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Environmental issues in Sri Lanka include large-scale logging of forests and degradation of mangroves, coral reefs and soil. Air pollution and water pollution are challenges for Sri Lanka since both cause negative health impacts. Overfishing and insufficient waste management, especially in rural areas, leads to environmental pollution.
Climate change is an important issue in Sri Lanka, and its effects threaten to impact both human and natural systems. Roughly 50 percent of its 22 million citizens live in low-lying coastal areas in the west, south, and south-west of the island, and are at risk of future sea level rise. [ 1] Climate change also threatens the island's ...
Environment of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka lies in the Indian Ocean. The environment of Sri Lanka exhibits a remarkable biodiversity. [1] Sri Lanka is considered to be the richest country in Asia in terms of species concentration [2] and is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. [3]
Deforestation in Sri Lanka. Deforestation is one of the most serious environmental issues in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's current forest cover as of 2017 was 29.7%. [1] In the 1920s, the island had a 49 percent forest cover but by 2005 this had fallen by approximately 26 percent. (29.46% in 2018) [2] Between 1990 and 2000, Sri Lanka lost an average ...
The 2024 Sri Lanka floods were a natural disaster resulting from heavy monsoon rains, causing flash floods, mudslides, and falling trees. [ 1] The floods killed at least 16 people and affected 20 out of the country's 25 districts, with some areas reporting over 400 mm (16 in) of rain. [ 2][ 3][ 4] At least five people were injured by mudslides ...
The Green Movement of Sri Lanka is a consortium of 147 non-governmental organizations with a common goal of increasing environmental awareness and furthering conservation efforts in Sri Lanka. [1] The movement provides environmental education resources, and also uses legal avenues and political pressure tactics such as lobbying to achieve their ...
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka-MASL. Installed capacity. 25 MW. The Moragahakanda Dam ( Sinhala: මොරගහකන්ද ව්යාපෘතිය ), officially Kulasinghe Reservoir, [ 1 ] is a large gravity dam, and the main component of the larger and more complex Moragahakanda — Kalu Ganga Project, across the Amban River at ...
In 2019 a total area of 16.5% [ 2] of Sri Lanka was forested. In 2010, it was 28.8% [ 3] (and 32.2% in 1995. [ 4] ) 9.0% [ 5] of Sri Lanka's forests are classified as primary forest (the most biodiverse form of forest and the biggest carbon sinks on Earth). Sri Lanka's forests contain 61 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass ...