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Officials discuss bilateral agreements including on mangrove conservation and fisheries sector development
In order to assess the potential threat from the trees, the help of the Forest Ministry and tree surgeons are needed.
“We are now losing biodiversity up to 10,000 times faster than it was disappearing 100 years ago,” he warned.
Sri Lankan delegation at COP28 to request permission for Sri Lanka to initiate a “Climate Justice Forum”.
REDEFINE project will address drivers of conflict linked to the environment, climate change and natural resources
Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)
A large scale combined Security Forces operation has netted 144 suspects allegedly engaged in illegal sand mining in the...
Lawyers representing the stricken MT New Diamond crude oil tanker have agreed to settle the initial claim made by the go...
Sri Lanka’s National Aquaculture Development Authority (NAQDA) denied yesterday that, contrary to reports circulating ...
The South-West monsoon continues to batter the country with high winds and rain forecast for the next 24 hours. The Mete...
The government is vehemently denying that there has been a spate of serious incidents where protected forests have been ...
Two Bahrain resident expatriates from Sri Lanka and Britain say they have conceived and are developing a honey coated, b...
A prominent governing party State Minister’s brother is connected to the unlawful clearing of a section of the protect...
Sri Lanka is planning its legal strategy to sue the owners of the Supertanker that caught fire off its shores and is cur...
Sri Lanka will file legal action against the owners of the New Diamond supertanker that caught fire in the island’s ma...
Sri Lanka Met department is issuing Red warnings for heavy rainfalls and strong winds for several districts in five prov...
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The Sri Lanka Navy is declaring that the fire onboard the Supertanker MT New Diamond is completely doused and no flames ...
An Indian Coastguard Dornier Aircraft was deployed yesterday Sept 8 to drop diesel dispersant on a patch of diesel disco...
The Sri Lanka Navy is reporting that the fire that re-ignited on board the Supertanker MT New Diamond last evening is un...
Two teams of scientists and experts from the Sri Lankan Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) are currently dep...
Though prevailing showery and windy conditions in Sri Lanka are expected to temporarily reduce in intensity today, showe...
Blue algae concentrations off the found of the coast of Sri Lanka are not toxic to other marine life, researchers said w...
An oil tanker carrying more than 200,000 of crude oil is on fire 38 kilometers off Sri Lanka’s East coast and about ha...
Sri Lanka is probing whether a minor earthquake reported near Pallekelle in central Sri Lanka was due to induced seismic...
Sri Lanka's environment ministry will take a final decision on banning 'quarter' arrack bottles this week while a decisi...
Environmental activist Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thero is saying President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should provide a solution ...
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