COLOMBO — Veteran environmental activist Hemantha Withanage of Sri Lankan NGO the Center for Environmental Justice has been a regular presence at United Nations climate conferences for years, ...
Cyclone Ditwah exposed Sri Lanka’s catastrophic lack of preparedness. After the first red alerts predicting very heavy rainfall were issued on the night of November 25, Sri Lankan President Anura ...
A resident population of blue whales has for many years lived in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, but in recent years sightings of the animals have declined rapidly. With multiple pressures on these ...
Sri Lanka’s isolation during past glacial cycles resulted in the evolution of unique species, but ongoing human-induced climate change now poses a major threat to their survival. Using species ...
Climate change is threatening rural communities in Sri Lanka where repeated droughts, floods and erratic weather patterns have led to crop failures and extensive damage to infrastructure. UNDP is ...
Photo courtesy of GWP When the immediate devastation of Cyclone Ditwah began to fade from headlines, the story of the disaster seemed to conclude in familiar terms: damaged infrastructure, destroyed ...
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