Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve in northern Sri Lanka is an important coastal ecosystem that contains all the main blue carbon habitats, from mangroves to seagrass meadows to salt marshes and tidal flats.

Strategic Importance of the Indo-Pacific in the context of Blue Economy and the need for regional cooperation: A Sri Lankan Perspective Let me gently remind all of you that this theme merely does not ...

VIDATTALTIVU NATURE RESERVE IS SRI LANKA'S THIRD LARGEST MARINE PROTECTED AREA SITUATED CLOSER TO THE VANKALAI SANCTUARY The Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve nestled in the Northern coast of Sri Lanka has ...

Sri Lanka is again caught in a controversy surrounding a foreign research vessel. Its media has reported that the U.N.-flagged research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, operated by the Food and Agriculture ...

Coastal and marine ecosystems in Sri Lanka provide a variety of services that are vital to coastal communities and the environment. To protect these ecosystems while addressing national development ...

Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore joint cooperation in marine tourism, recognising the vast potential of their coastlines and rich marine biodiversity to strengthen sustainable economic ...

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation and Nippon Trading East have pledged to start a Blue Climate Fund to be implemented by Worldview International Foundation (WIF) and its community partners in Asia, Africa ...

When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered marine mammals. But in Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been ...