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Gifts, flowers, kind words ... Employees of Bugulminskiy forest district and forestry enterprise held a holiday dedicated to the International Day of Older Persons. Veterans of the forestry industry, who worked in forestry, gathered at the holiday table. Gulnara Mukhametkhanova, Head forester of the State Public Institution “Bugulminskiy Forest District” and Sagid Abdullin, Director of the State Budgetary Institution “Bugulminskiy Forestry Enterprise” made kind congratulations. They wished the audience good health, warmth, joy, home comfort and long life. Veterans received positive emotions, forgetting about the problems and having a rest with their soul. At the end they were presented with gifts. For all those who could not come to the forest area for health reasons, the gifts were brought home and handed over to everyone personally. “The International Day of Older Persons is not just an official holiday, but a special moment of life, when all good words and thoughts are addressed to people who have passed a long way of life”, the forestry staff noted.

The students of the Lubyanskiy Forestry Engineering College congratulated the veteran teachers of the college on the International Day of Older Persons. They invited them to a meeting in an informal setting. The initiative belongs to the students themselves, who decided to please the veterans, thereby showing their participation, warmth and care. During a cup of tea, at a table, in a cozy atmosphere, students were interested in the life of veterans, asked a variety of questions: from employment and shortage of goods during the Soviet Union to the educational process, because graduates of the technical school were also among the veterans. In conclusion, the volunteers wished dear teachers good health and long life.

A festive dinner organized by the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov was held today as a sign of deep respect and honor for veterans, in the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In his solemn speech, the Minister notes that thanks to the experience and knowledge of people who have dedicated themselves to serving the forestry industry, today the industry is developing successfully. The stock laid by veterans of the forest industry, will suffice also for future generations in case of efficient use.

In a warm, cozy atmosphere, at the festive table, the Minister took interest in the living conditions of the veterans. And the veterans told their vision of the development of forestry. R.A. Kuzyurov thanked the veterans for the work they did for the forest industry. He wished everyone active longevity, good health, attention from loved ones.

Letters of thanks of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan for the contribution to the development of forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan were awarded to Pridannikov Vladimir Nikolaevich, who recently celebrated his 80th anniversary, Garifullin Tavzyar Abdullovich - 70 years, Gataullina Murshida Ravilyevna - 65 years, Faizrakhmanova Guzal Gilmullovna – 65 years.

A festive concert program decorated the meeting. After the event, veterans of the forestry industry were presented with gifts.

R.A. Kuzyurov, Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in the discussion of the Forest Plan of the Republic of Tatarstan. Information on development of the draft document was provided during the meeting. Representatives of the Kazan branch of Roslesinforg reported on the measures taken to eliminate the comments and suggestions received from specialists of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, subordinate institutions, as well as other organizations and departments, during the development of the plan. After elimination of remarks the document will be sent for approval to the Federal Forestry Agency. The forest plan is one of the most important documents, long-term planning of the forest areas development of the republic for 10 years, developed by the Kazan branch of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Roslesinforg”.

The second forest management meeting was held at the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, where the materials of forest management conducted on the territory of Bilyarskiy forest district were reviewed. Forestry development plan for the next 10 years - forestry, forest protection and reforestation – was adopted at the meeting. Also, foresters discussed the possibility of using such types of cutting as reforestation, restocking cutting and conversion cutting. The Ministry notes that carrying out these cuttings will be possible after the adoption of the relevant regulations. This meeting was held in an online mode with representatives of the Forestry Department in the Volga Federal District. The event was attended by employees of the Kazan, Vyatka and Volga branches of Roslesinforg, specialists of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan and the leaders of the forestry subordinate institutions.

The Ministry of Forestry held a regular meeting of the Commission under the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan on combating corruption, which examined the implementation of the program of the Ministry for implementation of anti-corruption policy for 9 months of 2018. Also, issues of internal financial control and audit for targeted and rational use of budget funds and on implementation of Federal Law No. 44-FZ dated April 05, 2013 "On contract system in procurement, goods, works, services for provision of state and municipal needs" for the first half of 2018.

“Clean Forests of Tatarstan" campaign took place in Kazan in Derbyshki rural settlement. Specialists of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan together with workers of the Prigorodnyi forest district and students of the Forestry Department of the Kazan State Agrarian University cleared the forest area from empty plastic and glass bottles, plastic bags, disposable dishes. 8 cubic meters of solid household waste were collected by joint efforts. The forest near Derbyshki village is a forest-park zone and a place for active visits of local population and townspeople. Apparently, therefore, forest site is very polluted. It should be noted that forestry students conscientiously treated the event and took an active part in cleaning up the forest area. By this campaign, future foresters wanted to draw attention to the garbage problem in the forests and the careful attitude to nature. "If a person removes at least one bag of garbage, he will think a hundred times next time whether to throw an empty bottle in the forest or not. He will tell his friend about it, and those will tell his friend and thus the situation will improve. We really hope that people will stop littering in the forests", the students noted.

Schoolchildren held a campaign "Let's preserve the Tetyushskiy oak forests" in one of the forest plantations of Tetyushskiy forest district. The children collected a bag of acorns needed to grow oak seedlings. The event was held in the form of a visiting lesson, in which pupils from the 7th grade, class teacher Irina Firsova, Biology Teacher Nailya Gafarova, Forest Protection and Conservation Engineer Aleksandr Merzlov, District Forestry Officer of the Tetyushskiy forest district Rais Abdrakhmanov took part. They told the pupils about the need for not only careful treatment of the forest, but also about the conservation and enhancement of forest tracts. As part of the campaign, the children also cleared the forest area in the Sabantuy holiday area. Schoolchildren take great pleasure in participating in various traditional events and competitions that play an indisputable role in educating pupils of love and care for their native land, taking care of nature of their village. Children are eagerly waiting for new meetings with forestry workers, they are eagerly waiting for the opportunity to once again show concern and contribute to the preservation of nature of their land.

In Nurlatskiy forest district, much attention is paid to the education of the younger generation, because careful treatment toward forest should be educated from childhood. In this regard, Forest Lessons were held at several schools at once, in which children were told about forestry in a game form. The children guessed riddles and answered questions on forest issues. On the same day, pupils of the 4th school of Nurlat visited the Forest Museum, which is located in the building of the Nurlatskiy forest district, during which they learned a lot of new things - the children saw old tools used in forestry, a forester's uniform, medals, certificates, maps and much other. Children were told about the forest dynasties. Also, the children took part in cleaning the forest fund from clutter and helped to collect solid household waste scattered along the roads in the forest fund. "We always rejoice when we see the eyes of children who study with interest the subjects of life of foresters, answer questions and voluntarily participate in actions to clean up the forest. This means that our new generation is growing, which in the future will stand guard over the forestry activity, will protect the forest and take care of it", foresters noted.

In Tatarstan, special attention is paid to improving the genetic pool of trees growing on the territory of the republic. For this purpose, 500 thousand pieces of common pine seedlings with improved hereditary properties were grown in the Forest Selection and Seed Center of Tatarstan this year. These seeds were collected from forest plantations, which are planted with plant material that has genetically improved properties. Seed sowing took place in March, seedlings successfully grew and as a planting material will be sent to different parts of the republic so that forest cultures with improved hereditary properties will replenish the forest fund of Tatarstan. In the future, the qualitative and quantitative indicators of these forest cultures will be much better.

Such work was carried out earlier in Kaibitskiy, Prigorodnyi and Zelenodolskiy forest districts. Now, at the initiative of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, improved planting material will be distributed centrally to the forestry enyterprises.