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Within the implementation of the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan No. 527-r of 21.03.2017 it was announced a sanitary and ecological two-month cleaning of the territories of cities and municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In the territory of "PrivolzhskoyeLesnichestvo" was started an environmental campaign "Clean forests of Tatarstan". Specialists of forestries work on clearing the forest lots from rubbish.

It was developed a plan for interaction with the executive committee of the Verkhneuslonsky district, in which were determined the lots assigned to enterprises and settlements of the district.

We call on all those who are not indifferent to nature to take an active part in the action and together make our forests cleaner!

Special exercises to extinguish forest fires and eliminate the consequences of emergencies will take place in the Zelenodolsky Municipal District of the Republic of Tatarstan in Zelenodolsk Forestry.

These activities are carried out with the aim of improving the practical skills of specialists and checking their readiness to fulfill the tasks of preventing and eliminating emergencies related to forest fires.

In firefighting exercises experts will discuss the evacuation of residents in the event of a threat of a forest fire crossing to a settlement, and will practice firefighting techniques using fire-fighting equipment.It is planned to attract a helicopter MI-8 of the Ministry of Emergency Measures of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Tatarstan with a spillway device to extinguish a forest fire, and a demonstration of the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor fire conditions in forest areas.

Heads of forestries, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will take part in the exercises.

On April 17, 2017, the specialists of the State Natural Complex Reserve "Zeya Buylary" gave an ecological lesson in the kindergarten "Romashka" of the Buinsk municipal district.The kindergarten staff prepared a theatrical presentation about protection of nature.Children read poetry, sang songs on an ecological theme.After the performance activists were awarded honorary diplomas and valuable gifts.

Within the All-Russian Meeting "Main Results of Work of Forestry in the Russian Federation in 2016 and Challenges for 2017", held by the Federal Forestry Agency in Moscow, a series of workshops was held aimed at acquainting the participants of the All-Russian Meeting "Main Results of Work of Forestry Russian Federation in 2016 and Challenges for 2017 "with the activities of "Avialesoohrana ", "Roslesozashchita" etc.Heads of executive bodies in the field of forest relations of RF subjects took part in the event, including employees of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The seminar was held in Pushkino, where the central structures of “Avialesoohrana” and “Roslesozashchita”etc.are located. The starting point of the event was the conference hall of the ARRISMF, and then the meeting participants alternately visited the subordinate institutions of the Federal Forestry Agency.

The All-Russian meeting on the topic "Main results of forestry work in the Russian Federation in 2016 and the tasks for 2017" was held on April 14 in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the head of the Federal Forestry Agency Ivan Valentik.

First Deputy Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Emir Bedertdinov took part in the meeting.The event discussed issues of forest fire control, conservation and restoration of forests, and implementation of the activities of the Year of Ecology.

Within the All-Russian Seminar, a scientific and practical conference with international participation "Problems of forest management organization and ways to solve them" took place, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Professor O.A. Harin. Outstanding representatives of forest science took part in the conference.

The conference discussed the role of forest management in solving problems of sustainable forest management, training personnel for forest management and forestry, and state forest inventory.

Preparatory works for planting forest cultures in the forest fund are under way in the institutions subordinated to the Ministry.Sowing works and pruning cuttings of plants for further planting in forest fund began in the permanent forest nursery "BuinskyLeskhoz".In general by way of cuttings forest cultures of the poplar variety are created, hybrid – 38.In the spring in the Buinsky forestry they plan to create 100 thousand forest crops and protective forest plantations.

The volleyball tournament took place in the Tezuche sports complex on the basis of KSUAE of Kazan. The event was held within the Spartakiad among the civil servants of the Republic of Tatarstan.The staff of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstantook part in the event.The team of foresters successfully passed this stage of the competition, taking 2nd place.The next volleyball tournament will be held on April 22, 2017.

pril 15 – the beginning of a fire-dangerous season in the forests of the Republic of Tatarstan.

