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Core
areas addressed |
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Nurturing and
sustaining the natural resource base of Sri
Lanka for the enrichment of future
generations, ensuring quality management of
natural resources, prevention of
exploitative practices, campaigning to
prevent environment disasters, educating
citizens on environment friendly lives and
livelihoods, policy advocacy on sustainable
environment regeneration, supporting the
government in international environmental
policy debates. |
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Specific activities
to-date |
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- Changed
legislature to prevent sand mining |
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Supported the framework process for a
biodiversity policy |
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Addressed over 1000 localized environmental
issues |
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Addressed over 100 national environment
related issues |
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- Took
legal action in over 200 specific instances
in district courts, appeals court and the
supreme court |
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- Resisted
and/or prevented ill-planned large scale
projects such as the Southern Transport
Development Project, Protected Area
Management Project and Sethusanudram from
damaging the environment and communities |
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- Trained
over 5000 school children in environment
aware local action |
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Campaigned against poisons in pesticides,
supported the formulation of policy on water
shed management |
