The Minister of Forestry met with Deputy Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Mr. Philippe R. Scholtes in the framework of the working visit to the Republic of Austria. The project on reforestation of the water protection areas of basins of large rivers of the Republic of Tatarstan together with UNIDO and the Global Ecological Fund was discussed during the meeting. Moreover, the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan met with Deputy Director of the Forestry Department under the Ministry of Land, Forestry, Environment and Ecology of Austria, Mr. DI.DR. JOHANNES SHIMA, in the course of the meeting. Moreover, in the course of this meeting, the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, N.G. Magdeev, made a report-presentation on the forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.