Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Sri Lanka is the highest user of agro-chemicals in the world. It uses 287 units of agro-chemicals per hectare, whereas Myanmar used only eight units and Bangladesh 144 units per hectare, World Health Organization Geneva Non-Communicable Diseases Director, Prof. Mrs. Shanthi Mendis, has declared. Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) General …
A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite decades of studies, scientists are yet to pinpoint the cause of the disease. Vibha Varshney travels to Sri Lanka and analyses the state of research, while Richard Mahapatra and M Suchitra report …
Rainforest Protectors of Sri Lanka successfully completed a trash cleanup project at Hora Kele Forest Reservation in Ingiriya on December 7, 2013. Situated along the Ingiriya-Meepe road, Hora Kele is a small forest reserve but having a high density of the endangered native rainforest tree "Hora". Ten volunteers from the …
Experts representing six regional countries agreed to forge an alliance on climate change issues at a three-day conference, which concluded in a hotel here on Thursday. The conference was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan under the European Commission-funded Climate Change Adaptation Project. Sharing challenges posed by changing …
One of the most beautiful butterflies in the country, Baronet Euthalia nais, found only in the Nilgala area, particularly in the Gal Oya National Park, is facing a severe threat due to the beedi industry destroying its habitat, says naturalist cum author Rajika Gamage. Beedi (the poor man’s cigarette) makers …
Five hundred families living in areas coming under the purview of the Colombo, Kolonnawa and Kelaniya Divisional Secretariats will lose their houses, if the proposed new Kelani bridge with six lanes is implemented. The new bridge is to be built to ease severe traffic congestion. Those who will lose their …
The Transport Ministry has formulated the draft Urban Transport Master Plan for the Colombo Metropolitan Region and the suburbs to address issues in the transport sector including heavy congestion in the Colombo city within the next 20 years. This plan containing short and medium and long term solutions to ease …
At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the city of Colombo. The meeting was held at …
The government has taken measures to intervene to check the quality and the standards of bottled drinking water, said Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Parliament. The minister made this observation yesterday joining the committee stage debate of the Appropriation Bill 2014 on the …
The Wayamba Provincial Agriculture Ministry has been allocated Rs.68.98 million for paddy cultivation and Rs.41.98 million to uplift the fisheries industry from the 2014 budget. The Provincial Agriculture Ministry will grow Suwandel, Pachchaperumal , white Heenati, Rathhel and Kuruluthuda to popularise these traditional paddy varieties. The ministry has made arrangements …
The first ever safari park at Suriyawewa in Hambantota will provide nature lovers an opportunity to see wildlife in the natural habitat. The park is the realisation of an objective of the Mahinda Chinthana to achieve nature friendly sustainable development. One hundred and fifty youths are being trained at the …
The health and agriculture ministers assured commitment to strengthen ‘one health’ approach in Bhutan and in the region at the South Asia regional ‘one health’ symposium that ended yesterday in Paro. “Our government assures full support for the ‘one health’ concept, and ensures the sustainability of the work that has …
Centre for Science and Environment organised a Stakeholder Dialogue on Improving Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Sri Lanka on December 10 in Colombo in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy, Sri Lanka. This dialogue is part of our initiative to build a forum for city dialogue on air quality …
Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid has said that economies of South Asian countries are growing at a rapid rate, but they are also facing severe common environmental problems. He said these common problems can be tackled effectively only through unhampered collaboration and cooperation at the regional level. “Regional …
At an event attended by government and development partners in Moneragala on Friday (December 06), Sri Lanka's Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa launched the country's first-ever Multi-sectoral Action Plan on Nutrition. The three-year Action Plan aims to reduce maternal and child malnutrition in the country. The plan sets targets and …
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will launch the country's National Nutrition Action Plan on Friday December 06th at Moneragala, the National Nutrition Council announced. National Coordinator of the NNC Dr. Lalith Chandradasa said the action plan had been compiled under the guidance of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa in line with …
The Sri Lankan government will build 60,000 houses to relocate the slum dwellers in the capital city of Colombo, a government minister said in parliament Wednesday. The Leader of the House, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told parliament that the houses would be built as flats and the first phase …
The European Union on Tuesday approved a grant aid of EUR 4 million to help Maldives tackle issues related to climate change. The EU delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives said on Thursday that the funds would replicate ongoing projects, but with a focus on Addu and Fuvahmulah. It …
The Transport Ministry has formulated the draft Urban Transport Master Plan for the Colombo Metropolitan Region and the suburbs to address issues in the transport sector including heavy congestion in the Colombo city within the next 20 years. This plan containing short and medium and long term solutions to ease …
The Sri Lankan government will commence a program to promote indigenous seed varieties among farmers from November 18. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Sri Lanka State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share. LAND, AGRICULTURE, GRAZING LANDS AND …
