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 […]
[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. […]
පරිසර හා සොබාදහමි අධයන මධ්‍යස්ථානය මැදිහත් වීම මත මී ගස්ආර කෘෂිකාර්්‍යාලයේ සහයෝගයත් සමග වස විස නැති දේශිය වී වගාව ව්‍යාප්ත කිරීම සදහා වන නියමු වැඩසටහන කුඩා බිබුල හින්ගෙදර ජිනසේන මහතාගේ කුඔුර මුල් කරගනිමින් 2106.05.05 වන දින ආරමිභ විය . සොබාදහමී අධ්‍යන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ පූජ්‍ය වෑකදවල රාහුල හිමි ගේ සංකල්පයක් ලෙස ආරමිබ වූ මෙම නිදර්ශකයට සෙත් පැතීමට මහා සංඝරත්නයද එම ස්ථානයට වැඩම […]
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. […]
[unitegallery Rosi] “France started to develop very fast in the 19 th century, around the 1830’s. Using mostly coal, many big factories were built. They created a lot of new items, from trains to cars, and much electronic stuff. During one century the country had a very good economy, development was large and fast. It was a mega physical development. […]
Prof. Daya Somasundaram University of Jaffna There is an ecological disaster of serious proportions taking shape over the last few years with the effects already showing in the Vallikamam area of Northern Sri Lanka. It is being realized by the more than quarter million people living in Vallikamam that their ground water is polluted by oil waste. According to samples […]
Ravindra Kariyasam Center for Environment and Nature Studies , Sri Lanka The American Heritage Science Dictionary (2005) defines environment as all of the biotic and abiotic factors that act on an organism, population, or ecological community and influence its survival and development. Biotic factors include the organisms themselves, their food, and their interactions. Abiotic factors include such items as sunlight, […]