Environment

Guide to on-site wastewater management for industrial and commercial establishments and other institutions

To address the wastewater management issue of medium to small-scale industries and other commercial establishments and institutions the WASPA Project has developed a series of booklets for selected sectors. This booklet is written as a guideline on wastewater management for vehicle service stations.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Priyanka Dissanayake, Mangala Tennakoon, Johannes Burmeister
International Water Management Institute
Tags:
Pollution, Wastewater Treatment Cost, Wastewater Recycling, Industry, Sri Lanka, Vehicles, Environment Management
Industry

 South Asia Sri Lanka hikes tax to fund war

Sri Lanka has raised taxes on a range of goods and services to meet its war expenses. Coming ahead the country's budget due in early November, the move is a stopgap measure to raise around Sri Lankan Rs 10 billion (US $88 million) to finance the country's renewed war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) and to stabilise its economy.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Finance, Sri Lanka
Agriculture

 South Asia

Refugee concern

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, Food Storage, Refugees, UNHCR, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Agriculture

 South Asia

Titas gas leak Bangladesh Gas Field Company Ltd has initiated operations to stop uncontrolled gas leaks from the country's biggest gas field Titas in Brahmanbaria district. Though the gas started

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, Food Policy, Food Prices, Oil Exploration, Petrochemical Industry, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Agriculture

 Sri Lanka grapples with elephant human conflict

Yala, January 25, 2007: Sri Lanka's only known crossed-tusk elephant in the wild, known locally as Dalaputtuwa dies of paralysis caused by gunshot wounds in the periphery of a highly protected

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Tharuka Dissanaike
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Agriculture, Farmers, Conflicts, Elephant, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Services, Industry, Life Science, Sri Lanka
Wildlife

 Sri Lanka devises new way to conserve wildlife

what Sri Lanka can do, most unfortunately, India cannot. The island nation is plagued by widespread conflict between elephants and humans caused, as is usual in these parts, by the expansion of human

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Environment Economics, Conflicts, Sri Lanka, India, Wildlife
Agriculture

 Sri Lanka regulates GM food

sri lanka introduced labelling norms in January 2007 to regulate genetically modified (gm) food. This is the second attempt after 2001 to regulate gm food. Under the new rules, Food (Control of

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Feizal Samath
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Standards, Food Contamination, Genetic Engineering, Legislation, Sri Lanka
Industry

 Salt of the sea

Disasters often help science researchers to understand natural phenomenon closely, and the Asian tsunami is no different.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Salinisation, Natural Disasters, Salinity, Tsunami, Scientists, FAO, Asia, Sri Lanka
Food Policy

 SOUTH ASIA

staple switch: The Sri Lankan government is now busy promoting the country's own staple food among its people. It feels that Sri Lankans are getting used to consuming large amounts of imported wheat

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
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Rice, Wheat, Food Policy, Sri Lanka
Food Policy

 Sri Lanka regulates GM food import

the Sri Lankan government gazetted regulations for the import of genetically modified (gm) food on August 3, 2006, making labelling and pre-import approvals mandatory. The rules will be enforced

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
Fiezal Samath
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Standards, Food Process Industry, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Legislation, Sri Lanka

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