NEWS

The voting held in the framework of the All-Russian patriotic campaign “Russian Parkway” reached its heights. More than 25 thousand votes were casted for this or that plant in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Lime tree (32%) and oak (28%) are the apparent leaders, and they are the plants mostly desired by the citizens of the Republic of Tatarstan as green symbols of the Republic.

An interesting story is related to pine though. It led the pack from the beginning of the voting, but at the moment it accounts only for about 15%.

An open public online voting related to selection of green symbols of the country in the framework of the All-Russian campaign “Russian Parkway” will last until August 31, 2014.

The voting is held on the official website of the campaign “RUSSIAN PARKWAY” (ruspriroda.ru). Registration is not obligatory for the voting.

Forest fires were prevented during the last weekend by the forest protection services of the Republic despite persisting hot weather. The forest fund is patrolled during day time, while the dispatching department works 24/7.

The situation in forests is controlled by 150 mobile groups including 400 people. The forest protection service conducts terrestrial and air patrolling of forests in compliance with coordinated routes.

Improvement of the Program for Forestry Development in compliance with the Basic State Policy in the Field of Use, Protection and Reproduction of Forests in the Russian Federation until 2030 is on the agenda of the meeting including solution of problems regarding disintegration of the indicators of program implementation for leased and not leased forests.

The council members will also discuss the possibilities of creation of the National forest heritage of Russia: the approaches to allocation and preservation of forests that are not liable to industrial development.

It is the fourth year that students of the forest beautification teams have been working in the republican forestries. The peculiarity of the team “Forest patrol” lies in the fact that all the combatants are the students of higher educational establishments training experts of forest specializations: Lubyany Forest Engineering College, Zainsk Polytechnic College and Kazan Agricultural University. Sanitary cleaning of suburban forests is carried out on the area of more than 10 thousand ha.   An 8-hour working day will be credited for a field trip by agreement with management of higher educational establishments.

The Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Nail Magdeev visited the team “Forest Patrol” and asked about the work and living conditions, as well as conditions for recreation of the combatants. The students clean deadwood and fallen dead brunches on the territory of Prigorodnoe forestry, and they also cleaned road sides from litter. Work of the team will go on until the beginning of the new academic year.

Head of the Nature Reserve Akhli Fayzullin and specialists organize ecological tours for the children from school camps and recreation camps, where they will be familiarized with local flora and fauna.

Specialist of the 1st category Alfiya Nurimanova organized the Lesson on Wild Nature for the children from Municipal Budgetary Preschool Educational Establishment “Koyashkay” of Kichketan village. Preschoolers visited the “World of wonderful butterflies”, and got acquainted with birds of our forests, trees and bushes that surround them.

A field team of deputies of the State Duma and the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation worked in Tatarstan visiting forestries of the Republic.  Pupils of Nurlaty school forestry met important guests with a substantial program.  During the holiday named “Forest subway”, pupils along with guests guessed names of coniferous trees on the “Botanical” station, described local vegetation on the “Geographical” station, and on the “Mathematical” station they calculated how many cubic meters lumberers will gather from 1 ha of a certain forest plot. But the “Theatrical” station was the most original, where the team “Mushroom Republic” was the best, and each pupil was to depict a certain mushroom – a deputy aiming to run for the President, and each candidate gave a speech regarding their ecological program.

The guests acknowledged high level of activity of the school forestry and the Forest Museum headed by Tatyana Ivanovna Chibidina.

The campaign is held on the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan. Many graduates, despite their busyness, find time to help their school. Foresters also render adequate assistance to schools: construction materials are allocated to rural and forest schools for reconstruction, while planting material is delivered for beautification.

The Contest is mainly aimed at stimulation of obtainment of the state, municipal and socially important services rendered to the population in the electronic form. In order to participate in the contest, all the experts of the Ministry registered personal accounts on the Portal. Each week received points for paid services are rated. The contest results will be summarized at the end of the year.

The Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Nail Magdeev held a meeting on wood delivery to the plant “Kastamonu Integre Wood Industry”. Other business issues were also discussed.

The meeting on “Afforestation of water protection areas of Kuybyshev and Nizhnekamsk reservoirs, as well as construction of a Scientific and Production Center ‘Russian oak forest’” was held in the building of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. The National coordinator of the UNIDO (UN) project in Russia B.M. Melnichuk, representatives of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, and more than 20 public ecological organizations of the Republic of Tatarstan participated in the meeting.

The project was favorably appraised by public ecological organizations and scientists of the Republc of Tatarstan.