Ravil Kuzyurov reported on the preliminary results of the “Garden of Remembrance” International campaign in the Republic of Tatarstan at the videoconference meeting
Today, the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov made a report on the preliminary results of the International campaign “Memory Garden” in the Republic of Tatarstan at the videoconference meeting. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kobylkin.
Let us recall that the International campaign “Garden of Remembrance” started on March 18 and will last until June 22 of this year. Its organizers are the All-Russian Public Movement “Victory Volunteers” and the Victory Commemoration Fund with support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the Federal Forestry Agency. The purpose of the campaign is to plant 27 million trees in memory of 27 million dead during the Great Patriotic War.
“Given the natural and climatic conditions of the Republic of Tatarstan, it was planned to complete all plantings before May 20. However, due to the prevailing sanitary and epidemiological situation, the campaign in some districts was postponed to a later date, said Ravil Kuzyurov. - In general, as part of the campaign, it was planned to plant more than 480 thousand seedlings in memory of the great feat of 350 thousand Tatarstan people who did not return home from the front to their relatives and friends”.
According to the Minister, as of May 25 this year 505 thousand trees were planted in Tatarstan, including 399 thousand seedlings - on the territory of the forest fund and 106 thousand seedlings - on the territory of municipal districts. On April 25 events were organized on the lands of the forest fund in all forest districts. The campaign was especially large-scale in Buinskiy (45 thousand seedlings were planted on 1 plot), Laishevskiy (26 thousand seedlings were planted on 1 plot) and Arskiy (24.1 thousand seedlings were planted on 1 plot) forest districts.
Also, the campaign took place in all municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Representatives of Pestrechinskiy, Buinskiy, Agryzskiy and Tukayevskiy districts held the campaign with special responsibility. The campaign was organized by representatives of municipal administrations, rural settlements and housing and communal services.
The central event of the campaign was the planting of trees in Victory Park in Kazan. The President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Chief Federal Inspector for the Republic of Tatarstan Viktor Demidov, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, the Chairman of the Tatarstan regional branch of the Volunteers of Victory Azat Idrisov and others took part in the tree planting. During the campaign, trees such as willow and linden, a total of 75 pcs were planted.
“During the events, all necessary measures were taken to prevent and counteract the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 - the participants were in protective wearing, planted trees at a distance from each other and were in groups of no more than two or three people, said Ravil Kuzyurov. - Also, pupils of school forest districts joined the campaign, planting trees in their plots and posting photos on social networks. In total, 137 schoolchildren received individual certificates”.
After listening to the report, the Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia Dmitry Kobylkin gave a positive assessment to the work performed in the framework of the International campaign “Garden of Remembrance”. The Republic of Tatarstan is among the leading regions not only in environmental protection, but also in terms of reforestation and afforestation, he said.