Relief in Sri Lanka as key threat to nonprotected forests is repealed

Relief in Sri Lanka as key threat to nonprotected forests is repealed

COLOMBO — Environmental activists in Sri Lanka are celebrating the end of a 2020 decree that left the island’s nonprotected forests more vulnerable to agriculture and development projects. “This is a landmark victory for the protection of these important forests, securing their long-term conservation,” said Eric Wikramanayake, chair of the Environmental Foundation Limited (EFL). The […]

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