A meeting of the Public Council was held at the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan
Today the Ministry hosted a meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was attended by the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov, his deputies Ilgizar Zaripov, Rais Gumerov, director of the branch of the FBU “VNIILM” “Eastern European LOS” Ilfir Galiullin, acting. Ilnar Akhmetgaliev, director of the branch of the Federal Budgetary Institution “Russian Forest Protection Center” “Forest Protection Center of the Republic of Tatarstan”, Olga Kalashnikova, chairman of the Tatarstan Republican Organization of the All-Russian Trade Union of Workers of State Institutions and Public Services of the Russian Federation, and others.
The Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov opened the meeting and announced the rules of procedure.
Head of the department of state control and supervision Airat Akhmerov, head of the department of reforestation and afforestation Timur Galiev, head of the sector for civil service and personnel Elvira Ziyatdinova and chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilgiz Zaripov made presentations at the event.
Airat Akhmerov spoke about the results of the implementation of the federal state forest control (supervision) and forest protection, the developed draft program for the prevention of risks of causing harm (damage) to legally protected values in the exercise by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan of the powers of federal state forest control (supervision) on the lands of the forest fund on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2023. In particular, he said that 58 control (supervisory) measures were taken for 10 months without interaction with controlled persons and more than 2 thousand preventive measures.
“Also since the beginning of the year, state forest inspectors have carried out over 28.6 thousand patrols,” Airat Akhmerov added. “In the course of the activities carried out, 165 violations of forest legislation were revealed.”
Timur Galiev informed the participants of the meeting about the results of the implementation of the federal project “Preservation of forests” of the national project “Ecology”. According to him, this year in the Republic of Tatarstan, reforestation was carried out on an area of 3619 hectares, and 33,950 thousand pieces of standard planting material were grown.
“According to the results of the survey, the survival rate of forest plantations in 2022 is 88%,” he said.
Elvira Ziyatdinova acquainted those present with the results of the implementation of anti-corruption policy measures in the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan for 10 months of this year. She said that as part of the declaration campaign, 113 civil servants and heads of subordinate institutions provided information on their income, expenses, and property obligations.
“Also, in the reporting period, the sector received 4 notices about the implementation of other paid work and 3 messages from organizations about the conclusion of an employment contract that replaced the position of the civil service,” said Elvira Ziyatdinova.
Ilgiz Zaripov dwelled on the problem of the death of young forest crops due to the high number of ungulates in the Republic of Tatarstan. He outlined the need to design a research work on the optimal number of elks, roe deer, and wild boars in the region.
At the end of the meeting, there was a discussion and exchange of views on the possibilities of improving the efficiency of forest complex management, ensuring rational, continuous, and sustainable forest management.