Police snatch the posters belong to the environmentalists

[unitegallery poster] Members of the Environment and Nature studies allege that the poster printed combating serious impacts of human lives caused due to irregular environment development their organization sticking was snatched away by the Walasmulla police. The organization started a poster campaign around the country on the 29th night to raise public awareness of the environment destruction. Officers of the […]

ගංවතුර ඇතිකල, මිනිස් ජීවිත නැති කල ,මෙගා පොලිස් තව ඔනේද?

රට පුරා ඇති වී තිබෙින අපදා ත්තවය නිසා මිනිදුසුන් බොහෝ දෙනෙක් මියගියේය .තවත් අයට උන් හිටි තැන් අහිමි විය. මාහා විනාශයක් නැවත වරක් ඇති විය. මෙ අවසානය නොව ආරමිභයයි. මිට වසර කිහිපයකට පෙර මිරීයබැද්ද නාය ගොස් මිනිස් ජීවිත විශාල සංඛ්යාවක් විනෘශ විය. එය කරුමයක් ,දේවියන්ගේ කැමත්ත ,හෝ දේශගුණික විපර්්යාස නිසා සිදුවු නොවූ බව පසුකාලීනව සාක්ෂි සහිතව අප අණාවරණය කළහ. උමා […]

Flood and landslide in Sri Lanka: a gift of mega development projects

[unitegallery flood] According to government reports, recent flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka have caused widespread disruptions across the country. At least 200,000 people have been displaced by the floods, many casualties have been reported and dozens are feared missing. Government try to say this is a result of climate change. According to me climate change is like a god. […]

International camping against NPP and Port city in Sri Lanka

A campaign raised against massive environment destruction of Sri Lanaka .Center for environment and nature studies and peoples movement for equal rights were organized this campaign Milano, Italy in 14.05.2016. The Government has developed a National Physical Plan to be implemented from 2011 – 2030 with the aim of developing the country following the easy paths open under globalization. It […]

SL among worst marine polluters

SL among worst marine polluters April 25, 2016, 10:08 pm By Maheesha Mudugamuwa Sri Lanka has been ranked fifth among the world’s worst polluters that dispose plastic and solid waste into the sea, the Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS) has pointed out quoting the findings of a research carried out by the International Business Times (IBT). Ravindra Kariyawasam […]

Sri Lanka ,Among World’s Worst Marine Polluters

Every year, between five and 13 million more tons of plastics wind up in the world’s oceans and a whopping 80 percent of that waste pours in from just 20 countries. China is the most egregious offender, discarding nearly 30 percent of the world’s ocean-bound plastics, according to a new country-by-country analysis of plastic trash in the sea published Thursday […]

NWPEA Is Violating Laws Claim Environmentalists

by Hafsa Sabry (Sunday Leader ) The North Western Provincial Environmental Authority (NWPEA) has come under severe criticism for permitting industries that violate one of the basic regulations of the National Environmental Act. These industries violate the NEA waste water management system, whilst NWPEA claims that the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has no authority. The CEA was functioning under the […]

Illegal Construction On The Banks Of Kelani River

by Hafsa Sabry (Sunday Leader ,2016.02.28) Despite many promises to prevent illegal activities or constructions in the reservation areas of the island by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), it seems that the authority is yet to take effective action in implementing the laws as a warehouse in Welivita, Kaduwela is currently under construction close to the Kelani river bank and […]

Deforestation To Bring Imminent Catastrophe In Sri Lanka

by Hafsa Sabry (Sunday leader 2016.02.21) Some of the land in the country were sold out or were leased to the foreign investors for development projects during the Rajapaksa regime. Without a change, the same procedure is being continued under the new government as well, and as a result, the percentage of the country’s forest area has been vastly reduced. […]

NPP Fails To Consider Impacts On Environment

by Hafsa Sabry (Sunday Leader)2016.02.21 Many projects are being constructed in the country to attract tourists. One of them is the construction of several roads along the coastal belt of Sri Lanka as well as at places of ecological importance with little regard for the environment of the country under the National Physical Plan (NPP). The NPP was signed between […]