Sri Lanka: Distribution of a pamphlet relating to environmental damage to Negombo lagoon leads to criminal charges under incitement to riot. About 50,000 members of the fisher folk community in ...

Sri Lanka’s mangrove forests, which grow in shallow, shore-hugging waters, are home to many fish and bird species. ... Back on Negombo Lagoon, the sky starts to darken, ...

The statements by environmentalists join the many pleas of fishermen, for whom the lagoon is the only means of livelihood. ... Sri Lanka: environmentalists against Negombo lagoon tourism project .

Babarandage don Sarath Appuham, a 59-year-old fisherman, has worked at Negombo Lagoon since he was a teenager. ... Along Sri Lanka’s 1,700km (1,056 miles) of coasts and lagoons, ...

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A Negombo Lagoon boat ride will show you birds, mangroves, small fishing villages and outrigger fishing boats. Credit: iStock Deb Riedel came to Sri Lanka on a private guided tour in September 2019.

Jetwing Lagoon in partnership with Jet Water Sports recently launched Sri Lanka’s first lagoon based water sports centre at Jetwing Lagoon Negombo. Flanked by the expansive lagoon, the new centre ...

Sri Lanka’s mangrove forests, which grow in shallow, shore-hugging waters, are home to many fish and bird species. ... Back on Negombo Lagoon, the sky starts to darken, ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) - Environmentalists say that the Government's Sea Plane project will destroy the lives of 15 thousand fishermen, and transform the Negombo lagoon into an ecologically dead area.

Sri Lanka’s mangrove forests, which grow in shallow, shore-hugging waters, are home to many fish and bird species. ... Back on Negombo Lagoon, the sky starts to darken, ...