It is also a first in Sri Lanka with the private sector joining hands for the national good in a “landmark” collaboration with a government body and an environmental agency under the umbrella of the non-profit Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL). The Life Project to restore the degraded rainforest patch at Halgahawala allocated to it by the Forest Department will be a pilot programme. The corporates which are participating in this phase are Jetwing Hotels Ltd., Siam City Cement (Lanka) PLC,, Nations Trust Bank PLC, Hatton National Bank PLC, Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC, Virtusa (Pvt.) Simultaneously, a biodiversity credit accrual system for Sri Lanka will be pursued from the information generated. He urged a little bit of collaboration among the different sectors to deliver a beautiful and sustainable Sri Lanka to the next generation.

Source: Sunday Times February 17, 2018 19:52 UTC