Ildar Khalikov meets with Chairman of Commission of International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov has met with Chairman of the Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Piet Wit and professor of Estonian University of social studies Kalev Sepp.

In October 2012 Kalev Sepp visited Kazan as the expert of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the UNESCO consulting organisation. The visit was connected with work on inclusion of Bolgar and Sviyazhsk in UNESCO World Heritage List.

During the last visit Kalev Sepp offered to discuss the issue of holding World Congress under the auspices of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Kazan. Tatarstan Government and President Rustam Minnikhanov supported the idea.

Welcoming Piet Wit and Kalev Sepp, Ildar Khalikov said that the proposal concerning holding of First World Congress on Ecosystem and Cultural Landscape Management is very interesting for Tatarstan.