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An address was received today by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with regard to mass fish death in Nizhny Kaban Lake on Khadi Taktash str. in Kazan. Inspectors of the Central Territorial Department found dead fish at the site. The Central Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan drew water samples to identify the reasons of mass fish death. A mobile laboratory

Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Sergey Donskoy, referred a draft decree to the Russian Government “On approval of the procedure for elaboration and maintenance of the state register of facilities that have negative impact on the environment”, as it is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The register will include the information on all the facilities located on the territory of Russia or the

The remuneration paid to the citizens who have submitted the information on the violations of the nature protection legislation on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan has been increased. Earlier, the citizen who provided photo or video information on the offender received one thousand rubles, and starting 2016 this sum has been increased to 1.5 thousand rubles. Moreover, the list of violations has also been expanded. Besides illegal placement of waste and illegal extraction of mineral resources, people can now also report on the restricted access to the public water facility or its coastline, on the violation of the mode of economic or other activity of the water protection area of the water facility and land damage (destruction of the fertile layer

The hot line number, the e-mail, the State Information System “People’s control”, the mobile application “School eco-patrol” are all accessible for the citizens to report on the nature protection violations. All the information received from the citizens is referred to the Republican Public Ecological Reception Office. The information on illegal extraction of common mineral resources, unauthorized landfills, restriction of the access to the water 

Recovery and protection of water resources, equipment and services for the rational use, purification of sewage waters, water bottling–these and other matters for the water sector development will be reviewed at the International ForumECWATECH-2016. The event will be held at the new exhibition pavilion No. 75 located on the premises of the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh)in Moscow on April 26-28, 2016.The Forum is organized by “ECWATECH

All those who are not indifferent to the matters related to ecology and energy efficiency are invited to participate in the Conference “Ecology and Energy Efficiency” in the framework of the XVI International Symposium “Energy and Resources Efficiency and Energy Conservation” and the XVII International specialized exhibition “Energetics. Cost-effective use of resources”. The event will be held on March 17, 2016 on the premises of “Kazan Fair” OJSC. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the State Autonomous Agency “Center of energy-saving technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

A scheduled municipal ecological campaign “Green street” on waste paper collection will be held on February 27th in Naberezhnye Chelny under the slogan “Bring waste paper – save a tree”. The event starts at 11.30 am at the 18th complex between house 18/07 and specialized schoolNo. 26.A container for separate collection of recyclable