On
4-8 May 2026, the Stavropol State Agrarian University hosted the final stage of
the We Are Nature Custodians Competition. 25 schoolchildren from the Stavropol
Krai selected out of the absentee round winners took part therein.
For
several days, having formed teams, the participants of the We Are Nature Custodians
Competition attended lessons and master classes at the leading departments of
the University, Agrobiotechnology Center, Pelican Rehabilitation Center in the
Moskovskoye village, Strizhament ecological path. They practiced water sampling
in the Tashla river and Cold Springs, researched the environment conditions
using bioindicators. On the last day,
the teams defended their environmental projects and attended the award
ceremony.
At
the same time, a republican forum of young ecologists was held in Elista within
the framework of the Protect Nature of Our Native Land Project. 30
sixth-seventh-grade students underwent training in the laboratories of the
Ecological/Biological Center of the Kalmykia State University named after B.B.
Gorodovikov, took part in intellectual contests. An environmental quest “Learn
about Nature” was arranged for 100 sixth-eighth-grade students. On 8 May, the
Republican Russian Theater of Drama and Comedy staged a musical performance
“Steppe and People. Epos of Our Days”.
The
environmental/educational project “Protect Nature of Our Native Land” has been
implemented in Kalmykia since 2014, in the Stavropol Krai - since 2017. For CPC
the purpose of such events is to draw public attention to the issues of preserving
the biological diversity, to shape with the young local residents an ecological
culture and an active life stance in respect of the local environment
preservation problems, as well as to develop creative abilities in the children
and teenagers.
TV broadcasts:
https://rutube.ru/video/15bbb74bc61bbd03f6a83d68e536660f/?r=wd
https://rutube.ru/video/e6e5eb1869d79804149b90228f315634/?r=wd
For information:
CPC Pipeline System is one of the major projects
in energy sector in the CIS. The length of the Tengiz – Novorossiysk pipeline
is 1,511 km. This route transports over two-thirds of all Kazakhstan export
oil, and crude from Russian oil fields, including those in the Caspian Region.
CPC Marine Terminal is equipped with three Single Point Moorings (SPM) that enable
safe tanker loading at a significant distance offshore.
CPC Shareholders: Russian Federation – 24 %, CPC
Company (LLC) – 7%, KazMunayGas JSC – 19%, Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC –
1.75%, Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company – 15%, Lukoil International
GmbH – 12.5%, Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company – 7.5%, Rosneft-Shell Caspian
Ventures Limited – 7.5%, BG Overseas Holdings Limited – 2%, Eni International
N.A. N.V. S.a.r.l. – 2% and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.