Rustam Minnikhanov visits Children’s Ecological-Biological Center in Nizhnekamsk

On 29 May during his working trip to Nizhnekamsk the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Children’s Ecological-Biological Center where he was informed that one of the activities of the center is school forestry and there are 11 school forestry units working in urban and rural schools of the Nizhnekamsk region.  

The Rais of the republic was also told about projects being implemented by school children in protecting woods, studying the habits of animals, learning to care for them, and feeding them and about painting classes for children.

Rustam Minnikhanov was shown the SIBUR Company projects such as The SIBUR Ecohouse where children and adults get acquainted with principles of respect for the environment, learn how to sort waste and learn about the closed cycle of recycling materials and the possibilities of reusing resources, and the Recycling Workshop where children study kinds of plastic, observe recycling processes and create useful products from recycled materials with their own hands.

With the support of the SIBUR, the Children's Ecological and Biological Center underwent a major renovation of its premises with a total area of ​​almost 10,000 square meters, modern equipment was purchased, and 14 educational spaces were created, such as forestry, eco monitoring and biotechnologies labs, a practical platform "Community Garden"  as well as specialized classes for natural sciences and ecology.