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The event is held in two stages — from April 1st to June 1st and from September 1st to November 1st. Heads of subordinate establishments and structural subdivisions of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan together with local authorities implement measures aimed at cleaning of forests from littering and pollution, while hard landscaping is repaired and beautified. Administrations of horticultural societies, forest plot tenants, as well as pupils of secondary and higher educational establishments are involved in forest cleaning.

A two-month sanitary and ecological campaign in Tatarstan starts on April 1, 2015. As it was reported today by Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan — Chief State Inspector for Nature Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ramil Nizamov, today in the course of a briefing at the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was held in the form of a video conference with engagement of all municipal districts of Tatarstan.

First Deputy Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Kharis Musin, Deputy Chairperson of the External Beautification Committee of Kazan Executive Committee Rais Zaynutdinov participated in the briefing.

Following the results of 2014, all in all, 1,217 unauthorized waste placement sites with total area amounting to 556 thousand sq. m were revealed during a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign.  For the first time this year in the course of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign all unauthorized waste placement sites revealed by regulatory authorities will be entered into the geo-information system “Ecological map of the Republic of Tatarstan” (karta.tatar.ru). Using this innovation, all municipalities will be able to control on a daily basis the situation related to emergence of illegal dumping.

Removal of consumption waste, dry wood and deadfall was carried out in the forest fund in 2014 on the area of 112 ha, and 511 cubic meters of solid domestic waste were removed. 

A campaign “Clean forests of Tatarstan” starts on April 1st, and it will be held in two stages: in early spring and in fall. Sanitary measures are implemented during the campaign among other things to prevent forest fires.

(Source: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan)

On the threshold of a tree-planting season, the issue regarding enhancement of growing of planting material at basic nurseries of subordinate establishments was included into the agenda of the meeting. To that extent, experience of the Emperor’s nursery was studied regarding growing of decorative planting material.

A briefing related to a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign for cleaning of cities and municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan will be held at the conference room of the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan on Tuesday, March 31st, at 10 am.

First Deputy Minister Kharis Musin will participate in the briefing.

The Congress is held by the Social and Economic Development Agency. The Congress will cover the matters regarding regulation of economic activity near water facilities. Nature protection legislation and preservation of water bio-resources are of professional interest to the Ministry’s specialists, and so these issues are on the agenda of the Congress.

The Congress is to be held in May.

The collection features salutation of the Minister of Forestry Almas Nazirov of young nature lovers. The 8th collection elaborated by experts of the Biodiversity Department included creative pieces of work of participants of the “March of Parks-2014”: stories and poems in Tatar and Russian languages, as well as drawings and photos.

The trip was organized in the framework of the International Educational Program EUROFORESTER on demand of St. Petersburg State Forest Engineering University named after S.M. Kirov for the governing bodies of the Ministry.

Teachers and students of forest higher educational establishments of the Western Europe and China visited Prigorodnoe and Saby forestries, where they familiarized with forestry management in the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Lubyany Forest Engineering College was the last point of destination. Teachers and students headed by Director Afanasy Dnilov met the guests with bread, salt and chak-chak on the Alley of Lovers leading to the college building. The delegation inspected rooms, production facilities, college museum, and they had dinner at a student canteen.

The meeting ended with a concert prepared by the Lubyany staff, but Swedish and Chinese students soon joined its program.

Hardwood stem cuttings of poplar are being procured in Buinsk forestry to prepare for the spring silvicultural season that will open on April 15th. They are put into snow piles for storage until the snow melts.

The work is carried out on blackening of seeding divisions of the forest nurseries, creation of snow piles for storage of planting material and establishment of seeds of forest plants for stratification.

This year it is held from March 23rd to May 22nd, 2015 under the slogan “Soils are priceless natural heritage”.

“The March of Parks-2015” as a nature protection campaign is held in the framework of the Year of Parks and Square Gardens in order to foster careful attitude to natural heritage of the Republic of Tatarstan in the young generation.

Prizewinning children’s creative pieces of work that participated in contests of the subordinate districts will be accepted until March 12th, 2015 at the Biodiversity Department of the Ministry, and reports on the campaign will be awaited in the following categories of events:

an educational stage (tours, lectures, children’s ecological events, topical expositions, round tables, participation in radio and TV programs) aimed at attraction of new advocates of nature protection activity of state nature reserves;

a contest stage (a contest of photos “Wild nature islands”, a contest of children’s drawings “World of wild nature”, a contest of children’s literature pieces of work “Lukomor’e” (“Curved sea-shore”);

a labor stage (voluntary free of charge help in landscaping and cleaning of territories of parks and square gardens, establishment of artificial nests for birds);

a solemn stage (expositions).

Such a holiday was held at the nursery “Solnyshko” (“Sun”) in Kichketan village with participation of inspectors of the State Public Nature Reserve “Kichke-Tan”. It was combined with celebration of Nowruz. 

Pupils saw off winter with poems, songs and joyful plays, and they happily met spring. It won’t be long until we see our feathered “travelers”, and very soon our little feathered friends will come back from warm Southern countries. It is for them that pupils of the nursery have made bird-houses.

Speaking with children, Head of the State Nature Reserve Akhli Fayzullin said: “On the territory of our country there are more than 700 bird species. They can be encountered in any corner of nature and they always attract attention with loud melodious singing or bright feathers, or intriguing behavior. Almost all birds are useful for a human being. Many of them destroy agricultural pests — insects or rodents, while others give us meat, fur, feathers and eggs. It would be unfriendly and quiet in forests, parks and gardens without birds. Our feathered friends enliven nature and constitute its wealth”. 

At the end of the celebration, participants received diplomas and presents.