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news Look beyond Wilpattu Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The entrance to Wilpattu National Park © Provided by Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka held in the case C.A. WRIT 291/2015 - which is now better known as the Wilpattu judgement, that the re-settlement of the IDPs in an area of over 3,000 Ha from Marichchikaddi, Kallaru, Vilaththikulam, Madhu, Periyamadu and Sannar forest in the Mannar District since 2009, has been made contrary to law. Th...

Kiratpur-Nerchowk four-lane project hangs fire amid alleged irregularities The 84-km long Kiratpur-Nerchowk four-lane project is one among four contiguous projects being carried out by the NHAI to widen the crucial Chandigarh-Manali road from Kiratpur in Punjab to Kullu in Himachal and cut down the distance between these two places. December 13, 2020 10:49:17 am Work in progress on the Parwanoo-Shimla four-lane project near Solan in Himachal Pradesh. Photos: Jaipal Sing...

Kshama Ranawana Environmentalists, Conservationists and the political opposition are strenuously objecting to the decision by the government to hand over the management of “Other State Forests (OSF)” to Divisional/Districts Secretaries alleging the move would be disastrous for the forest cover and biodiversity in the country. It was in July this year that the Cabinet first mooted the idea of handing the management of these lands earlier referred to as “State Residual Forests” by abolis...

Sri Lanka activists decry downgrade of non-protected ‘other’ forests by government by Malaka Rodrigo on 11 December 2020 The Sri Lankan government earlier this year transferred the administration of non-protected forests, known as “other state forests” (OSF), to regional authorities, with a view to releasing them for agriculture and development. The move is part of government efforts to boost domestic food production, but has been blasted by environmental activists who say many of thes...

Second highest number of human deaths due to human-elephant conflict Last year 407 elephants and 122 people died COPA orders national coordination committee be set up to resolve issue Most of 4,211 km of electric fence not maintained The highest number of elephant deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict annually is reported from Sri Lanka, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) was informed this week.  Sri Lanka also ranks second in reporting the highest number of human deaths ...

Posted on December 9th, 2020 KAMALIKA PIERIS After Eelam war IV ended, Tamil Separatist Movement returned to the topic of the Sinhalisation of North and East. They were concerned about three matters, Sinhala settlements, Buddhist temples and archaeological sites. Sinhala colonies, Buddhist temples, and Buddha statues were being aggressively constructed with military sponsorship, said Tamil Separatist Movement. The purpose was to bifurcate Tamil speaking areas, alter th...

Truckies country now conducts workshops for children in schools all over the country and for anyone who wants to help bird survive life in the city. it takes just 40 minutes to learn how to make a nest with coconut fiber jute and bamboo sticks mimicking what the birds themselves would use to build their nest. these birds are very important for our system like a paranoid system walk around to feed all insects that can be harmful to us professor so deeply chatted she has been working on forest con...