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By order of the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, an inspection was carried out pertaining to extraction of common natural resources (CNR) in the water area of the Volga and the Kama Rivers in compliance with the Federal legislation. Deputy Minister – Chief State Inspector for Nature Protection, Ramil Nizamov, reported on the results during the operational meeting on October 20th. He reported that at this moment, 26 crane boats and dredgers operate in the water area, six whereof violated the nature protection legislation. The facts of illegal extraction of CNR were revealed along with the absence of licenses aboard.

A tour was organized for the pupils of the boarding school n.a. E.G. Lastochkina to the Natural History Museum of the Reserve Museum “Kazan Kremlin” in the framework of the project “Ecological rehabilitation” held by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was held by the author of the project, the leading specialist of the Ministry Elena Gilmizyanova, together with fellow workers of the Natural History Museum “Kazan Kremlin”. The children were familiarized with exhibits, the history of the planet and the Republic of Tatarstan, and they were told about ancient animals that had lived on the planet millions of years ago. The following topics were touched upon: ecology, astronomy, mineralogy, mineral resources, geology, and paleontology.

Experts of the Air Protection Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan familiarized today with the system for recycling of fuel vapors implemented at a gas filling station “Lukoil-Uralnephteproduct” LLC located on 46 Cosmonavtov str. in Kazan.