I.Metshin proposes making a "roadmap" to create Kazan's ecological framework
(KZN.RU, November 14, by Albert Safiullin) Kazan environmentalists, during a regular meeting with Mayor Ilsur Metshin, presented their concept of a “green frame” of the capital. In response, the mayor urged them to develop a concrete plan for incorporating their ideas in the "Green Record" project. Both parties agreed that the first step should be legal recognition of the existing green spaces.
At the meeting, Kazan Federal University Professor Nafisa Mingazova handed the Mayor a list of about 600 green spaces, drawn up at his request, which, in the environmentalists' opinion, need some degree of protection. She suggested that 57 of them be given the status of protected areas.