a special state of mind, or a way of merging with nature.

The regulation of the water level in the Kuibyshev and Nizhnekamsk reservoirs ensured favourable spawning. In 2017 specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan carried out work on the development of aquatic biological resources and water management activities in the Republic of Tatarstan. Farid Abdulganiev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic, said:

A large-scale environmental action took place on the Kama River banks in Naberezhnye Chelny. The residents of Autograd joined the action “Clean bank”, conducted by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The environmental movement “No.More.Litter.Naberezhnye Chelny” with the support of the Prikamsk Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology cleaned the banks, collecting the garbage separately.

An ecological lesson was held in the children’s health camp “Rosinka”. The educational event for children was organised by the specialists of the Prikamsky Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. They told the kids what natural resources are available on the territory of the republic, their peculiarities and why it is so important to preserve them. Environmentalists noted that the environment protection depends only on the actions of a person, regardless of its age.