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Dung-ho over eco-friendly paper [1]

Sri Lanka has managed to keep the man-elephant conflict at bay. Elephant dung is used to make paper, an excellent source of revenue, and farmers no longer want to harm elephants, writes Michael Patrao

Sri Lanka has a sizeable elephant population, which has been under threat in recent times despite the fact that it is revered in Buddhist culture.

Publication Date: 
09/06/2009
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [2]
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Green Products [3], Animal Dung [4], Paper and Pulp Industry [5], Waste Conversion [6], Sri Lanka [7]
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