[unitegallery Rilagala1] Environmental problems in Sri Lanka have been discussed over the years with relevant authorities, ministries and even with the President. However, it has to be highlighted that nothing positive for environmental protection seems to take place as destruction of nature under the development projects are continuing. Center for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS), the Young Lawyers Association Sri […]
[unitegallery Rilagala1] The Rilagala mountain range protection unity has added that they will not allow rubble to be extracted from the Rilagala mountain range when the Southern Express Highway is extended beyond Matara. This organization has cautioned as they have come to know that the authorities of the road construction company are hoping to obtain rubble from the mountain range […]
The Rilagala rock side belongs to Matara and Hamabanathota district in Ceylon. There are rich water sources binging from the rock .This area is located in boundary of Mahayaya forest .Mahayaya has gazetted as forest in 1937. This valuable land is destructed to take rock by MAGA construction company .Rilagala were blasted by This company without concern biodiversity or environment […]
[unitegallery Rilagala1] හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්රික්කයේ බෙලිඅත්ත ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයේ ඇල්දෙණිය ග්රාම නිලධාරී වසමේ මාතර දිස්ත්රික්කයට මායිම්ව පිහිටා ඇත 1940 රක්ෂිත වනාන්තරයක් ලෙස නමි කර ඇති මහයාය වනානතරය හෙක්ටයාර 339 සමන්විත අතර භදථ ත්ඍ 8634 ගැසටි පත්රය මගින් මහයාය රක්ෂිතයක් ලෙස නමි කර ඇතග මහයාය රක්ෂිතයේ පෙරණ කලාපයට අයත් ි රිලාගලයාය කඳු පන්තිය මෙි වන විට වනාන්තරය වනසා ගල් වලට කැඩීම සදහා […]
by Hafsa Sabry Primary Industries Minister Daya Gamage is alleged to have been involved in the illegal land encroaching in Panama in the Ampara district. Environmentalists claim that this very minster, during the previous regime,encouraged people living in close proximity to Panama to voice their protest against the illegal land grab. The land in question had been taken over by […]
[unitegallery Rilagala] ජාතික භෙෘතික සැළස්ම ප්රකාරව අධීවෙගී මාර්ග නිර්මාණය කිරිම සදහා ගැටමාන්න , රිලාගල කදුපංතිය කඩා ඉවත් කිරීමට එරේහිව රිලාගල යාය සුරකීමෙි සංවිධානයත් පරිසර හා සොබාදහමි අධ්යයන මධ්යස්ථානයත් එක්ව සංවිධානය කල ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීම ඇල්දෙණිය ශ්රී සුදර්මාරාමයේදී පැවැත්වු අතර එයට ප්රදේශයේ දේශපාලකයෙකුගේ මැර පිරිස් හා මාගා සමාගමට පක්ෂපාති කඩකප්පල් කාරිීන් විසින් බාධා එල්ල කරණු ලැබුවා. එම බාධා නෙතකමින් මෙහි ප්රදාන […]
Concern mounts over court decision to return elephants to ‘wrongful’ owners by Hafsa Sabry- Sunday leader The court order to return baby elephants to individuals who allegedly had illegal permits was suspended temporarily in the high court on May 26 due to confusion with regard to legal provisions applicable to the Public Property Act. Several environmental lawyers claimed the order […]
by Hafsa Sabry -Sunday leader The conservative wetlands of Sri Lanka have been grabbed legally and illegally for several purposes threatening the natural habitats of many creatures of the wild and the livelihoods of people who rely on it. These lands were used for various purposes such as agriculture and the tourism industry by international companies. One such activity that […]
by Hafsa Sabry -Sunday leader Elephants are considered as the largest mammals on earth and is divided into two categories based on their appearances and where they live. Asian elephants and African elephants are the two main categories into which several other types of elephants are included. The Elephants usually walk about 15 km a day to fulfill their need […]
By Raveendra Kariyawasam ( Ecologist ) According to government reports, recent floods 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. The government attributes them to climate change. However, climate change is like a God who does […]