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Sri Lanka records highest elephant deaths in world

Sri Lanka records highest elephant deaths in world
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Sri Lanka records highest annual elephant deaths, second highest human deaths in world

Sri Lanka records highest annual elephant deaths, second highest human deaths in world
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Sri lankaTissa attanayakeDayasiri jayasekaraRanjith bandaraGunapala ratnasekeraTissa vitaranaUpul galappaththiPrithiviraj fernandoWildlife conservation departmentDepartment of wildlife conservationCivil defenseCommittee on public accountsMinistry of wildlifeNational coordinating committeeWildlife departmentPublic accounts

SL ranks as highest elephant deaths reported country in the world – COPA

SL ranks as highest elephant deaths reported country in the world – COPA
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Sri lankaDayasiri jayasekaraRanjith bandaraTissa attananayakeGunapala ratnasekeraTissa vitaranaUpul galappaththiPrithiviraj fernandoWildlife conservation departmentDepartment of wildlife conservationCivil defenseCommittee on public accountsMinistry of wildlifeNational coordinating committeeWildlife departmentPublic accounts

Govt handing over management of Other State Forests (OSF) to Divisional/Districts Secretaries would be disastrous for forest cover and biodiversity in the country while paving the way for private parties and friends of politicians to grab land

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 abolishing circular 05/2001 which had transferred the management of these lands from the Divisional/District Secretaries to the Forest Department. The July Cabinet decision was forwarded to the then Minister of Environment to study the matter and present a mechanism that could vest such lands back with the Divisional/District Secretaries, so they could be released for “economically productive purposes.”

Sri lankaWayamba universityNorth westernFrance generalJanatha vimukthi peramunaHemantha withanageGotabaya rajapaksaSewwandi jayakodyJayantha wijesingheWalla pattaKshama ranawanaMk bandula harischandraRukshan jayawardenaMinistry of wildlife forest conservationDepartment of forest conservationConvention on biological diversity

Sri Lanka activists decry downgrade of non-protected other forests by government

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 these forests are rich in biodiversity and serve important ecosystem functions. Many of the highland OSF serve as the watershed for rivers, while lowland OSF harbor newly described species found nowhere else on Earth.

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