Photo courtesy of Jayantha Wijesingha Sri Lanka has seen various large scale environmental disasters over its history from British colonial rulers scraping out the the…
Photo courtesy of Sustainable Pulse The decision to ban chemical fertilizer is one of the crucial policy changes taken by the current government since coming…
Photo courtesy of National Geographic Part 1 dealt with how that icon of Uda Walawe, Rambo the mature bull elephant who has been conditioned to…
Photo courtesy of Daily News Part 1 dealt with how that icon of Uda Walawe, Rambo the mature bull elephant who has been conditioned to…
Photo courtesy of Maximus Rambo, the mature male elephant that has become an icon of the Uda Walawe National Park, was doomed to be captured…
Photo courtesy of The Pearl Protectors Over a month after a fire broke out onboard the MV X-Press Pearl that brought about the worst ecological…
Photo courtesy of France 24 The beginning of the southwest monsoon season has triggered heavy rains causing flash floods and mud slides across several districts…
Photo courtesy of Gizmodo Australia Today is World Oceans Day The incident The container ship, X-Press Pearl, was registered in Singapore and operated by one…
Photo courtesy of New York Post “There will be huge amounts of compensation for the damage caused by the X-Press Pearl vessel in the Sri…
Photo courtesy of The Independent Sri Lanka is currently experiencing the greatest marine disaster in its history caused by the burning and sinking of the…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is the World Environment Day The theme for the World Environment Day 2021 is Ecosystem Restoration. The main aim…
Photo courtesy of EcoWatch After 12 days, the ship MV X-Press Pearl finally sank about 9.5 nautical miles from the Colombo harbour. It has not…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity Sri Lankans live in a biodiversity hotspot. We may take our lush…
Photo courtesy of Rohan Wijesinha “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana In 1949, a year after Sri Lanka…
Photo courtesy of Rukshan Kuru-Utumpala Sinharaja’s conservation status is of “significant concern”. According to the World Heritage Outlook, published by International Union for Conservation of…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda The Sinharaja Rainforest has been in the public eye for a few weeks now. Is it being threatened by encroachment…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is World Water Day World Water Day 2021, at the start of a critical decade for climate action and…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two is four. If that is allowed all else follows.” George Orwell (Nineteen…
Photo courtesy of Facebook Today is the International Day of Forests “Knowledge is power: You hear it all the time but knowledge is not power.…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “This country can never be developed as long as there are environmentalists.” “Can we eat oxygen?” “Those who come to our…
Photo courtesy of Rukshan Jayewardene Although Sri Lanka is a richly biodiverse island and is accordingly famed for its wildlife abundance, its varied eco-systems spread…
Photo courtesy of Tharmapalan Tilaxan Today is World Wildlife Day “Ecocide is the destruction of the natural environment by deliberate or negligent human action.” Oxford Languages…
Image courtesy of Films for Action “There will be no investigation in the country…because I will oppose it…. Whether it is United Nations or any…
Photo courtesy of Mongabay Whenever President Gotabaya Rajapaksa embarks on a “discussion with the villagers” visit, Sri Lanka’s environmental defenders shudder in anticipation of yet…
Photo courtesy of Dinarzarde Raheem Circular MWFC/1/20201 issued on 4 November by the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation has caused widespread concern and consternation.…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Foundation “Ever since we arrived on this planet as a species, we’ve cut them down, dug them up, burnt them…
Photo courtesy of Rainforest Protectors Trust Environmentalists are up in arms once again as the government withdrew two circulars that protected 700,000 hectares of forests,…
Photographs courtesy of Roar Media Sri Lankan photographer Tharmapalan Tilaxan’s photo of a herd of elephants eating from a rubbish dump won first prize in this…
Photo courtesy of Wikiwand In a rare victory for Sri Lanka’s environmental defenders, the government has decided to cancel the gazette issuing legal documents to…
Photos courtesy of Anoma Wijewardene (To view the paintings and titles please click on the images) Today is the Global Day of Climate Action Themes…