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Complaint on a pile of rubbish in the yard of a residential building on Karl Marx Street was received by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. To studythe details, inspectors of the Central Territorial Administrationvisited the place. “Rubbish is not removed since the last autumn, –the residents complained to environmentalists, – our managing company had refused to provide its services to us, which resulted in this pile.” Two wastecollection containers are overfilled a long time ago. So people have to throw their bags with waste on the ground. Area of ​​52 sq.mis contaminated with trash. Environmental inspectors haveinvestigatedthe morphological composition of the waste and revealed that it is thrown not only by residents, and numerous boxes withpapers confirm this. Here

The issues of protection of Tatarstan water resources will be the main topic of theVIIICityOpenEcologicalForum“ZILANTIONOK” for school children of grades 1-7.  It is held in the framework of the open long-term ecological project “Zilant” aimed at the implementation of the systematic approach to environmental awareness and education of the younggeneration.Theresultswillbepresentedat the City Children’s Ecological & Biological Centre, High School No.126 (Sovetskiy district, Kazan city) on April8, but school childrenshall start active preparation right now. TheForumareasof focus are:

Owners of small and medium businesses gathered today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Throughout the republic the “Open Day”was held. The main discussion topic was reporting on formation, use, detoxification, and disposal of waste resulted from economic or other activity,which must be submitted before 1 March, 2017. The questions of entrepreneurs were answered by the experts of the Ministry of Ecology. Timely submission of reports is required to clearly understand what kind of waste and in what quantities is produced, and to which specialized organizations such waste is moved in accordance with the agreementsconcluded. According to the Unified Register, published on the website of

Kids ofPetrechinsky kindergarten “Kaenkay”made a trip to ECO-magic land. Lesson themed“Water is our life”was held by Julia Saferova, the leading specialist of the department of environmental education and interaction with civil organizations of the Ministry of Ecology of RT. She told the kids about the importance of water in human life, the necessity of respect for the resources, its importance for the environment

In Nurminsk school of Baltasinsky district of Tatarstanfinishedthe ecology campaign “Birdfeeder”, organized by members of the Northern Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. It started at the beginning of the year and involved primary school children and their parents into making birdfeeders of different materials like wooden boards, plastic bottles, cardboard. The best works were evaluated in three categories:

The National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan begins a cycle of classes for school and university students titled “Ecological studies”, dedicated to the Year of Ecology. The students of MAOU (Municipal autonomous educational institution)“Gymnasium No.139” of Volga district of Kazanwere the first who participated in this event. Library staff organized an exhibition of periodicals named“Let’s protect our nature”. Among them such popular publications as “Nature and Man”, “Nature

Open Day for small and medium businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan will be held on January 23 at 16.00 in the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan (Pavlyuhina 75, office 301). Experts will answer questions related to the reporting of the formation, use, detoxificationand disposal of waste resulted from of economic or other activity that must be submitted before 1 March 2017. The reporting is required to clearly understand what kind of waste and in what quantities is produced, and to which specialized organizations such waste is moved in accordance with the agreementsconcluded. Open Day will be held in all regional offices of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Mining and extractionare under special control. Starting this year, each water craftextracting common useful minerals on the water will be connected to thenational information system of the Republic of Tatarstan using the GLONASS satellite navigation equipment, or GLONASS/GPS. Resolution No.10 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan of 01.16.2017 “On amendments to the procedure for the use of subsoil sites of local importance in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan on 04.11.2011 No.917 “On approval of the use of subsoil sites of local importance on territory of the Republic of Tatarstan”, have been approved.

In Bavly district the inspectors of Priiksky Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of RT have documented damping of 200 five-liter bottles on the roadside of the highwayBavly–StaryChuti. The litteredarea is 12 square meters. According to the labels, this is antifreeze AUTOGLEID produced by LLC “Garden”. To found the persons involved in this offense,administrative investigation is conducted.

The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan FaridAbdulganiyev and all personnel send cordial greetings and best wishes to the State Advisor of the Republic of Tatarstan MintimerShaimiev, on the occasion of hisjubilee:

“Your jubileeis a great opportunity to express gratitude for the contribution you make into the development of our republic. Being in the midst of its most important events, you contribute to effective social and economic