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 …
In the early 1990s, hospitals in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province, the main agricultural region of the country, started reporting an unusually high incidence of chronic renal failure. About 5,000 persons reported ill in 1993. By 2009, the disease assumed epidemic proportions. That year over 9,000 patients from North Central …
Some 905 cases of dengue with eight deaths have been reported in the city since January, the Colombo Municipality said yesterday. It said these figures were bound to rise further because of the heavy rains in some parts of the country. Colombo Municipality Chief Medical Officer Pradeep Kariyawasam said 222 …
At least eight persons have so far been killed due to heavy rain, floods and landslides in the Kegalle, Galle, Gampaha, Colombo and Kalutara districts, the Disaster Management Center said More than 17,000 persons have been affected as a result of the inclement weather, it said. Landslides had caused most …
Encounters with organic farming in Sri Lanka There is widespread recognition today of the land and food crisis in Sri Lanka, in both plantations and in the smallholder food-producing sectors. Lands are being degraded and poisoned, while devastating floods and periodic droughts take a heavy toll on food security. The …
In Sri Lanka, organic farmers draw inspiration from endemic practices such as home gardens or analog forestry, and have also adapted ‘imported’ ideas, such as zero-budget farming from India. To read more click on to the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/vignettes-sri-lankas-cloud-country
The Castlereigh and Maussakele hydro-power reservoirs are at risk of being heavily silted due to illegal gem mining in the reservoir beds or along the reservoir boundaries. People from the area say that large scale gem mining had caused extensive environmental damage to the two reservoirs feeding the Laxapana, New …
Cairn Lanka, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn India is to commence drilling for oil in the Mannar basin off Sri Lanka's northwestern coast in August 2011, the Indian company said. Cairn India, issuing its first quarter financial report Wednesday, said significant preparatory work for the Sri Lanka frontier exploration …
Arpico Plastishells Ltd, forging ahead in organic and liquid Waste Management, has introduced a Green Gas Unit in Sri Lanka providing households, hotels, restaurants, manufacturing plants, Large Scale businesses and SMEs to produce Bio Gas through organic waste, - an islands first a company spokesperson said. Available in 1000ltrs and …
The Carbon Consulting Company helped Geocycle, a subsidiary of Holcim Lanka (Ltd) to hold their recent Geo Responsible Awards, the first ever certified Carbon Neutral awards ceremony to be held in the Asian region. The Sri Lankan Carbon Consulting Company (CCC), considered factors such as energy consumption, delegation travel, waste …
Sri Lanka National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA) has decided to relax the controversial ban on use of backhoes for gem mining in Ratnapura district. Accordingly, the mine owners who have unearthed ore using backhoes can carry on washing them, the NGJA said. However, ban on Kuruwita-Paradise Land mining area …
Veterinary authorities of Sri Lanka warn that the spreading deaths of birds in certain areas threaten the fauna life in bird sanctuaries of national wildlife parks. Veterinary scientists say that mass deaths of birds have been reported from Colombo and Kalutara districts. The bodies of 16 seagulls have been recovered …
Arpico Plastishells Ltd, forging ahead in organic and liquid waste management, has introduced a Green Gas Unit in Sri Lanka providing households, hotels, restaurants, manufacturing plants, large scale businesses and SMEs to produce bio gas through organic waste, - an island's first, a company spokesperson said. Available in 1,000 litres …
Sri Lanka has come to the forefront from among 11 South East Asian countries with regard to several health indices according to the 2010 world health situation report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), said the Health Ministry. Priority given to free healthcare services by the government, people's high …
The Water Supply and Drainage Ministry has taken steps to construct the Viharapalugama Water Supply project to supply purified water to traditional villages from the Anuradhapura era to honour their services to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi. The construction project commenced on May 21 under the patronage of Water Supply …
According to statistics of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) smoking kills 50 to 60 persons everyday and 15,000-20,000 persons annually in Sri Lanka, NATA Chairman Prof. Carlo Fonseka said, participating in a workshop held yesterday at the Information Department. Prof. Carlo Fonseka These statistics show that 4,101 …
Army officials took into custody a businessman and a bulldozer driver and seized a stock of timber felled at Gotukolapitiya in land considered as a part of a forest reservation. The suspects and the stock of illicit timber were handed over to the Lahugala Range Forest Office. The suspects had …
The Colombo City is facing the worst dengue epidemic ever Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said yesterday revealing that there had been 195 cases reported this month. CMC which dropped a bomb shell, said in and round the National Hospital Colombo, Military Hospital and vicinity of the Colombo Port had been …
There was a news item that the Minister of Environment proposing to plant trees in catchment areas. It is a most commendable proposal. It also refers to the biomas of trees, which absorbs carbon dioxide and releases oxygen
