Tag - Institute of Environmental Sciences

Scientists find pine forest endangered by grey heron

KFU and Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University researched pines near Panovo village in Tatarstan; the paper appeared in Frontiers in Environmental Science. Associate Professor (Department of General Ecology) Denis Tishin comments, “We study colonies of grey heron. It’s a rather widespread bird in Tatarstan. At a logline near Panovo village we found about 300 nests. The logline is about 100 meters in...

2nd GeoFest held at UNICS Center

The festival, organized by KFU and Russian Geographical Society, took place in the evening of 2 June and comprised 10 lectures and 17 interactive booths and stands. The event was visited by President of KFU Riyaz Minzaripov, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov, Chairman of the Tatarstan Branch of the Russian Geographical...