Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Sri Lanka’s forest cover at 17 percent – environmentalist

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka’s forest cover that stood at 82 percent in 1881 has dropped drastically to 17 percent, the Rain Forest Protectors of Sri Lanka movement has said. “The 1/2020 circular has been introduced through which nearly 700,000 forests have become vulnerable,” Hemantha Vithanage, the executive director of the Centre for Environmental Justice told reporters. Environmentalists convened […]

Sri Lanka’s forest cover at 17 percent – environmentalist

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