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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.

On March 30, in Laishevskaya Secondary School No. 3, a meeting of 7-8 graders with the Deputy Forester Head of Laishevskoe Forestry Fazliev F.F. was held.

At the beginning of the conversation, he awarded the Certificate of Merit to the Director of the school Khusnullin R.Z. for the help to the forest establishment in the planting of seedlings, in which the 5-9 graders take part annually.

Then, during the speech Fanil Fasilovich referred to the interesting facts from the history of the forests of Tatarstan, spoke about the measures taken by the forestry workers in order to preserve and multiply the forest resources of the republic.

In addition, the pupils were given the occupational guidance, they were talked about the professions related to the forest and in which educational institutions of Tatarstan one can get the education of a forestry specialist.

At the end of the meeting the students thanked the head forester for a meaningful speech and assured that they were eagerly awaiting the Day of Tree Planting 2017.