With the beginning ofthe fire-dangerous season in forests is forbidden:

• to build bonfires in coniferous young trees, on burnt areas, in damaged forest areas, peat bogs, in cuttings (on logging areas), not cleared of logging residues and harvested wood, in places with dried grass, and under tree crowns.In other places bonfires are allowed on sites separated by fire-fighting mineralized (cleared to the mineral soil layer) with a width of at least 0.5 m.After the burning of wood residues or other is completed, the bonfire must be carefully covered with earth or flooded with water until the smoldering ceases completely;
• to throw burning matches, cigarette butts and hot ash from smoking pipes, glass (glass bottles, cans, etc.);
• to use hunting wad from combustible or smoldering materials;
• to dump oiled or impregnated with gasoline, kerosene or other combustible materials (paper, cloth, tow, cotton, etc.) in places not specially provided for this purposes;
• to refuel the fuel tanks of internal combustion engines when the engine is running, to use machines with a faulty engine power system, and to smoke or to use open fire nearcars fueled;
• to perform work with an open fire on peat bogs;
• to litter the forests with household, construction, industrial and other waste and garbage.

Persons using the territory adjacent to the forest should ensure that it is cleaned of dry grassy vegetation, stubble residues, deadwood, felling residues, debris and other combustible materials on a strip not less than 10 m from the forest, or separate the forest with a fire-fighting mineralized strip of at least 0.5 m in width or another fire-prevention barrier.

Burning of garbage (taken out from settlements) can be made near the forest only in specially designated places, if:

а) places for incineration of waste (excavations or sites) are located at a distance not less than:

– 100 meters from coniferous forest or separately growing coniferous trees and young trees;

– 50 meters from deciduous forest or separately growing deciduous trees;

b) area around the places for incineration of waste (excavations or sites) must be cleared within a radius of 25-30 meters from dead trees and other combustible materials, and separated by two fire-fighting mineralized strips, a width of at least 1.4 meters each, and near the coniferous forest on dry soils – two fire-fighting mineralized strips, a width of at least 2.6 meters each, with a distance between them of 5 meters.

During the fire season incineration of garbage is allowed only if there is a fire hazard in the forest (according to the weather conditions) and under the control of the responsible persons.

It is prohibited to burn out brushwood, forest litter, dry grass and other forest combustible materials on land directly adjacent to forests,protective and forest plantations and not separated by a fire-fighting mineralized strip not less than 0.5 meter wide.

Violation of fire safety rules in forests is punishable by imposing an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of up to 3 thousand rubles; on officials up to 20 thousand rubles; on legal entities up to 200 thousand rubles.

The education of a careful attitude to the environment, the expansion of knowledge and skills is necessary for its protection and its improvement among students – are an integral part of additional education. Inspectors of the Baltasinsky State Natural Complex Reserve organized the installation of birdhouses together with students of the Nurminskaya school. Homes for birds were hung on the territory of the reserve sq. 105 of the Baltasinsky district forestry. Teachers also took part in the event. By efforts of enthusiasts were installed 40 birdhouses. After fruitful work the participants organized a friendly tea party on the nature.

A meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council was held at the Ministry, where a number of promising scientific and industrial developments were considered, including the project "Creation and restoration of forest shelterbelts for increasing yields in the Republic of Tatarstan". This program is aimed at improving the condition of the fertile agricultural lands of the republic. Development of the project is directly connected with the Strategy of social and economic development of the Republic of  Tatarstan.

“The creation and restoration of field plantations will improve the accumulation of moisture in the soil during the autumn-winter period, since they act the function of snow retention, uniform distribution of the snow cover in the fields, reduce the depth of soil freezing, increase its moisture capacity. In addition, the fields protected by such plantings are capable of yielding 15-20% more crops grown on them than open lands. The role of sheltered forest plantations in protection against dry winds is invaluable. It prevents the drying of the soil and directly affect the efficiency of agricultural production”, - the head of the department of land and property relations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, A.I. Druzhin, noted in his speech.

First Deputy Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan E.N. Bedertdinov told that the topic is relevant for the Republic of Tatarstan: “Considering the fact that the Republic is an agro-industrial region, the agrarian sector is given special attention. The institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan are ready to act as executors of works on creation of shelterbelts with appropriate financing. To implement these goals there is the necessary equipment and planting stock of a wide range. However, do not forget that many areas with protective plantations are not put on cadastral records. This creates certain difficulties in their further exploitation. I propose to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, in conjunction with the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan to develop an algorithm of actions to put these areas on cadastral registration”.

All participants of the meeting supported this project; also it was suggested to study the existing positive experience of other states.