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Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is a department of Hong Kong Government concerning the issues of environmental protection in Hong Kong.The EPD is responsible for developing policies covering environmental protection, nature conservation; enforcing environmental legislation; monitoring environmental quality; providing collection ...
Location of Sri Lanka. 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 ...
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 ...
Port City Colombo is located in the metropolis of Colombo, Sri Lanka, which is positioned within South Asian trade routes. The master planned city is to be constructed between the southern edge of the new Colombo South Port and the Fort lighthouse. The total area of sea to be reclaimed is 269 ha (660 acres). [1] [2]
As per the Clean Air Network, 53% of Hong Kong's pollution comes from local sources – power stations, idling engines of cars, trucks and buses and marine emissions. [27] [obsolete source] Hong Kong has only 5% of the land of the Pearl River Delta, but it creates 20% of its pollution, far more than its neighbouring cities of Shenzhen and ...
National Water Supply and Drainage Board; People's Bank; Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation; Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation; Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment; Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation; Sri Lanka Cement Corporation; Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation; Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board; Sri Lanka Land Reclamation ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation [25] [26] Salinda Dissanayake: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Land Development and Minor Export Agricultural Crops [27] Anuruddha Ratwatte: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 27 July 2005: Minister of Agriculture [35] Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 November 2005: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development [36] 28 January 2007: Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services [37] [38] [39] Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena ...