April 30, 2020
How undemocratic Coast Conservation Department when filling the Mt. Lavinia Beach?
Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director, Center for Environmental Justice | Sri Lanka has over 1340 Km long coastal zone. 2 km from the Low tide level towards the sea and 300 meters from the high tide level to the land and 2 km inside a river or lagoon mouth considered as the Coastal Zone which comes
April 18, 2020
How is Colombo Port City of China impacting fishing communities in Sri Lanka?
By Hemantha Withanage, Centre for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka Manoja is a 50-year-old woman with one son and two daughters and lives in Pitipana village. Her husband is a fisherman and she sells the fish he catches at a road-side market. Fishing is their only source of income and her husband earned Rs1500 (around US$8)
Comments on EIA of Development Activities and Infrastructure Facilities within the Reclaimed Land Area of Proposed Colombo Port City Development Project
15th December 2017 Director General Department of Coast Conservation 4th Floor, Ministry of Fisheries Building, New Secretariat, Maligawatta, Maradana, Colombo 10 SRI LANKA Dear sir, Subject: Comments on EIA of Development Activities and Infrastructure Facilities within the Reclaimed Land Area of Proposed Colombo Port City Development Project Centre for Environmental Justice is a public interest environmental organization