Unique campaign “All-Russian nature reserve lesson” started in the Year of specially protected natural areas in Russia.The project was developed by the Environmental Education Center“Nature reserves” under the Program of the Movement of Friends of protected islands, with the support of the Public Relations Committee of Moscow, GPBU “MosPriroda”,AnCO“Your Nature", and withthe information support by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Education of Russia.

The VI Youth Conference “Current problems of ecology of the Volga basin” will be held in Togliattion 15-16March. Young scientists and specialists from Russia and abroad not older than 35 y.o. are invited to participate.

For the eighth time a large-scale international forum “Ecology” will be held in Moscow at the congress-park “Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow”on 20-21 March. The forum will be held under the project of the party “United Russia”, “St. Petersburg –the sea capital of Russia”. The event program covers a wide range of issues related to legal regulation in the field of environmental protection and waste management, water utilitiesmodernization, implementation of the best available practices, development

Before March 1, 2017 the small and medium-sized enterprises must submit reports on the wasteformation, use, detoxification, and disposal.

Since January 9, 2017 the specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan are ready to render advice to the small and medium-sized enterprises which are required to submit reports on the waste formation, use, detoxification

School students of grades 5-10 who are interested in ecology and biology will be able to deepen their knowledge in this fieldduring the summer holidays (May 29 - June 9). ECO-classes will be held in the City children’s ecological and biological center of Kazan under the urban workshop “School of young ecologist”.

The program “School of young ecologist” covers the following directions: botany, zoology, generalecology, project activities, and consists of two sections:

1. Theory–acquaintance with

What are nature reserves? What are they for? What are the national parks in Tatarstan? These and other questions were answered today by specialists of Priiksky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Students of MBOU “College ofAznakaevo”together with environmentalists went to eco-tour “Walking in nature reserves of the Republic of Tatarstan”. “On the territory of Tatarstan, as in many areas throughout Russia, there are nature reserves and historical reserve museums that preserve the original state of the unique natural and historical places. The natural-reserve fund of the Republic

10th International forum and exhibition of innovations in energy and environmental of the future, the World Future Energy Summit 2017, will be held on January 16-19 in the congress center of Abu Dhabi (UAE). During the event, visitors will be able to get acquainted with two integrated exhibitions: World Future Energy is dedicated to the energy sector, and EcoWASTEwill demonstrate solutions for wastestorage and disposal. The summit will bring together representatives of over 600 companies from 30 countries. In particular, the national pavilions will present the UK, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, China, France, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, UK, and Japan.

“Every citizen ofTatarstan should have the ability to promptly report violations of environmental legislation”, – said the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of TatarstanFaridAbdulganiyev. The republican public environmental counselingdeskhas obtained a new communication channel. In the Year of Ecology and public spaces people can inform inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology of illegal garbage

Every year the Dayof National Reserves and Parksis marked in Russiaon January 11. The purpose of the event is to attract the people’s attention to the existing problems, to teach appreciating the natural diversity of a great country. For the first time this day was celebrated in 1997 on the initiative of the Center for Wildlife Conservation and World Wildlife Fund. And on January 11 the first in the Russian Empire State Reserve, called Barguzinsky,was created.

XXI International Scientific Symposium of students and young scientists “Issues of Geology and Mineral Resources Development” named after academician M.A.Usov will be held on 3-7 April 2017 at the Tomsk Polytechnic University, Institute of Natural Resources. Students, graduate students and young scientists under 35 y.o.are invitedto participate in the symposium.

The themes of the symposium are: