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The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, took part in the II World Online Test on Tatar language and literature. The minister has successfully passed several stages: a test of the Tatar language, a test that includes facts from the life of Galimjan Barudi, and an educational and informative bonus-tour “Life-map of Galimjan Barudi”.

A family of marals and spotted deers entered the Red Book found a new home today. Born in the nursery Rybno-Slobodsky district, animals were released today in the wild. “In 2014, the first livestock from the Altai Mountains was brought, among which there were 17 spotted deers and 24 marals,” says Alber Kamaliev, farm manager of the farm “Wild Farm”. Today there are more than a hundred animals. This year we expect birth of 20-30 animals.” Released marals and deers were born in Tatarstan.

May 26 is Snow Leopard Day. The ecological holiday appeared in 2010 in the Altai in order to attract the people attention to the problems of the snow leopard population reduction. To date, the number of these large carnivorous mammals of the felines family, living in the mountains of Russia, is about 200 individuals. Snow leopard is listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation and the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The main cause of extinction is the destruction of animals by poachers, attracted by valuable fur with unusual colour.

Young rowan, apple, cherry, pear trees, lilac, currant and gooseberry will decorate the territory of one hundred kindergartens and schools of the republic. The contest among kindergartens and schools of the Republic “100 green corners” was announced by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan within the framework of the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces and the campaign #ECOspring2017. Those wishing to green their territories could send an application in an arbitrary form with a description of the ongoing environmental education work. The 100 most active kindergartens and schools received today seedlings for the creation of personal gardens.

The debate turned into discussions and reasoning. What the leader should be like, ecological culture of human and problem of formation of unauthorized landfills. Opinions and ideas were exchanged today in Kazan, in the “Сәләт” hall during a business breakfast. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, met with the finalists of the Third Republican League of Debates in Tatar “Bezneң Fiker”. There were a lot of questions. One of the key ones was the protection of native nature and the protection of native language: what is common in these concepts? Today, everything was sorted out. 

The regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Republic of Tatarstan together with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan launched the national contest “Ecology of native land”.
The contest is aimed at attracting the attention of the public and the young generation of RT to solving environmental issues of their native land. To participate, it is necessary to prepare and implement the project in the territory of the republic before September 10 of this year in one of the directions:

Laboratory analysis of water, study of air condition, professional instruments of ecologists. These and other interesting information were added to their knowledge by students of the Almetyevsk school No. 25 of “70th anniversary of Tatarstan oil” during the ECO-lesson. Educational event for children was conducted by specialists of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The fund-operator of presidential grants for the development of civil society has announced contests among non-profit non-governmental organizations for grants of the President of the Russian Federation. In contests the organizations that carry out activities in the following areas can take part:

Environmentalists inspected the waters of the river Kazanka. The objects of attention are illegal structures on the shorelines and discharge of untreated sewage. Specialists of CSIAC of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan took samples of natural water. Express-tests showed that the dissolved oxygen content was normal. The head of the State Inspectorate for Environmental Supervision, Almaz Zakirov, inspected observation of the environmentalists’ orders on the demolition of illegal objects built on the territory of public use. The Minister of Ecology of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, set the task to strengthen control over the state of water quality in the water bodies of the republic before beginning of hot weather.

To attract public attention to the issues that exist in the environment protection area and improve the state of the country environmental security, the year 2017 is declared the Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation, within the framework of which measures are planned to restore the population of the Peregrine Falcon. The issue of the need to preserve and restore biodiversity is relevant not only in Russia, but throughout the world. The number of some species of birds on the planet has decreased so much that they are threatened with complete extinction. Today, within the framework of the IX International Economic Summit “Russia-Islamic World: KazanSummit 2017”, a section devoted to reviving the traditions of Russian falconry was held.