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22 March 2019

Results of the second stage of the national competition for the best children’s drawing on environmental topics

Vitebsk regional organizing Committee on March 13, 2019 held a summing up at the regional level of the second stage of the national competition for the best children’s drawing on environmental topics. At the second stage of the regional level of the Republican competition district (city) organizing committees were presented 140 works from districts and cities of Vitebsk region. Having considered the materials, the members of the organizing Committee noted the special flavor of children’s works presented by educational institutions.

21 March 2019

World Water Day

Day March 22 the UN General Assembly in 1993 officially proclaimed World Day for Water. In accordance with the recommendations of the UN Conference on Environment protection and development of the day began to celebrate the 1993 annual.

20 March 2019

March 30-Earth Hour

Every inhabitant of the planet Earth can take part in the action on March 30, 2019 from 20.30 to 21.30, turning off the lights and switching off unnecessary electrical appliances at home.

11 March 2019

On the results of control activities for handling wastes

The priority areas of work of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Environment to control waste management are the issues of ensuring the operation of municipal waste disposal facilities in accordance with the requirements of environmental legislation, organizing the collection and extraction of secondary material resources, optimizing the network of mini-landfills, preventing the formation of unauthorized dumps.

06 March 2019

Green Cities Project

The project “Belarus: Supporting Green Urban Development in Small and Medium Cities of Belarus” (Project “Green Cities”), jointly implemented by the United Nations Development Program and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus with the financial support of the Global Environmental Fund, holds a competition among small and medium-sized cities of the Republic of Belarus to receive support for the development of green urban planning plans.

20 February 2019

Vitebsk Regional Committee of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection will take part in the campaign “United Day of Security”

From February 20 to March 1, the United Security Day campaign is held across the country. During the action, targeted preventive measures are taken to prevent emergencies, offenses and crimes, as well as training in emergency situations, accidents, and first aid.

27 December 2018

Cooperation on the protection of transboundary water bodies

In accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of protection and rational use of transboundary water bodies, signed on May 24, 2002, the Vitebsk Regional Committee of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection together with organizations and departments of the Ministry of Natural Resources and of the Republic of Belarus in cooperation with the departments for the protection of water resources of Smolensk and Pskov regions of Russia For a number of years, the Yugoslav Federation has been working on the implementation of this Agreement.

21 December 2018

On the conservation of coniferous youngsters in the pre-New Year period

The New Year tree has long and firmly become the symbol of the New Year, and therefore on the eve of holidays it appears in almost every home. On legal grounds, a natural Christmas tree can be purchased at special Christmas bazaars, organized by legal entities leading forestry and individual entrepreneurs.

21 December 2018

On the conservation of coniferous youngsters in the pre-New Year period

20 December 2018

On measures aimed at reducing emissions of pollutants into the air

In order to fulfill the plan of socio-economic development of the Vitebsk region and the State Program “Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources” for 2016–2020 in the direction of air protection, the work was carried out to promote the development of a green economy in terms of reducing emissions and low carbon technologies.