Until December 11, accreditation is opened for mass media for V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection and II International Exhibition-Forum "Ecotech"

Accreditation of journalists to the V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection and the II International Exhibition-Forum "Ecotech", which will be held on December 12-14, 2017 in Moscow in the International Exhibition Center "Crocus", is open. Registration of mass media representatives takes place before December 11 on the website: http://ecotech-expo.com/accred-media/

The V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection and the II International Exhibition and Forum "Ecotech" will be the final events of the Year of Ecology. Within the framework of the congress, the results of work in the field of environmental protection for four years will be summed up and plans for the next period will be outlined. Participants of the event will be representatives of Russia's top leadership. Among the probable participants in the plenary session are Sergei Ivanov, the RF President's Special representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport, Alexander Khloponin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Donskoi, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova, and Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev.

The forum will include 29 sections, where the issues of Russian environmental legislation, the global experience of "green" fundiing, the circular economy, the reform of the waste management industry, renewable energy sources, the preservation of outer space suitable for long-term peaceful use, eco-ratings and indices as indicators of sustainable development, environmental journalism, ecotourism will be discussed.

Within the framework of the business program "Ecotech" there will be a meeting of the Federal Ecological Council, a meeting of the public council of Rosprirodnadzor, a meeting of the Committee on Ecology and Nature Management of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the final of the contest for green startups "Climatron", and the final of the contest "Rating of Green Offices of Russia 2017". One of the key activities of ECOTECH will be the International Conference on Waste scheduled for December 13, 2017. Representatives of Finland, Norway, Germany, Japan, France, China, Korea, Sweden and other countries will take part in the conference.

The program of the V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection and the II International Exhibition and Forum "ECOTECH" can be found on the website: http://ecotech-expo.com/programme/

Press Service of MENR RT