කර්තෘ: කාංචනා ෂෙහානි උධෘතය: සංවර්ධන ක්‍රියාවලිය මූලික පරිසර සංකල්පයන්ට අනුගතව, ස්වභාවික පරිසරය ආරක්ෂාවන පරිදි ධරණීයව සිදුකිරීමට රාජ්‍යයට වගකීමක් ඇත. Image Credits: Rajiv Perera on Unsplash ස්වභාවික සම්පතින් පොහොසත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ආසියාතික කලාපය තුළ ඉහල ජෛව විවිධත්වයකට උරුමකම් කියනු ලබන රාජ්‍යයක් බව අතීතයේ සිට ඉතා ප්‍රචලිත කරුණකි. කෙසේ වුවද, දැනට දශක කිහිපයකට පෙර සිට සීඝ්‍රයෙන් වැඩිවෙමින් පවතින සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතීන් මඟින් ස්වභාවික පරිසර පද්ධතීන් වෙත සිදු කරනු ලබන බලපෑම සුළුපටු නොවේ. 1992 පරිසරය හා සංවර්ධනය පිලිබඳ රියෝ සම්මුතියේ 4 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාව මඟින් දක්වනුයේ,
By: Chamindri Liyanage Image credits: Daily Mirror According to the Sri Lankan law, all development projects that are prescribed under the law are required to obtain prior approval from the relevant Project Approving Agency (PAA) upon submitting an Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) report or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The National Environmental Act, No.47 of 1980 (as amended) is the key legislation that stipulates the IEE/EIA process. In addition, the Coast Conservation
List of References Abbreviations: PAA – Project Approving Agency Guidance for Implementing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Process: No. 3 – Public Participation Handbook – 1998 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_bpQn2xIQDhidJUx-Fw5wYMVNoJR9Gdd/view) Image credits: Sean Oulashin on Unsplash.
By: Chamindri Liyanage Photo by J.I.R. Figueroa on Unsplash According to the Sri Lankan law, all development projects that are prescribed under the law are required to obtain prior approval from the relevant Project Approving Agency (PAA), upon submitting an Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) report or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The purpose of carrying out an IEE or an EIA report is to ensure that the particular project is sustainable and all
By: Anjalee Udawatta & Lakshitha Edirisinghe The EIA identified key issues associated with the project. Several scenic waterfalls were threatened due to the reduction of water flow. Image source: olivelankaholidays.com A crucial component of Sri Lanka’s natural scenic beauty is the cascading waterfalls emanating from the central hills. While serving as major tourist attractions, these waterfalls also support the livelihoods of surrounding communities while being a safe haven for several faunal species. The dire need to protect
By: Piyumi Wattuhewa Being sensitive to gender issues in environmental projects is essential in order to prevent potential commitments to widen the already existing gender disparities. Image Credits: Nandhu Kumar on Unsplash Environmental conservation and the relevance therein to development is a gendered issue as much as it is an environmental issue. Even though it is rarely discussed as such in the Sri Lankan contexts, there are numerous notable intricacies and correlations between the status of women
By: Anjalee Udawatta & Lakshitha Edirisinghe Although an IEE report is a public document and in theory the public has access to the report, public participation is not a mandatory step included in the IEE process. Image Credits: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-person-touching-leaves-1781935/ An Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) is simply an instrument to assess the possible impacts of a proposed development project on the environment. It is carried out with a view to determine whether the impacts of a proposed project
By: Piyumi Wattuhewa Passing legislations enabling the provisions of environmental conventions would pave the way for the better implementation of EIA procedures. The amount of international conventions constituting provisions relating to the environment and environmental protection is vast, especially when one considers the subject specific conventions as well as the regional and bilateral agreements that state parties enter into. Environmental Impact Assessment is often given effect in such agreements, though often not expressly; but can frequently
කර්තෘ: කුමුදිකා පෙරේරා
උධෘතය: මහජනතාව ව්‍යාපෘති යෝජනා සමඟ සම්බන්ධවන විට ඔවුහු ඔවුනොවුන්ගේ අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කරමින්, තර්ක කරමින්, භෞතික සංවර්ධනයේදී අනුගමනය කළ යුතු ගුණධර්ම පිළිබඳව සංවාදයක යෙදෙයි.
ඡායාරූපය උපුටා ගැනීමකි. මුල් අයිතිය MONGABAY සහ Cane Mario සතු ය.
සංශෝධිත 1980 අංක 47 දරන ජාතික පාරිසරික පනතට අනුව, ‘පාරිසරික බලපෑම් තක්සේරු කිරීමේ (EIA) වාර්තාව’ යනු, යම්කිසි නියමිත ව්‍යාපෘතියක ආර්ථික හා පාරිසරික පිරිවැය–ප්‍රතිලාභ
By: Kumudika Perera Public participation is a matter of a nation’s legal, political and administrative arrangements. It nurtures people’s democratic rights. Image Credits: MONGABAY and Cane Mario. EIA: The Guardian of Environs The National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980 as amended defines ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ (EIA) as a written, cost-benefit analysis of a predicted environmental project, containing a description of avoidable and unavoidable, adverse environmental effects the project would cause, the alternatives available and
