The Sri Lankan environment ministry has issued orders that would ban the manufacture of refrigerators, freezers and air-conditioners using chloroflurocarbons (CFC) after the year 2000. The move

Muthurajawela marshes, north of Colombo in Sri Lanka, are a fine example ofwhat a well-thought-of wetland conservation project should be. Once a tropical wetland used for rice cultivation, they

The wildlife department of the Sri Lankan government has come in for sharp criticism. Biosphere , the bulletin of the Environmental Foundation, which has on its panel seve

Sri Lankan tribals fearing extinction of their tribe have appealed to the United Nations (UN) to save them. People belonging to the Wannyala-Atto, or forest people, lived for years in the jungles but

Sri Lanka will play host to an international conference on the biology and conservation of south Asian amphibians and reptiles. The

In a desperate bid to salvage the country's energy crisis, the Sri Lankan authorities stopped late night television shows to encourage people to consume less power at night. Besides, a daily

To check the problem of sea erosion in the coastal areas of Sri &Lanka, the forest department has come up with a new remedy. It is going to create forests on beaches that are most affected by

The Japanese have come to the rescue of ailing mangrove trees in Sri Lanka. Japan's Institute of Technology on Fisheries and Fishing Communities has come forward to provide aid for a major mangrove