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 …
The Sacred City of Kandy is likely to lose its World Heritage City status due to its air pollution levels that are higher than the national and World Health Organisation standards, claims an authority in the transport sector. Head of the Engineering Faculty at the Moratuwa University Professor Amal Kumarage, …
A top regional scientist says Sri Lanka should avoid excessive importation of cars as Colombo was facing detrimental health and environmental conditions. New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment Research and Advocacy Director Anumita Roychowdhury says South Asian cities have the chance to grow differently and avert the increasing …
Central Environmental Authority chairman Charitha Herath said that CEA had approved the EIA for Uma Oya multipurpose development project on April 12. He said that it was the duty of the CEA to make development environmental friendly according to the trends of the modern world. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was …
India is mulling the idea of a power grid linking South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which has the potential to create 1,00,000 MW capacity in the region. Indian Minister of State for Power KC Venugopal was quoted by Indian …
The Wildlife Conservation Department has planned to conduct a census of the elephant population in Sri Lankan forests this year. A senior official of the department said the enumeration will commence during the drought this August when water holes and minor irrigation canals run dry compelling wild animals to go …
New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and TVE Asia Pacific jointly organise a media briefing in Colombo on the Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian Cities . Colombo, like Delhi, is facing a serious air pollution problem – toxic risk from rapidly growing numbers …
New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and TVE Asia Pacific jointly organise a media briefing in Colombo on the Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian Cities . Colombo, like Delhi, is facing a serious air pollution problem – toxic risk from rapidly growing numbers …
This document contains the presentation by O A Ileperuma of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka at Second country media briefing on “Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian cities” held in Colombo on 27 April 2011, organized by CSE and TVE Asia Pacific.
The announcement by the Treasury and Customs officials of a new excise duty on hybrids is to destabilize the market and reverse the momentum that propelled the importation of environment-friendly, low-fuel consuming hybrid cars. Although there was no official gazette in respect of the unexpected tax hike, Deputy Director General …
Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has alerted the public of possible outbreaks of dengue and leptospirosis (rat fever) due to the prevailing rainy weather. According to the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry 31 deaths from leptospirosis have been recorded among 2,785 cases so far this year. The month of March …
A study by the committee of the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Sri Lanka indicates 16 District Secretariat Divisions emerge as highly vulnerable to drought exposure. Overall, The island Financial Review learns Sri Lanka needs nearly Rs. 48 billion
Worldwide environmental management and conservation has become vital today more than ever before, but the knowledge about this relatively new area among relevant sectors in the country is much less than what is really necessary, Institute of Environment Professionals Sri Lanka (IEPSL) Council Member Prof Udith Jayasinghe told Daily News …
Arrangements are being made to start a 100 acre model agriculture farm in Murungan, Mannar district close to the high level spill of the giant tank. Commenting on the new venture, Mannar Reawakening Programme's Institutional Affairs Chief Irrigation Engineer Palitha Wickramatilake said that the project implemented on the Irrigation Ministry …
The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC) will establish a network of elephant sanctuaries for stubborn wild elephants, tuskers and orphaned baby elephants to keep them under safe custody. According to Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena, under this programme these sanctuaries will be started in Horowpothana, Maduroya and …
Report on CSE training programmes in Srilanka for the CEA officials from 25-29 April, 2011 and 21-25 November, 2011. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in partnership with the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), Sri Lanka, has conducted two training programmes in Srilanka for the CEA officials from 25-29 April, …
Colombo Declaration to provide increased access to sanitation adopted at the end of SACOSAN IV The SAARC sanitation summit has decided to establish a national body in each country to
Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy announced that the experienced Sri Lankan engineers had assisted Uganda to set up a hydro power plant in that country. The US$ 26 million new hydro power plant located 305 kilometers away from the country's capital city Kampala was opened by Uganda's Energy …
The special projects unit of the Central Environmental Authority is building up a data base on the environmental information of Sri Lanka. The environmental data are to be made available in compact disks and the Gampaha district CD has already been released. The environmental databases of Monaragala, Badulla and Hambanthota …
