Category: Environment
‘s elephant orphanage hopes for jumbo success
UDAWALAWE, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – After years of being bottle-fed formula milk, eight orphaned baby elephants appear reluctant to leave their temporary home, but mahouts heave-ho them onto trucks for a journey back to the wild.The elephants are enticed with milk and coconut palm to climb the ramps into the trucks — the time […]
Sri Lanka acts to reduce air pollution
July 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s environmental and transport ministries have made it compulsory for all vehicles to acquire vehicle emission test (VET) certificates to be eligible for revenue licenses. Two companies, CleanCo Lanka and Laugfs Eco Sri Lanka opened emission test centres Tuesday to launch the air pollution reduction scheme. Every vehicle must […]
Sri Lanka gets Canadian support for disaster planning
July 14, 2008 (LBO) – Canada has given Sri Lanka support to train officials from government and non-governmental organisations in responding to natural disasters like the 2004 Indian Ocean which devastated parts of its coastline. High Commissioner for Canada, Angela J. Bogdan, said the devastating impact of the tsunami and other natural disasters in many […]
Asia sets stage for disaster relief exercise with key powers
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – After much debate, Asia is finally expected to agree to hold its first civilian-military disaster relief exercise with key powers such as the United States, Russia and the European Union.It will set the stage for real emergency response to disasters, such as the recent cyclone that ravaged Myanmar and […]
Sri Lanka a blue whale watching hot spot
May 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka may be one of the easiest places to watch whales, allowing it to become a global top spot to watch blue and sperm whales, a researcher and an eco-tourism specialist have said. “I think Sri Lanka has enormous potential to be a whale destination,” marine biologist Charles Anderson, […]