CEJ started the year 2021 in the chaos of Covid 19 pandemic. Sri Lanka started rolling out vaccines against Covid 19 in early 2021. Attention on environment safeguard was weakening compared to the previous year and more focus on saving the economy was observed in the actions and decisions made during this year which resulted
During 2020, the whole world was facing the greatest challenge of this century, the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though Sri Lanka was successful in curtailing the spread of the corona virus during the first wave, the country lost the grip and eventually cases and deaths increased by the end of the year. The topic of environment
Year 2019 marked a special milestone in our journey of 15 years since its start in 2004. As a country Sri Lanka faced a, severe disaster in April during the Easter attack which around 260 people died which we deeply convey our solidarity with those who affected. Politically, Sri Lankans elected a new president in
Centre for Environmental Justice just celebrated its 15th anniversary together with local communities and fellow conservationists. Its a great achievement for the organisation founded with zero resources. This was possible due to the long commitment on the present and past staff members, dedicated Board of Directors, active communities and Foundations and other donors. Download PDF
The Centre for Environmental Justice had intervened on environmental litigation, mediation, Climate Change, forest governance, chemical impacts, Oil palm cultivation, Minihydro project and number of other environmental issues island-wide in 2017. CEJ was involved in educating communities and fighting for environmental rights through its programs. We have addressed number of issues and taken legal initiatives