Novosibirsk
Region State Committee on Environmental Protection
The Committee was founded in 1988. Since this period it has created
reliable system of state control under observance of environmental
laws. All enterprises and objects Ministry of Defense are taken under
strict control. Specialists of the Committee worked out ecological
program of the region, where they described the main directions and
actions of regional nature protection. The plan of development and
placement of specially protected areas was discussed and introduced.
The department of examination undergoes state examination on different
objects. The Committee also organizes public ecological events and
conferences.
Red
Data Book
The Red
Data Book of Novosibirsk region was published in 2002. (according
to resolution of the Head
of Regional
Administration ¹ 390,
21.06.99) It's the official document, which contains the information
about
rare and disappearing species that live or grow on the territory
of the region and measures needed for their protection. There are
about 121 species of plants and mushrooms, 150 species of animals:
19 mammals, 76 birds, 6 fishes, and also 3 species of worms and
43 of insects.
Objects registered can't be used in commercial purposes.
Specially
protected areas
There are eight large reserves in Novosibirsk region. All human activities are
fully or partly prohibited there. The reserves are all available for public visit.
Taking photos and making videos is permissible.
"Dovolenskiy", "Kargatskiy", "Kudryashovskiy
bor" , "Chikmanskiy", "Lighthouse", "Yudinskiy", "Southern", "Zdvinskiy, "Kirzinskiy".
Museum
of regional studies (nature department)
In museum
hall one can see practically all the representatives of region
fauna : mammals, birds, bugs, batterflies.
Exibits are all stuffed and put in biogroups
to show their natural ecosystem. A lot of information is available on the walls
: texts, drawings, photos. The main work in museum is exursions, such as "Nature
of Novosibirsk region", "Birds of region", "The wonderful world of insects", "Disappeared
species". People who work in museum visit distance schools with materials, slides,
videos. Museum helds the environment events, for example, "Day of birds", "Earth
is our home", "Week of knowledge". The main objective of museum work is to
educate people in problems of ecology.
Environmental
organizations
AVES
Ecological students
club "AVES" works in
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University under supervision of the department
of botany and
ecology.
Club carries out scientifical
research of flora and fauna of Novosibirsk region. Other activities include:
1. Organization and conducting of annual regional Olympiad in the ecology of
biosphere - IOEB among the students of the city of Novosibirsk and West Siberia.
2. Organization of the work of the open student seminar - IOSS.
3. Participation in the "International Day of Earth".
5. Work of ekotheatre "Poiesis".
6. Participation in preparation and publication of scientifically- educational
and enlightenment periodicals on ecology.
NSU ECOCLUB
Members of NSU Ecoclub
take an active part in all kinds of activities concerning ecology. The
club organises expeditions
to different
parts
of the region: lakes,
forests, caves with aim to find out the places of habitation of endangered
species, study them and propose the measures required for their conservation.
The members
also help to guide reserves’ territories from poachers in summer. Club organises
regional and international conferences on ecology, carries out very important
scientific researches.
School
organisations
Until recently ecology wasn’t the subject of school curriculum. But now it’s
compulsory subject in most of schools. And in many schools ecology clubs appeared.
Children plant trees, clear river banks and glades, take an active part in other
projects, including creative ones.
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