මිහිතලයේ ජීවයෙහි පැවැත්ම සඳහා වනාන්තර අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වේ. වනාන්තර මඟින් ජීවින් මිලියන ගණනකට වාසස්ථාන සපයනු ලබන අතරම, මිනිසා ජීවත් වන පරිසරයෙහි ගුණාත්මකභාවය වැඩි දියුණු කිරීමට විශාල මෙහෙයක් සිදුකරයි. මේ අතර ජෛව විවිධත්වය ආරක්ෂා කිරීම, ගංගා, ඇළ දොළ ආදියෙහි ජල පෝෂක ප්‍රදේශ සංරක්ෂණය, ජල චක්‍රය හා පාංශු චක්‍රය පාලනය කිරීම සහ දේශගුණික සමතුලිත භාවය රැකගනීම යනාදිය වැදගත් වේ. කෙසේ නමුදු, මානව කටයුතු සංකීර්ණ වීමත් සමග මිනිසා පරිසරයට සිදුකරන මැදිහත්වීම හේතුවෙන් වනහරණය දිනෙන් දින වර්ධනය වෙමින් පවතී. තවද, සංස්කෘතික,
Whether you live on the border of a forest or in central Colombo, the destruction of our natural resources affects us all. It is the responsibility of Sri Lanka’s citizens to protect and ensure that our country’s forests and wildlife are managed wisely; it is our responsibility to hold those who have committed to the care and conservation of our natural resources accountable. Deforestation is presently taking place on the legally declared Forest Reserves of Maraichukkaddi-Karadikkuli (Kallaru Forest), Vilaththikulam and Veppal,
EFL recently commented on the allocation of land for resettlement and development in the Mannar District based on the Report of the Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment (ISEA) of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka published in the year 2014 by the Central Environmental Authority and the Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka. The comments focused on the fact that the report only includes protected areas declared up to 2010, and has failed to make allowances and recommendations for gazetted protected areas
An Ecosystem Based Adaptation Plan against Climate Change and Natural Disasters The weather patterns we are now experiencing is the new ‘norm’; climate change is here to stay. It’s the present, not in the future. Climate projections show that we can expect more severe, unpredictable weather patterns now and in the future. Gone are the days when farmers, businesses, and people could plan their lives and livelihoods based on relatively predictable seasons. Instead, the ‘new norm’ will be erratic and heavy bouts
[mk_button dimension=”two” corner_style=”rounded” size=”large” url=”https://efl.lk/v2/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/efl_wilpattu-deforestation_sinhala.pdf” target=”_blank”]View Sinhala Press Release[/mk_button] Environmental Foundation (Guarantee) Limited together with the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society filed a Fundamental Rights application in the Supreme Court (SC (Ref) No. 130/2017- pending support) objecting to the illegal clearing of Reserved Forests in the Wilpattu Forest Complex, on the 31st of March 2017. The respondents for the case include, among others, the Forest Department, Central Environmental Authority, Department of Wildlife Conservation, and the District Secretariat of Mannar. The grievances
