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In the Year of Ecology, the Russian state library for youth and the Russian National public library for science and technology hold the All-Russian campaign in the format of a single day action “Day of environmental knowledge”, timed to the International Day of Environmental Knowledge on April 15.

Does air quality affect people’s health? How to determine the airpollution level? What devices are necessary for the analysis? Children’s curiosity on an excursion to the Southeast Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was unlimited.

An interactive event on the environment protection was held today in kindergarten No. 212 of Kazan. Helena Gilmizyanova, leading specialist of the department of environmental education and interaction with public organizations of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, addressed the children with a welcoming speech.

Students of the Universities of Autograd got acquainted with the activities of the Russian Geographical Society. An open meeting with participants of the all-Russian organization for the city’s youth was organized by the staff of the Kama Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Representatives of the youth club RGS

Today the head of the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision Alexey Aleshin arrived in Kazan. At the international airport “Kazan” he was met by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan IldarKhalikov, the head of the Volga administration of RosTechNadzor Boris Petrov, other officials. Immediately upon arrival in Kazan, AlekseiAleshin met with the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, RustamMinnikhanov.

World Earth Day is held on the Day of the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, the Vernal Equinox Day falls on March 20 at 10:28 UTC, or 14:28 in Tbilisi time. Today, the length of the day and night is almost the same throughout the world. Equinox, occurring in the spring, is one of the most unique and stunning natural phenomena, the essence of which lies in the astronomical principles of the movement of the Sun and the Earth.

The world’s largest environmental action this year will be held on March 25 from 20:30 to 21:30. The theme of “Earth Hour – 2017”is the responsible human attitude to nature. It’s about how people change everything around them - land, air, water, forests, and the consequences of such impact for humanity. The slogan of the action is “Change yourself, not the planet”. The action is held annually, on the last Saturday of March at the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund, and symbolizes the solidarity of the inhabitants of various states in solving energy and resource saving problems, improving the ecological situation on a global scale. To support the Earth Hour, bike ridesare traditionally held in many cities.

Violation against nature was discovered by inspectors of the Kama Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan during the survey of the territory of Nizhnekamsk. On the land plot near the village Prosti, environmental recorded violations under Article 8.6 part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses

Resultsof research work of schoolchildren were summarized in the City Palace of Children’s Art named afterA.Alish. This year, participants of the city conference “Earth and water” became 35 students of Kazan schools. Helena Gilmizyanova, a specialist of the department of environmental education and interaction with public organizations of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, addressed the schoolchildren and teachers with a salutatory word. “Our Motherland – the Republic of Tatarstan – is rich in natural resources. We are surrounded by great rivers, green forests, endless meadows. But some unique objects of nature are subject to extinction.

Children’s ecological and biological centre of Nizhnekamsk gathered young ecologists-researchers of the whole republic. Students of schools took part in the V Republican Ecological Festival “Nature and Us”. Expertsfrom the Kama Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan appliedwith a welcoming speech to the participants and guests of the event. “Nature and man are two inseparable concepts.