NEWS
“During the period of extensive wild fires in 2013, owing to coherent cooperation, we managed to escape wild fires on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. It is important to note that fellow workers of forestland of the Republic of Tatarstan were engaged both in response to the occurring thermal abnormalities, and in the search of citizens lost in the woodland, which ensured timely response, control and prevention of emergency situations and death of people”, it is said in the honorary mention of the Minister Rafis Khabibullin.
Dear friends! Dear colleagues!
I would like to extend cordial congratulations on the New Year!
The expiring year was full of various interesting and important events. All year round we worked hard in the attempt to protect and restore our forests, all together we were shaping the well-being of our dear Tatarstan. Foresters restored historical look of Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda in the capital of the Republic and helped to build new culture centers and community clubs in municipal districts. The World Summer Universiade was successfully and properly held in Kazan, and we also made a contribution into this particular event.
We are united by the desire to live in peace and love, hope for bright and beautiful future.
With all my heart, in the upcoming year I wish you realization of all the plans, success in business, and health. May well-being lighten your home, and may everyone around you be happy.
The passing year , despite the difficulties , gave us a lot of success and wonderful moments , enriched with new experience and impressions. The forestry sector of the country new and interesting perspectives .
Let the New Year will bring good luck and happiness to everyone , will be calm and kind , will bring a lot of pleasant and highlights in personal and professional life !
I wish peace and concord, new victories and success , prosperity and well-being , peace of mind and family happiness ! "
The checks drawn on 30 December 30 acts on forest law violations in the amount of 40,421 rubles.
Operation " Spruce " was launched on December 10. Forestry specialists controlled harvesting and export winners auctions conifer plantations under contracts of sale of forest plantations . Sale firs made only at designated areas.
During a patrol forests revealed facts forest violations on December 28 this year composed of 8 acts seized 10 trees, the amount of damage to the forest fund was 17,192 rubles. Operatively- preventive activities will be held until December 31.
The keynote of the meeting of the 1st category expert of the State Nature Reserve “Dolgaya Polyana” Tatyana Nikitina with pupils of Syukeevo Secondary School of Kamskoe Ustye Municipal District was the topic of specially protected natural areas. T.A. Nikitina explained to children on the examples from ecology what it means to respect live community of the Earth in all its diversity and to care for it, and what can each of us do for the nature of the motherland. The expert of the nature reserve responded to numerous questions of pupils, and after that they all together watched the film about nature of the State Nature Complex reserve “Dolgaya Polyana”.
The expiring year was fruitful with regard to enhancement of business relations between Tatarstan and Finland in the field of forestry management. In spring delegation of Finnish foresters headed by Director General of the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture of the Republic of Finland Uhi Oyala visited forestries, familiarized with arrangement of forest protection from fires, inspected workshops of the Forest Selection and Seed Center and expressed a high opinion of the level of forestry management in the Republic of Tatarstan. Moreover, Tatar foresters visited forestries of Scandinavia and on invitation of the northern colleagues they participated in the international economic forums and exhibitions.
State inspectors of the Republic of Tatarstan for Nature Protection under the State Nature Complex Reserve “Dolgaya Polyana” V. Nikitin, E. Pokhlebkin, T. Nikitina and fellow workers of Kamskoe Ustye Police Department conducted joint raids on the territory of the State Nature Reserve “Gora Lobach”.
In the course of inspections violations of the regulations of specially protected territories were revealed along with access and parking of motor transport beyond public roads along the territory of the reserve. All in all, 8 protocols were drawn against offenders, and rulings were made with regard to imposition of administrative penalties to the amount of 24 thousand rubles.
In the course of the interview with the editorial director of public and political programs of the state radio Yulduz Krepostina the Minister noted that Tatarstan is the only region in the Volga Federal District where no forest fires have occurred for three years in a row. In the outgoing year, forestries started to plant containerized tree seedlings grown at the Forest Selective Seed Center, and they also started to prepare wood for the largest in Europe plant “Kastamonu Integrated Wood industry”. “We are the only region that has managed to find the way out, namely to apply soft-wooded broadleaf timber that is in little demand. This helps us to revive forestry engineering industry of Tatarstan”, emphasized the Minister.