By Ranmini Gunasekara There are places on Earth that hold outstanding universal value to humanity – these are named World Heritage Sites and protected for the benefit of generations to come. One such World Heritage Site is the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, one of the last remaining virgin rainforests in Sri Lanka, which is home to over 60 per cent of […]
The Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies of Sri Lanka (CENS) has filed a complaint with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on the illegal construction of a road inside the Sinharaja World Heritage Site. In a letter to the UNESCO, the National Coordinator for CENS Ravindra Kariyawasam said the road construction work goes on buffer zone […]
Nature school of Sri Lanka conducted an environment awareness program among Buddhist monk last week. .
Sloow food youth , CENS and Seattle school started a garden of organic fruit and vegetable. We could allocated a piece of land from Malimboda ,Unidivela Buddhist temple. Rev: Makadure wimalasiri thero Rev Dammasiri thero , Environmentalist rev: Wekadwala Rahula thero and Villagers were participated for the starting ceremony . මාලිම්බඩ උනිඳුවෙල ශ්රී සුමනාරාමයෙහි පලතුරු උයනක් නිර්මාණය කිරිම විශයෙහි […]
සොබාදහම සමඟ ජීවත් වෙමින් ඒ සමඟ ජීවිතය බෙදා ගැනීම ලොකු කුඩා වයස් භේදයකින් තොරව සැමටම පොදු වූවකි.ඒ නිසාවෙන් ම අද දින සොබාදහමේ දැනුම බෙදා ගැනීමට සොබාදහම් පාසලේ අප සමඟ මුල්ගිරිගල පාසලේ සිසු සිසුවින් එක් විය….ජෛව විවිධත්වය,පරිසරය විනාශ වන අයුරු,පරිසරය රැක ගන්නා අයුරු,මෙවැනි මාතෘකා පදනම් කරගෙන දැනුම බෙදා ගැනීම සඳහා වෑකඳවල රාහුල හිමි,සොබාදහම් පාසලෙන් නිමාෂා,මලීෂා,ධනුෂ්කා,නුවන් යන අය සහභාගී විය.යහපත් මිනිසෙකු විෂය […]
Medical wastes are deposited in to Dodamagoda Nahinna area by a Private hospital . Environment pollution occurred in the area and drinking water has been polluted. Layer Nuwan Bopage and Ven: Wekadwala Rahula Thero involved to aware people in the area about impact of the medical waste.
Slow food Youth Sri Lanka organized a slow food festivalwith school children in Babarawan area. Hundreds of children participated for this occasion. Nadeesha Sooriyarachi (A leading Agriculture officer ), Famers and Villages were the organizers of this grand slow food event . The parents prepared organic food, brought to the school and share with about 300 children. Nadeesha conducted a […]
National Housing Development Authority destroys a forest to build a housing complex in Ballapura village in Hambantota , Sri Lanka. This forest belongs to the protected area of HT 28 Lake .The lake is ancient and important for villages of Ballagaswewa . 208 famers take water from the lake for their paddy and Chena cultivation. Hambanthota is a dry area […]
Today Center for Environment and Nature studies held a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka (08.10.2019). The conference concerned about the in Hiriwadunna area. Environmentalist, Ven Wekadawala Rahula thero said there are no proper investigation about this incident .Responsibility has been taken by the Wild Life department .But, it is not enough because have to explain the reasons why so many […]