Forest Resource Development News Today

by Ifham Nizam Wildlife Conservation Department and Forest Department officers are up in arms over a circular which prevents them from filing legal action against government institutions which permit deforestation and other illegal acts in violation of the Fauna and Flora Ordinance. “This is tantamount to turning a blind eye when the country’s forests are being destroyed”, a Wildlife Department officer said, referring to the directive by the Secretary to the State Ministry of Wildlife Pro...

December, 15, 2020 On the 8 th of December 2020, the National Parks of Sri Lanka were closed to the public as the employees of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) took industrial action to protest the unjust public castigation, by a State Minister, of two of its officers for doing nothing more than try and uphold the principles of conservation, the very core of what they are supposed to do.  Astonishingly, the Minister in question was, no less, than one of those who are given respons...