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Within the framework of the international environmental campaign “The March of Parks” in Tetyushskaya Secondary School No.2 an open lesson “Let’s meet birds in spring” was held. The pupils of 4b grade together with the teacher I. Mikheeva met feathered friends in the inventive manner – with poems, fables and proverbs. The experts of Dolgaya Polyana Nature Sanctuary told about the diversity of migratory birds, their invaluable benefit for our forests. The schoolchildren together with their parents made the new birdhouses which were hung on the territory of the sanctuary.

The administration of the sanctuary thanked the pupils for their active annual participation in the campaign, for cozy dwellings for birds, and presented memorable gifts. A valuable gift was the new the third edition of the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The forestry specialists have visited Lubyansky Forest Engineering College where they got acquainted with the exhibits of the college museum, visited the Lubyansky forest nursery on the territory of which the students are trained. Also, the delegation have visited the Forest Breeding and Seed Center of the Sabinsky district where a special interest of the guests was captured by the laboratory of microclonal development and propagation of planting material using in vitro technology. In addition, the representatives of the Irkutsk Region have been shown a laboratory for seed quality testing, greenhouses for ball-rooted planting stock.

Within the framework of the Year of Specially Protected Natural Reservations, a holiday dedicated to the Bird Day was held at the Bolgarskaya Secondary School No. 1, Spassky Municipal District, Republic of Tatarstan. The State Environmental Protection Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Spassky Nature Sanctuary Murzak L.A. took part in the event. In her speech she noted: “With the advent of spring, our friends, migratory birds, return to us. They attract us by their fancy feathers, singing, movements, flying, and, of course, a mysterious way of life. Birds are everywhere – above us, around us, away from and nearby. One can meet them in the forest, in the field, on the river, and in the mountains. There are a lot of birds in nature. Birds dear to us not only for the great benefit they provide, but also as an adornment of our wonderful homeland. We need to protect them, to protect and multiply all the natural resources, so that our whole planet would be a beautiful and huge garden. Take care of birds!”.

During the event, the children learned a lot about not only the life of birds, but also how to take care of the surrounding world.

The children told poems about birds, sang songs, solved riddles, and submitted bird houses for the contest. For the best “Bird house” the children were awarded diplomas of the sanctuary. At the end of event, all birdhouses were hung in the schoolyard.

A total of 90 lots were put from 2 forestries: Arskoye and Sabinskoye.

As for the lots No. 42, 44, 46, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 86, 87, 89, 90 the auction has taken place. The protocols have been signed with the winners of the auction and forest plantations purchase agreements with small and medium enterprises will be concluded.

As for the lots No. 1-41, 43, 45, 47-75, 79, 84, 88  the auction was declared void (subparagraph 1, paragraph 7, Article 80 of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation).

As for the lots No. 82, 83, 85 the auction was declared void because of the absence of applications for participation in the auction.

In the Forest Breeding and Seed Center of the Republic of Tatarstan (Sabinsky Municipal District) where ball-rooted planting stock is grown the seeds have been sown. 4 million pieces of European spruce, Scotch pine, Siberian larch, etc. have been sown in 4 greenhouses. The forestry specialists are going to proceed to the next stage of sowing in May-June. In total, in 2017 the Forest Breeding and Seed Center plans to grow 12 million pieces of planting stock.

The seedlings are in greenhouses from 4 to 6 weeks. Then they are carried to the fields for the completion of growing (hardening), for further adaptation to their natural conditions. To date, on the fields for hardening there are about 8 million pieces of the ball-rooted planting stock which will be used for the forthcoming spring silvicultural work.

For five years of work, the Forest Breeding and Seed Center has become widely known and popular among representatives of all “forest” regions of Russia and the post-Soviet countries. For acquaintance and exchange of experience a unique enterprise was visited by foresters from the Altai Region, and in the near future the delegation of the Irkutsk region is going to visit the Center.

Within the framework of the international environmental campaign “The March of Parks 2017” a Week of Birds is held in the Agryzsky District. The inspectors of Kichke-Tan Nature Sanctuary visit schools and daycare centers. The purpose of such meetings is to foster kindness and love for birds. From these meetings children learn a lot of new and interesting things about birds, about what birds come back to us from warm countries, what are the spring concerns for birds.

It is in spring when the birds demonstrate a great miracle – love of the Motherland, overcoming thousands of kilometers when returning to the nesting places. Every spring, the scream of migratory birds for all becomes the song of love for the Motherland.

In Solnyshko Daycare Center, Kichketan Village, another spring campaign to make birdhouses “Let’s meet birds” was held. Those who took part told poems, riddles, proverbs, fairy tales and fables about birds. The inspectors of the sanctuary told the children about the benefits provided by birds, reminded children why the birds should be preserved and protected. Father Frost and Nauruzbika who did not want to give way to each other came to the festive event. Their competition to be the leader was held in the form of games where children actively participated.

The daycare center children with their parents made houses for birds. The experts of the sanctuary hang the new cozy birdhouses on the territory of the daycare center. Now, all summer the preschoolers may observe the life of feathered friends. At the end of the event the most active children received gifts from Kichke-Tan Nature Sanctuary.

Within a week, Ilgiz Zaripov, the retired Deputy Minister, conducted excursions for 8 groups of the II year students of the Fundamental Medicine and Biology Institute of Kazan Federal University.

