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Environment
Sri Lanka university aims to be the country’s first to gocarbon neutral
COLOMBO: The small Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka may contribute only 0.03% to global carbon emission levels yet it…
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Asia
Recent seismic activity in Indian Ocean likely led pilot whales to beach on Sri Lanka shores
KALPITIYA: The Feb.11 beaching of 14 pilot whales in Kalpitiya, about 172 kilometers (107 miles) from the capital, Colombo, may have…
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Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales
COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri…
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Asia
Next stop, the sea: Sri Lanka’s old buses are a new home for marine life
GALLE: Buses are the most common mode of public transport in Sri Lanka. But after thousands of trips, facilitating millions…
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Environment
Commonwealth Secretary General visits mangrove site
KOGGALA, November 2019: Commonwealth Secretary General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland made a brief visit to a mangrove replanting site in…
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