NEWS

     The initiative to hold Lessons of Forest belongs to the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. The day of Knowledge on Forest is held in compliance with the Resolution of the UN General Assembly on announcement of March 21st as the International Day of Forest.

      Lessons on Forest started in Kazan schools. In such a way, expert of the Biodiversity Department Yuliya Bikmullina reached an agreement on holding the Lesson at a specialized school No. 172 for pupils of forms 8-11.  A sincere and engaged talk on importance of forests and responsible attitude of a human being to this natural resource aroused a vivid reaction of children and many questions. A film was demonstrated during the Lesson on the activity of nature reserves of the Republic, and literature with published creative pieces of work of pupils who take part in the annual March of Parks was handed out.

This is a line from a Mikhail Nozhkin’s poem that became the keynote of a contest of reciters in Leskhoz secondary school (Arsk district) devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory and the Year of Literature announced in the Russian Federation. Pupils of forms 5-7 could persuasively communicate suffering and happiness, hate and joy of the victory reflected in poems written by poets of Russia and Tatarstan. The best reciters were awarded with Certificates of school administration.

Visiting of the Finnish Business Life Union, the Central Union of Technological Industry and a general meeting with the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce are included into the program of visit of a delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan – the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan R. Zaripov.

The Minister A. Nazirov met with Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Department of Finland Uha Oyola who visited the Ministry and forest entities of the Republic in 2013, as well as Director for Strategic Planning and Development Sikstenem Sunabaka engaged in Strategic Forest Industry Program.

    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 to familiarize teachers and students of forest educational establishments of the Western Europe with forestry management in the Republic of Tatarstan as a leading region in various directions.

   Deputy Minister Kharis Musin and Rais Gumerov welcomed the European group at the Ministry, and heads of specialized departments responded to students’ questions.

    In late afternoon they visited forest areas and the nursery of Prigorodnoe forestry. Visit of Saby forestry and Lubyany Forest Engineering College are on the agenda.

       Large-scale projects in the field of forestry can’t be implemented without a complex of forest accounting and forest management measures of the Ministry’s chief information resource.         First Deputy Minister Kharis Musin chaired the meeting. Experts of the Ministry and Kazan Subsidiary of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Roslesinforg” were present at the meeting.

        Kazan expedition of the subsidiary of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Roslesinforg”, “Povolzhsky lesproject”, elaborated a Forest Plan of the Republic of Tatarstan. Today, forest management is required due to implementation of a large-scale investment project of a Turkish company “Kastamonu Integre Wood Industry” engaged in wood processing in the special economic zone “Alabuga”. It won’t be possible to implement this project if forest management work isn’t carried out as soon as possible, and forests can lose their protective and other functions. These tasks can be solved only if the efforts of Kazan subsidiary of Roslesinforg and the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan are joined.

Before spring inaccessibility, wood procurement for the plant “Kastamonu Integre Wood Industry” is forced at establishments of the Ministry.

Piles of procured wood can be seen on the territory of the State Public Establishment “Privolzhskoe Forestry” and adjoining public-access roads. In 2015, the State Public Establishment “Privolzhskoe Forestry” plans to procure and deliver to the plant 10,000 cubic meters of wood, while at present, all in all,  3,877 cubic meters have already been delivered. Wood is procured only on the plots assigned for cutting by the forest management regulations and requiring sanitary cutting in compliance with adjustment plans of sanitary and corrective measures approved of by the Ministry.

It is planned to plant young forest on the areas of clear-cut harvesting.

Before the meeting, the foresters inspected forest and production areas of Lubyany forestry.

      Three matters were on the agenda of the meeting:

1.      Production activity of State Budgetary Establishments “Forest” during two current months

2.      Ministry’s work on preparation for the fire season 2015

3.      Preparation for the silvicultural season.

The Minister brought to notice of head-foresters and experts that this year conditions of the Ministry’s work would be changed – it is necessary to implement measures aimed at optimization of fulfillment of delegated powers. Moreover, we can expect early spring, that’s’ why we might need to make amendments to production plans related to wood procurement and prevention of forest fires.

A year and a half ago, the World Summer Universiade took place in Kazan.  The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin instituted a commemorative medal of “The XXVII (2013) World Summer Unversiade”.

In order for the Universiade to be held properly and at an adequate level, fellow workers of the forestry field and experts of the Ministry made their contribution. They restored wooden architecture facilities in the Staro-Tatarstaya Sloboda, worked at the stadium “Kazan-Arena” and greened up the Universiade village and sports facilities.

The Minister expressed his gratitude to those who had been awarded, and then he delivered prizes.

The ownership of the Forest Engineering College was assigned to the Republic of Tatarstan as of January 1, 2012. Its material and technical base is enforced with active support of the government of the Republic: forest plots of more than 10 thousand hectares in area, a “Komatsu” harvester and forwarder, modern wood processing equipment, and a computer class were given to the college.

All the conditions meant for education and comfortable living of students were created at the college.

On March 15th, Almas Nazirov opened a student canteen after capital repairs and expressed his gratitude to constructors of “Stroykom” LLC having awarded the Director Vadim Akhatov with the Ministry’s Certificate of Merit.

It is now a tradition for the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan to hold ski races among fellow workers of the forestry field of the Republic near the end of winter in Lubyany village of Kukmor district, where the Forest Engineering College is located.

The Minister of Forestry Almas Nazirov opened the competitions “Forest ski race 2015”: “We have solemnly raised the contest flag, parting directions have been given to the participants, and off we go!” Women were the first to start.

Gulsum Minnikhanova from Saby forestry was the first to finish repeating her last-year result, Elena Khmeleva from Cheremshany forestry was the second, and Venera Afanasyeva (Kama forestry) was the third. All three prize-winners are accountants in forestries.

As for men, Vladimir Bochkarev (Kama forestry) was the first one to finish, Stepan Sapozhnikov (Alkeevskoe forestry) was the second, and Victor Zaytsev from Lubyany Forest Engineering College was the third.

The Minister A. Nazirov gave the Cup to representatives of Kama forestry for the team victory. Winners of the competitions were awarded with valuable prizes.