A decision has been taken to gazette 1,500 hectares of land associated with key water sources and watershed mountain areas belonging to the Department of Forest Conservation in Nuwara Eliya as protected areas. The decision was reached at a special Di
The decision was reached at a special District Coordinating Committee meeting held yesterday (28) at the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat, with the aim of promoting environmental conservation, sustainable tourism, and the protection of watershed areas in the district.
Summarised from Ada Derana
People- Madhura Seneviratne2
- Anton Jayakody2
- Manjula Suraweeraarachchi
- K. R. Uduwawala
- Dr
Organisations- Department of Forest Conservation2
- Ministry of Environment
- Parliament of Sri Lanka
Places- Nuwara Eliya2
- Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat
- N'Eliya
Keywords- protected2
- catchment
- watershed
- decision
- declared
- gazetted
- hectares
- proper
- areas
- zones
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