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Pupils help birds to survive the intense cold. They have built bird-houses and hang them near schools, nurseries, on the streets of cities and forest villages. Considering the frost, tree trunks are covered in ice, and it is hard for the bird kind to get natural food, and that is why many birds stay closer to people’s homes where it is easier for them to be fed.

Daily feeding of birds during hibernation is not only a considerable contribution into salvation of the bird kind, but also a great possibility to observe live nature, which is one of the most important means of fostering of a careful attitude to all living beings in children.

The plan for forest fire extinguishing on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan was elaborated at the Ministry of Forestry for prevention and avoidance of forest fires on urban lands and lands of other categories. The plan was coordinated at administrations of municipal formations and executive committees, the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan and was referred to the Department of Forestry for Volga Federal District.

According to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, 149,239 pupils of the Republic participated in class hours, creative contests, talks, role plays and quizzes. During the Year for Environmental Culture and Nature Protection schools were visited by experts of forestries and nature reserves, who held the activities devoted to preservation of natural wealth of the Republic, explanation of importance of forests and specially protected areas in order to maintain ecological balance.

During today’s final meeting of the board of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov ordered to pay attention to creation of new wood processing industries that will allow to increase the volumes of wood prepared in Tatarstan. Head of the Department of Forestry for the Volga Federal District Alexander Ornatsky, members of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, and fellow workers of forest industry of Tatarstan also participated in the work of the board.

The meeting  of the panel of the Ministry “Results of forestry development in the Republic of Tatarstan in 2013 and tasks for 2014” with participation of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan  Rustam Minnikhanov will take place on January 17, 2014 at the Trade and Entertainment Center “Corston”. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. 

This day is celebrated in Russia also in memory of the writer Evgeny Nosov on the Day of his Birthday. Having read the poem of A. Yashin “Feed the birds in winter”, Evgeny Nosov decided to hang birdhouses every winter, thus, honoring the memory of his fried-poet, and he also posted the leaflets with this poem in order to attract the citizens of his native city to bird feeding.

Every month, small complex brigades of subordinate State Budgetary Establishments “Forest” prepare about 55 thousand cubic meters of wood in the forest fund. As for right now, short log trucks of the Forest transportation company have brought about 29,515 cubic meters of wood to the sites of the “Castamonu Integrated Wood Industry” plant.

The first plant (on production of MDF boards) will be put into operation in April 2014. It is planned to produce MDF, chipboards and OSB boards at the plant, and consumption of wood will amount to about 2 million cubic meters per year.

On this day, in 1916, the first state nature reserve, Barguzinsky, was created in Russia and it gained world recognition: in 1986 by the decision of UNESCO, it was awarded with the status of biosphere nature reserve, and it was included into the International network of biosphere reservation.

Blockhouses of orthodox temples are built according to sketches prepared by the Tatar metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church in compliance with the order of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan R.N. Minnikhanov.

The State Public Establishment “Kama Forestry” and the State Budgetary Establishment “Kama Forest” finished laying of the foundation of a church in Albaevo village in Mamadysh municipal district. Fellow workers of Kzyl-Yulduzsky forestry and the State Budgetary Establishment “Kzyl-Yulduzsky Forest” for restoration of the church in Kreschenye Kazyli village of Rybnaya Sloboda municipal district prepared 75 cubic meters of wood for the main blockhouse and attached premises. The State Public Establishment “Almetyevsk Forestry” and the State Budgetary Establishment “Almetles” prepared 50 cubic meters of wood for restoration of the church in Lenino village of Novosheshminsk municipal district. At present, cutting of the first crown of the big main blockhouse of 8.1х 6.8 m is almost finished.

Following the auctions, the State budgetary establishments “Forest” were entitled with the right to realize New Year fir trees at the specialized fairs and fir tree markets on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 2013 they realized about 19 thousand pieces of pines and fir trees in the amount of 4 million rubles. Foresters brought fir trees and pines gratuitously to pre-school and school establishments, hospitals and nursing homes.

Preventive measures with regard to protection of coniferous young forest from illegal cutting became relevant during the Pre-New Year period. The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan created 145 mobile groups with participation of 437 state forest inspectors and 197 fellow workers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They conducted 361 raids on the territory of the forest fund of the Republic and created 79 posts.

Following the results of the carried out events, 36 protocols were drawn up with regard to illegal cutting of 39 coniferous plantings. The damage amounted to 59,749 rubles, whereof 20 thousand rubles were collected.