Download the full Report Single use plastics has become a serious crisis for the earth system. This needs urgent attention. We cannot be satisfied with the global and local actions currently being taken to resolve the issue. During the audit we found these plastics in the public beaches, school backyards and other public places. They
2020.06.17 MEDIA BRIEFING! 17th of June 2020- World day to combat Desertification & Drought. Every year on the 17th of June the United Nations celebrates the WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION & DROUGHT. This year’s observance is focused on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation. As populations become larger, wealthier
Centre for Environmental Justice Political Pressure to degazette Wedithalathive Nature reserve has now come to the peak under the new political regime. This attempt was began in 2017 in order to cultivate exotic prawn species “Litopeneus Vanname”, however, a report prepared by the Department of Wildlife Conservation showed that degazetting will have detrimental results to
Centre for Environmental Justice initiated an awareness campaign to educate people in the elephant habitats in the dry zone the danger of Hakka Patas, a bomb that use to blast the elephant mouth. In most cases elephants are the victim or Hakka Patas which target the wild-bore or Samba Deer. Among the 300 plus annul
Contact Address: Centre for Environmental Justice 20 A, Kuruppu Road Colombo 08, Sri Lanka Tel/Fax: 94112683282/ Mobile-0777600503 Email: info@ejustice.lk 22.04.2020 Director General, Coast Conservation Department and Coastal Resource Management, 4th Floor, New Secretariat Building, Maligawatte, Colombo 01, Dear Sir, LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATION IN MT. LAVINIA BEACH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT We have learned that amidst