The Government of the Moscow region presented awards to the winners and prize-winners of the International Children's and Youth Award "Ecology is everyone's business".

Natalia Afanasyeva, Head of the Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Moscow and Smolensk regions, awarded the winners and prize-winners of the Second International Competition of the Children's and Youth Prize "Ecology is everyone's business".

The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow region Tikhon Firsov and the Minister of Housing and Communal Services of the capital region Anton Velikhovsky.

In 2022, the guys from the Moscow Region sent 1,569 works to participate in the International Children's and Youth Prize, which is more than three times more than last year. In total, more than 45 thousand works from children aged 6 to 17 years were received from the regions of Russia and 33 other countries of the near and far abroad this year.

The guests and winners of the contest were met by irreplaceable assistants – 2 cheerful bears, with whom the guys were happy to take pictures.

Representatives of the federal partner of the competition - Charter LLC held an environmental lesson for the children.

Then numerous prizes and sweet gifts were awarded.

And the heads of schools and kindergarten, who became the winners of the competition, were presented with flowers.