Category: Environment

Oct 12, 2012 (LBO) – A community based program to increase forest cover in Sri Lanka’s dry zone and support small farmers has been launched by Australia and the United National Development Program. “Forests are a critical environmental and economic resource for Sri Lanka,” the Australian embassy in Colombo said in a statement. “During the […]

Oct 12, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and India will move towards striking a comprehensive agreement on civil nuclear co-operation, a joint statement issued after the first discussions between the two countries on the issue said. At the first round of talks held in Delhi representative from foreign ministries of the two countries and the […]

Sept 23, 2012 (LBO) – A Dena Nano Technology Lanka Pvt Ltd, company with British and Indian investment plans to recycle old automobile tyres into wood replacement material for the construction industry, a media report said. Dena Technology of UK has patented technology to make wood-like products for the construction industry from old tyres which […]

July 25, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has bought a 64. 9 million US dollar water supply system from Tetra Tech, a California based firm with financing from the Export-Import Bank of United States. The 12-year credit, the first since 2008, will finance a water supply system for Badulla, Haliela and Ella areas on Sri […]

July 16, 2012 (AFP) – Sri Lankan scientists have identified a new genus of fresh water fish and named it after the evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins. Lead researcher Rohan Pethiyagoda said the new genus, named Dawkinsia, comprises nine species that are found only in South Asia and are characterised by long filaments […]

June 22, 2012 (LBO) – There were no Sri Lankans among more than 110 people rescued from a capsized refugee boat by Australian authorities, the foreign ministry said. Australian and Indonesian authorities are continuing to search for around 90 other still believed missing from the boat, the foreign ministry said. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said […]

June 15, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Horton Plains, a small 30 square kilometer national park with beautiful scenery is a rich reserve of hundreds of endemic plants, animals and birds, that are not always visible to the untrained eye. A new book ‘Horton Plains’ edited by Rohan Pethiyagoda, a Sri Lankan scientist currently in […]

June 09, 2012 (LBO) – A survey by the International Labour Organisation has named seven Sri Lankan companies as having good practices in providing ‘green’ jobs that ensure decent work for employees and environmental sustainability. Use of ‘green’ sustainable initiatives was high among the 50 companies covered in the survey by the ILO and the […]

The developed world’s insatiable appetite for products like coffee and timber is threatening the survival of one in three vulnerable animal species in poor countries, according to an Australian study. The study showed that in countries like Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Honduras, 50 to 60 percent of biodiversity loss was linked to […]

June 01, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s environment minister has said liberalised trade could mitigate climate change, helping spread energy-saving technologies and enabling countries facing scarcities to import to cover their requirements. Climate change was no longer an environmental and regulatory concern and was a growing crisis with economic, health and safety, food production and […]

Apr 30, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s rapid economic growth in recent years has come at the cost of serious environmental degradation with outdated laws and existing rules not properly implemented, an expert said. Gunawansa noted how in Sri Lanka often environmental impact assessments, known as EIAs, are not done with projects passed either owing […]

Apr 11, 2012 (LBO) – A tsunami watch has been issued for many areas in the Indian Ocean following an earthquake, by US authorities in Hawaii, who said waves could reach Sri Lanka shortly after 4. 00 pm if a tsunami had been generated. In December 2004 an tsunami from a much larger quake (9. […]