Colombo (News 1st); District & Divisional Secretaries have been vested with the power of using lands classified as ‘Other State Forests’ (OFSs) for economic and other productive purposes, terminating the previously issued circular. Areas that are not declared under any enactment (Forest Conservation Ordinance, Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance or the National Heritage Wilderness Areas Act), […]
‘Other State Forests’ again under authority of District & Divisional Secretaries