An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a move hailed as a long-overdue conservation victory, Sri Lanka has formally ...

The Ministry of Environment is set to launch "Wanaspathi" - Sri Lanka's Forest Conservation and Protection Program tomorrow (15), under the leadership of Environment Minister Dr. Dammika Patabendi and ...

Colombo: Senior Sri Lankan officials on Wednesday held a preliminary discussion on launching a 1,000 acre forest plantation project in collaboration w ...

Under the "Clean Sri Lanka" programme, plans are underway to launch a 1,000-acre forest plantation project in collaboration with the private sector. This large-scale initiative is designed to operate ...

The first phase of the Urban Forest Project under the Clean Sri Lanka Programme, was launched near the Kelaniya Bridge in Peliyagoda. This initiative was implemented in collaboration with S-lon Lanka ...

Under the Clean Sri Lanka Programme, the first phase of the Urban Forest Project was launched yesterday (30) near the Kelaniya Bridge in Peliyagoda.

March 25, 2025 This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but ...

China and Sri Lanka agreed on more investment and economic cooperation on Wednesday as China's President Xi Jinping met recently-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing.

COLOMBO — Environmental activists in Sri Lanka are celebrating the end of a 2020 decree that left the island’s nonprotected forests more vulnerable to agriculture and development projects ...

Addressing some of the most critical environmental challenges Sri Lanka faces today, renowned conservationist and orinthologist Prof. Sarath Kotagama recently delivered a thought-provoking speech on ...

The visit to Sri Lanka by a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts was to review the country’s readiness to make a "knowledgeable commitment" to establishing a nuclear power programme.

The seven-day Site and External Events Design Review Service (SEED) mission reviewed Sri Lanka's selection process to identify potential sites for the construction of its first nuclear power plant.