Colombo (News 1st); Venerable Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thero, a conservation activist, alleged meetings are taking place at ministry level to do away with circular 05/2001 which places forest land countywide under the care of Divisional Secretaries and District Secretaries. “500,000 hectares of forest land in Sri Lanka are protected by circular 05/2001,” said the Venerable […]
Sri Lankan forest land at risk of being sold-off to multi-national companies