Category: Environment

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– Sri Lanka’s rapid economic growth in recent years has come at the cost of serious environmental degradation with outdated laws and existing rules not properly implemented, an expert said.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. […]

Apr 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has issued a tsunami evacuation asking residents in coastal areas to move to safer areas inland, following a strong earthquake in Indonesia. The department of meterology said residents in Eastern and Southern coastal areas should move inland quickly. Tsunami waves are expected to first hit the Eastern and […]

Apr 11, 2012 (LBO) – Residents of Sri Lankas’ coastal regions rushed to safety after authorities issued an evacuation order following a strong earthquake in Indonesia which generated a tsunami. . Sri Lanka’s department of meterology said residents in Eastern and Southern coastal areas should move inland quickly. An eyewitness said residents in Galle, a […]

April 11, 2012 (LBO) – A tsunami watch issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii for the Indian Ocean, which prompted Sri Lanka to ask coastal residents to move to high ground, has been cancelled. Residents of Sri Lankas’ coastal regions rushed to safety after authorities issued the evacuation order following a strong […]

Mar 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Puritas (Pvt) Ltd, a unit of the listed Hayleys group and Veolia Water India, a part of a France based Veolia Water has commissioned a waste treatment plant for a new tourist resort on the island’s east coast. Already two of the 13 hotels are running and the […]

Dec 27, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s marine researchers are planning to use aerial and underwater unmanned vehicles with remote sensing technology to study the oceans around the country, officials said. Sri Lanka’s National Aquatic Research Agency (NARA) wants to team up with the island’s air force to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for marine […]