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         A campaign for cleaning the coastlines from litter starts in Tatarstan on July 13. It will unite representatives of municipal authorities, local authorities, active participants of voluntary and public organizations, students' and pupils' groups, as well as fellow workers of various structures and authorities and just anyone who cares. The event is carried

The II Republican Open-field Olympiad of Young Geologists started in Almetyevsk district.  The event will be held at the premises of children's recreation camps "Solnechny" and "Druzhba" until July 17. A total of 5 teams from Tatarstan participate in the Olympiad together with a team from Bakhchisaray district of the Republic of Crimea and a

The remuneration paid to the citizens who have submitted the information on the violations of the nature protection legislation on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan has been increased. Earlier, the citizen who provided photo or video information on the offender received one thousand rubles, and starting 2016 this sum has been increased to 1.5 thousand rubles. Moreover, the list of violations has also been expanded. Besides illegal placement of waste and illegal extraction of mineral resources, people can now also report on the restricted access to the public water facility or its coastline, on the violation of the mode of economic or other activity of the water protection area of the water facility and land damage (destruction of the fertile layer

The hot line number, the e-mail, the State Information System “People’s control”, the mobile application “School eco-patrol” are all accessible for the citizens to report on the nature protection violations. All the information received from the citizens is referred to the Republican Public Ecological Reception Office. The information on illegal extraction of common mineral resources, unauthorized landfills, restriction of the access to the water 

About 6 thousand talented children and talented youth from all districts of the Republic of Tatarstan, a dozen of Russian regions, as well as fellow nationals from the Near and Far abroad will be able to receive knowledge in the field of ecology. "From ecology of the soul to ecology of nature" is the key topic of this year's V International Youth Educational Forum "Selet". "The Selet Project will become 'green'. One of the tasks of the Forum for the Ministry of Ecology is to attract public inspectors from

The Fisherman’s Day is celebrated by workers of fisheries, fishery conservation services, as well as thousands of citizens of Tatarstan and Russian who prefer fishing to any type of recreation and enthusiastically spend their free time on the coastlines of water bodies on the quiet. Today, a fishery sector in the Republic also plays an important role in the assurance of food safety of the population, while conservation and augmentation of water bioresources, their efficient and rational use become

Inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted the "Clean Air" campaign today in Kazan. Using a smoke detector for diesel engines, inspectors checked 24 buses of the "Baylyk-3" company that transport passengers on route 43. "The 'Clean Air' campaign is carried out in Tatarstan in order to reveal and restrict operation of motor vehicles with excessive content of pollutants in exhaust gases", informed Deputy Head of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic ofTatarstan, Almaz Ismagilov, "exhaust gases of motor vehicles are inspected using smoke detectors and gas detection analyzers. An administrative protocol is drawn up against owners of motor vehicles if the concentration

A student from Tatarstan will participate in the expedition on the study of the North Seas of Russia. Along with certified underwater scientists of the Russian Geographical Society he will participate in the large-scale expedition project "13 Seas of Russia" elaborated by the Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Dmitry Sidorov is a 2-year student of the Kazan State Architectural and Construction University specializing in

All who are not indifferent to the ecology-related matters are invited to participate in the Contest of Educational and Research Projects on Environment Protection carried out within the framework of the program "Youth - for the nature of Moscow". The event is held to promote participation of the youth in solution of ecological problems, and its involvement in research and practical nature protection activity. Categories of creative pieces of work:

- suggestions on solution of ecological problems (ideas, inventions, projects, and programs);

- research projects (monitoring, studying, and assessment);

- projects on ecological enlightenment, education and social advertisement (video spots, leaflets and so on).

A large-scale ecological campaign was held today in Kazan on the beach "Nizhnee Zarech'e". Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, members of the youth team of the Russian Geographical Society, hard-of-hearing adolescents participating in the social project "Expanding the boundaries", as well as the members of the underwater research team of the Russian Geographical Society n.a. Alexey Leonov, and young female representatives of the public organization "Little princesses of Tatarstan" collected litter today from the territory of the beach and cleaned the bottom of the water body. Participants of the first ecological rafting along the Kazanka River were met here as well. As