The federal government has introduced that 05 forests situated within the Anuradhapura district, have been declared as protected reserves consistent with the World Surroundings Day, which falls on June 05.
Talking at a media briefing held at the moment (Could 25), Minister of Surroundings Dr. Dammika Patabendi acknowledged that the forests of Ritigala, Aliyawetuna Wewa, Bulagala, Konketiyawa and Kallanchiya have been declared reserves on this method and canopy a whole extent of two,169 hectares.
He additionally acknowledged that measures are additionally underway to designate the ‘Moolagiya Ulpath’ springs within the Anuradhapura district.
This 12 months’s international theme for World Surroundings Day is “World Name for Local weather Motion.” The Minister acknowledged that Sri Lanka’s nationwide theme, tailored from the worldwide idea, can be “Let It Sprout – Let Us Mobilize to Mitigate Local weather Change.”
He additionally introduced that the Nationwide Surroundings Week can be noticed islandwide from Could 30 – June 05 together with World Surroundings Day.
