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The Department of Agriculture (DOA) functions under the Ministry of Agriculture of Government of Sri Lanka is one of the largest government departments with a high profile community of agricultural scientists and a network of institutions covering different agro ecological regions island wide. DOA focuses on maintaining and increasing ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation [25] [26] 19 October 2000: 14 September 2001: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Agriculture [27] 14 September 2001: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development [28] [29] S. B. Dissanayake: United National ...
Its mission is to protect and expand Sri Lanka's forests and woodlands. [2] The head of the department is the Conservator General, Dr. K.M.A.Bandara. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resource Conservation.
The Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation [2] (Sinhala: වනජීවී හා වන සම්සත් සංරක්ෂණ අමාත් ...
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.
Category: Forestry in Sri Lanka. ... Department of Forest Conservation (Sri Lanka) E. Ecoforestry This page was last edited on 24 January 2020, at 06:00 (UTC ...
The forests in Sri Lanka have been removed to make way for agricultural land and plantations and to provide fuel and timber. The sale of timber is a part of the national economy to raise revenue. The country is a major producer of tea and the land required for tea plantations is substantial.
Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment — Department of Forestry and Environmental Science [8] Sri Lankan Journal of Human Resource Management — Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management Studies and commerce; Sri Lankan Journal of Real Estate — Department of Estate Management and Valuation; Vidyodaya Journal of ...