ejustice Newsletter- July 2020
This issue covers COVID 19, the toxicity of sanitisers, deregulating sand transport, the implication of waste trade and noise pollution. Please Download your copy here.
PRESS RELEASE—CEJ filed Legal action on Mt. Lavinia sand filling and beach pollution CA/WRT/128/2020
19, June 2020, Colombo- Today Centre for Environmental Justice filed a new court case in the Court of Appeal CA/WRT/128/2020 against Coast Conservation Department(CCD), Central Environmental Authority(CEA), Minister of Environment, Marine Environment Protection Authority(MEPA) and Attorney General against the beach pollution and the failed sand filling of Mt Lavinia beach without following due procedure. In
New EIA available for Public Comments–Proposed Seethawaka Ganga Hydropower Project at Dehiowta (24 MW)
Please Download the EIA here Central Environmental Authority NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 23 BB SUB SECTION (2) OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACT Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report For Proposed Seethawaka Ganga Hydropower Project at Dehiowta in Kegalle District (24 MW) The above Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report submitted by the Ceylon Electricity Board, under section 23
CHANGE YOUR PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION PATTERN BEFORE LOSE OUR PRODUCTIVE LANDS
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
Why Do we oppose Degazetting Wedithalative Nature Reserve?
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