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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. It has limited policing powers in protected forest areas to stop illegal poaching and logging, with the power to arrest suspects.
The Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. Parties Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
Sri Lanka: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Department of Forest Conservation) Sweden: Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications: Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Communications Taiwan: Ministry of Agriculture (Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency) Tanzania: Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
It is the government department responsible for maintaining national parks, nature reserves and wildlife in wilderness areas in Sri Lanka. [3] Forest reserves and wilderness areas are maintained by the Department of Forest Conservation. [4] The head of the department is the Director General of Wildlife Conservation, formally known as Warden.
The Ministry of Environment [2] (Sinhala: පරිසර අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: சுற்றாடல் அமைச்சு) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka with oversight of the environment and the Mahaweli Development programme, as well as the general development of the Mahaweli River, its environs and communities living within defined ...
The Ministry of Urban Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for planning and implementation of Economic social and physical development of the areas declared by the Minister-in-charge of the subject of Urban development. The ministry was established by an Act of parliament bearing No 41 of 1978.
Divisional secretariats are the third-level administrative divisions of the country and there are currently [as of?] 331 divisional secretariats in Sri Lanka. [1] They were formerly known as D.R.O. divisions, after the divisional revenue officer. Later the D.R.O.s became assistant government agents and the givisions were known as A.G.A. divisions.
In 1995 a Divisional Council was created for Biyagama which had previously been governed by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka. [8] In 1997 Moratuwa and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Urban Councils were promoted to Municipal Councils. [8] As of 199 there were 309 local authorities (14 MC, 37 UC, 258 DC). All parts of Sri Lanka are governed by ...