The results of "Forest Week - 2018" campaign
Today, the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan summed up the results of the republican environmental campaign "Forest Week-2018". During the week from 8 to 14 September, forestry staff and forestry enterprise workers, volunteers and residents of the republic took an active part in this campaign. During the campaign cleaning took place in forest parks and forest areas adjacent to settlements. Solid household waste, dead wood and fallen trees in a volume of 1,150 cubic meters were collected and exported. Also, within the framework of the campaign, an acorn gathering with a volume of 300 kg was held and 68 environmental lessons were conducted in general schools.
The Republican Environmental Campaign "Forest Week-2018" is conducted by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan in order to create a favorable sanitary and ecological situation in the forests located on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as to cultivate a careful attitude to forest and in accordance with Decree No. 2239-r of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan dated August 23, 2018.
On October 6, a massive planting of trees will take place, within the framework of which it is planned to lay out memorable plantings, alleys and squares in all municipal districts of Tatarstan - it is planned to plant 1.3 million new trees. Meanwhile, the clearing of forest territories is not over yet, in the near future the "Clean forests of Tatarstan" campaign starts, foresters call the inhabitants of the republic for general cleaning.