Sergei Ivanov will supervise public environmental projects
MOSCOW. Dec 27 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has bound his representative for ecological issues Sergei Ivanov to act as patron of environmental projects.
"I request Sergei Ivanov, the chairman of the organizing committee of the Year of Ecology, to assume patronage over the environmental projects of volunteers, including those implemented along the lines of the Russian Geographical Society and other associations," Putin said at the Tuesday session of the State Council on ecological problems.
"People not simply want but have the right to take part in environmental actions to improve the quality of living, to better territories around their houses, parks and parkways," he said.
"Trust in public initiatives, dialogue and partnership with public organizations is a very important condition of shaping ecological culture in Russia," Putin said.