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Under that name was celebrated a holiday in the Simetbash rural club of Arskiy district, dedicated to the Day of Environmental Knowledge.The event involved children from the primary classes of the Simetbash and Kishkar schools. That day for the first time students and teachers met with specialists of the reserve and got acquainted with their activities.Children have acquired new knowledge and learned interesting facts through a conversation with an employee of the Ashit reserve G.I. Abdrakhmanova.At the end of the event the participants were awarded diplomas and printed editions of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In order to cultivate respect for the environment andto instill a love for nature specialist of the Ministry N.P. Khayrutdinovahas given a "Forest Lesson" for future first graders, graduates of kindergarten №365 in Kazan. Children have learned about the rules of behavior in the forest, and about its role and significance in the life of man and nature. With great interest the children watched the video about the forest, consolidated knowledge about the green wealth of the planet. At the end of the event the pupils were awarded with certificates for active participation in the “Forest Lesson”.

In order to prevent the collection and sale of early-flowering ornamental plant species, destruction of their habitats in Tatarstan, the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan is carrying out an environmental education campaign "Pervotsvet-2017" from April 17 to May 22, 2017.

As a rule two types of primroses are exposed to mass collection and sale: pasque-flower and lily of the valley. In the Republic these plants have sufficient resource potential, however, mass collecting during the flowering period causes a significant damage to their populations.

Everyone can participate in the action! It is important not to tear off primroses, to refuse to purchase these flowers from private sellers, to tell about the benefits of primroses to your children.

Early flowering plants are extremely vulnerable, many of them are listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russia.

Types of early blossoming rare and endangered plant species listed in the Red Book of the Republic of  Tatarstan, of which collection, sale and purchase are prohibited throughout the territory of the Republic:

• wood anemone
• Altai anemone
• Marshall Corydalis
• Viola palustris
• Tulip Bieberstein

In case of revealing the facts of destruction of plants listed in the Red Book of the Republic of  Tatarstan, perpetrator is brought to administrative responsibility under Article 3.1 of the RT Code on Administrative Offenses.Illicit traffic (storage, transportation, collection, purchase, sale or forwarding) of rare plants is punishable by an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of 2 to 4 thousand rubles; on officials – of 10 to 15 thousand rubles; on legal entities – of 100 to 200 thousand rubles.