In Kazan (Privolzhskii) Federal University took place first open lecture of the Ministry of Forestry Republic of Tatarstan Nail Gambarovich Magdeev.

The meeting with students and teachers was dedicated to the topic Forest, the condition and perspectives of development of forestry in Republic of Tatarstan.

His lecture the Minister started with the background of forests in Kazan province and told about historical and social reasons of forest cover reduction on the territory of our Republic. Now it’s the time “to gather the stones” and the measures which were accepted in the forestry for rising forest restoration works, to make shelter forest have already given first results. In the sphere of timber harvesting was found important partners. Nail Magdeev also told that the innovational projects presents – forest selecting-seed center and in future scientific-production center “Oakwood of Russia” in Kaibizi.

The lecture of the Minister became not only talk about forest and people’s attention to it. The scientists of University told to the Minister how the intellectual potential of K(P)FU can work for ecology and forest. The listeners could ask N. Magdeev all interested questions.

At the end of the lecture the students and teachers could take with them a little part of forest – planting stock from the forest selecting-seed center of Republic of Tatarstan.