After visiting the Museum of Forest the students and Associate Professor of the Bioecology Department of the Fundamental Medicine and Biology Institute of KFU Arinina A.V. noted that the exposition made a great impression on them:

“Within the framework of the Biological Resources course of study, the students have learnt of the origin, development, current status and prospects for the development of the forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. They became acquainted with the luminaries, honored workers of forestry, forest experimental station, and board of forest management since 1845. The attention was focused on the dynamics of the forest land percentage in the Republic of Tatarstan, on the reasons for reducing the area occupied by the forest, as well as reforestation measures and technologies, methods, machines that increase safety and quality of work. It was important for us to learn both the species composition of the Tatarstan forests, the share of forest plantations, what products the forest gives and where it is used. We are extremely grateful to the highly competent narrative of Ilgiz Nazipovich. The mastery was that the distinctive terminology and the specifics of the area were explained in plain language. In addition, the aesthetic pleasure was provided by the exhibition stands, exhibits, and carefully selected photographs,” says in her report the Associate Professor of the Bioecology Department of the Fundamental Medicine and Biology Institute of KFU Arinina A.V.

On January 11, 1917 (December 29, 1916 according to the old style) it was decided to create a state reserve of Russia – Barguzinsky Reserve (on the north-eastern coast of Lake Baikal). At the same time, the Law on the Protection of Hunting Reserves was adopted. From this date, the state system of Russian reserves begins (although the first on the territory of modern Russia was the Sayansky Sable Reserve established in 1915, destroyed by the Civil War, then restored in 1939 and wound up in 1951).

The reserves and other specially protected natural reservations have raised from protecting some of the most conspicuous and valuable species (the Barguzinsky Reserve, for example, played a key role in preserving the sable, the animal traditionally personifying Russia's fur wealth) to protecting ecosystems and their complexes, preserving more typical and unique zonal landscapes with the whole variety of plants and animals.

Only thanks to the reserves sables, bisons, tigers and many other species of animals and plants, the last islets of the virgin steppe and unique woodlands have been preserved in Russia. In the modern world, specially protected natural reservations have become an indicator of the state's attitude to the fate of our Planet and the welfare of our further generations.

According to the state cadastre of specially protected natural reservations (SPNR), as of 01.01.2017, the nature reserve fund of the Republic of Tatarstan is formed by 174 SPNR of all levels with a total area of ​​168.86 thousand hectares, including 169 regional SPNR with an area of ​​128.15 thousand hectares. Thus, 2.49% of the republic's area is provided with optimal conditions for conservation and restoration of natural systems, landscapes and biological diversity. On these territories, not only 612 rare and endangered species of plants, animals and fungi listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan, but also 70 species listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation are protected and restored. Among them there are such species as the Russian desman, otter, greater flamingo, osprey, pallid harrier, steppe eagle, eastern imperial eagle, golden eagle, gyrfalcon, saker falcon, common crane, grayling, Astragalus zingeri, Fritillaria ruthenica and others. It is worth emphasizing that 25 species are listed in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Today, 11 state nature sanctuaries: Ashit, Kichke-Tan, Chatyr-Tau, Stepnoy n.a. A.Shchepovskykh, Dolgaya Polyana, Spassky, Chulpan, Sviyazhsky, Baltasinsky, Chistye Luga and Zeya Buylary form the basis of the specially protected natural reservations of the Republic of Tatarstan.

We cannot help but be encouraged that annually more than a thousand schoolchildren write creative works about nature. There, first of all, one may observe anguish for the condition of forests, shores, rivers, lakes in their small motherland. By participating in cleaning them from debris, by planting trees, the adolescents express their position as an active advocate of nature and our task is to hold on to this extended child's hand, to lead by educating a generation of non-consumers, but responsible members of society who understand that wildlife has the right to exist regardless of whether we derive economic benefits from it or not.

According to the Department of State Environmental Protection Policy and Regulation, as of 01.01.2016, in the Russian Federation there are 103 nature reserves, 48 ​​national parks, 64 federal nature sanctuaries, 2,243 regional nature sanctuaries, more than 8,000 natural monuments (Including 17 federal ones), and more than 2.8 thousand regional and municipal SPNR of other categories established by the constituents of the Russian Federation as SPNR law permits.

The Earth Protection Day began to be celebrated in the 20th century. The holiday encourages everyone to do at least a small good thing for the sake of protecting nature, and to help others understand the importance of preserving natural resources and taking care of natural resources. Any trifle such as to pick up and throw litter into the litterbox, share plastic and organic waste in the own kitchen, or walk on foot instead of driving is a contribution to the extension of life on our planet. After all, the Earth is our home, and it is in our interests to make it cleaner and better.

Today's holiday is the best occasion to reflect on the future, about the world in which our children will live.

Within the framework of the campaign the round tables, lectures, open lessons, raids, exhibitions of drawings and photos, and clean-up days will be held.

 “The March of Parks” is one of the interesting and effective forms of additional environmental education. In the course of the campaign one of the main tasks of environmental education is solved – the formation of the environmental consciousness of a person, the changing of his/her behavior in the world around us.

The March of Parks campaign is annually held in the Republic of Tatarstan on the initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Center since 1996.

The purpose of the campaign is to unite all strata of society (business, mass media, public authorities, local residents) around the idea of ​​supporting our specially protected natural reservations. We strive to make this campaign traditional, so that the basic ideas, scenarios, and their attributes will be handed down from generation to generation for many years, which will make them an important part of the culture of the republic.

What is in the March of Parks for people? First of all, it enables each person to learn as much as possible about protected natural reservations as a national treasure and personally contribute to support these territories by participating in events or by providing gratuitous help.

The campaign has one more important function – environmental education and upbringing of the younger generation. It was in the natural environment our national identity was formed centuries ago. The preservation of this natural basis of the human soul is no less important today than the economic development of the republic. Only in a healthy natural environment, and not on the asphalt of modern cities, we can feel ourselves not by accidental neighbors in the twenty-first century, but as a single family, tightly knit together by hundreds of generations of our ancestors.