“Live the Forest!” all-Russia event is about to start

For the purpose of attracting more public attention to the  issues of restoration and enlargement of the forest wealth of Russia, the Ministry of Forestry of Russia is to conduct an all-Russia Autumn public event “Live the Forest!” that has already become a tradition, from  September 1 to October 31,  2016.

As a part of the event, a Republic-wide environment-protection event “Forest Planting Day” will take place. Specialists are planning to create forest plantations and to plant vegetation in parks and public gardens of the Republic at the area of 350 ha using 1.3 Mio pieces of nursery plants. Over 30.000 people will participate. Moreover, From September 15 to November 15, 2016, an event “Clean Forests of Tatarstan” will be held, as a part of which it is planned to take measures to clean forests of solid waste, to remove dry and fallen trees to repair and beautify pavilions, dashboards and notice boards installed on lands of the forest reserve. The Ministry will attract executive bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan, professors and students of educational institutions, commercial entities, youth public associations, and residents and guests of the Republic for the events. It is noteworthy that more and more volunteers join such nature protection events in the Republic of Tatarstan every year: activists plant trees and clean forests with their families and children.