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Human-environment conflict
View(s):Forest reserves and wetlands are recognised as international and national treasures. Following national outrage over destruction to Sri Lanka’s world renowned Sinharaja Forest reserve and the internatioally recognised Anawilundawa wetlands, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited the Sinharaja Forest Reserve yesterday to inspect the site after which he gave conditional approval to go ahead with the road. Elsewhere Forest Conservation Minister C. B. Ratnayake visted the Anawilundawa wetlands in Puttalam where a politically backed group cleared two acres for a prawn farm. Please see story on Page 10. Pic (right) by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
