Kazan became the winner of the contest “Eco-leader”

Kazan was awarded in the nomination “For Achievements in the Field of Environmental Protection in the City”.

(KZN.RU, January 18). Kazan became the winner of the annual republican contest “Eco-leader” in the nomination “For Achievements in the Field of Environmental Protection in the City”. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, took part in the awarding ceremony held today at an expanded meeting of the joint final board of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the RT and the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources in the RT.

The meeting was held in the Cabinet of Ministers of the RT with the participation of Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, and Artem Sidorov, the deputy minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the head of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Environmental Management. Participants summed up the results of work in 2017 and discussed plans for 2018.

Dmitry Ivanov, the deputy director of the Institute of Ecology Problems and Subsoil Use of the Academy of Sciences of the RT, initiated the creation of the All-Russian Ecological and Educational Center in Kazan with a modern station for young naturalists. It is assumed that schoolchildren will conduct scientific research, implement unique projects to study the nature of their native land, deepen their knowledge of the field of ecology at its base under the supervision of teachers. The first ecological class was successfully opened on the basis of the Kazan Gymnasium №3 in the framework of the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces in the RT.

“We have an excellent base. School Olympiads show how high the level of our republic is”, said R. Minnikhanov. “This should be supported and developed, it is a good and necessary thing”.

For reference

The annual republican contest “Eco-leader” is held among organizations, individual entrepreneurs, local governments, educational organizations, public associations, citizens, and the media to encourage effective solutions to issues of environmental management, protection, and safety. Materials from the participants were accepted from September 1 until November 15, 2017. The competitive commission, which included employees of republican ministries and departments, scientists, representatives of public environmental associations, determined the winners.