“Water for life in live nature”

The nature protection campaign “March of parks 2014” was held this year under the given slogan.  The Center for wild nature protection (Moscow) is the Russian coordinator of the campaign. The campaign is aimed at propaganda of ecological importance of specially protected natural territories, as well as fostering of careful attention to water resources and dwellers of water bodies in the young generation of the Republic of Tatarstan.

This international campaign was held in 20 municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan in 5 stages: educative, competitive, working, festive, and accounting. More than 25.4 thousand people took part in the events organized by administrations of the state nature reserves of the Republic of Tatarstan; while 279 companies, organizations and establishments became active partners of the campaign;

all in all, 122 ecological landing troops were organized to ensure voluntary assistance in holding of nature protection events (cleaning of forests and shores of water bodies from litter, their landscaping etc.), wherein about 9.0 thousand people took place;

all in all, 26 mass media participated in coverage of events of the “March of parks 2014”, and 34 articles were published in 20 newspapers;

all in all, 4,276 pupils from 199 schools of the Republic took part in the contest of children’s drawings “World of wilderness”. Moreover, 2,394 pupils from 186 schools participated in the contest of photos “Islands of wild nature”, and 1,644 pupils from 171 schools of the Republic took part in the contest of children’s creative pieces of work “Lukomorye”.