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Air pollution and water pollution are challenges for Sri Lanka since both cause negative health impacts. Overfishing and insufficient waste management, especially in rural areas, leads to environmental pollution. Sri Lanka is also vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme weather events and sea level rise. [1]
Dammika Patabendi is a Sri Lankan politician and a doctor. He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament from Kegalle Electoral District as a member of the National People's Power.Patabendi studied at CWW Kannangara Central- Matugama, Ananda Collage-Colombo and Medical Faculty in Colombo. [1] [2] [3] He is currently serving as the Minister of ...
Environmental Foundation Limited (EFL) is a public interest litigation and environmental conservation organisation in Sri Lanka. Established in 1981, EFL seeks to protect and conserve the natural environment through litigation, advocacy, awareness and youth-engagement.
Sri Lanka's forests contain 61 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass (in 2010 [14]). The southwest portion of the island, where the influence of the moisture-bearing southwest monsoon is strongest, is home to the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests. At higher elevations they make the transition to the Sri Lanka montane rain forests.
The Green Movement of Sri Lanka is a consortium of 147 non-governmental organizations with a common goal of increasing environmental awareness and furthering conservation efforts in Sri Lanka. [1] The movement provides environmental education resources, and also uses legal avenues and political pressure tactics such as lobbying to achieve their ...
Sri Lanka is the island east of India's southern tip. The southwest monsoon typically peaks during late May to the beginning of June in Sri Lanka, with prevailing winds from the south and southwest, streaming toward the Bay of Bengal. The areas that usually receive the heaviest rain are the south and west of the country, including Kalutara ...
Centre for Environmental Justice is an environmental conservation and public interest litigation organisation in Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The organisation is a member of the Friends of the Earth International network which is the world's largest international grassroots environmental network.
Pollution is the topic of this article. Ileperuma starts his article by giving background information about Sri Lanka’s development (i.e. fast industrialization since the 1980’s). The next paragraph deals with air pollution which is one of Sri Lanka’s serious environmental problems in big cities and it mostly caused by vehicles.