Sri Lanka replanting bid begins after minister is held liable for deforestation
Sri Lanka replanting bid begins after minister is held liable for deforestation by Malaka Rodrigo on 28 February 2021 Sri Lanka’s Forest Department has begun a 1 billion rupee ($5 million) program to reforest part of the Wilpattu Forest Complex, following a court ruling that ordered a top government official to pay for the effort. The government had declared the area a protected forest reserve in 2012, but the following year approved the development there of settlements for people displaced by the country’s civil war. Environmental groups said the process, and subsequent forest clearing,...
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