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| Thursday, 27 January 2005 |
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Survey on tsunami impact on environment by Florence Wickramage The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has launched a survey on the impact of the tsunami on the environment with technical assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme. The survey has also mobilised local expertise, Environment and Natural Resources Minister A.H.M. Fowzie told the Daily News yesterday. The survey is based on two sectors - the Green sector and the Brown sector. The Green sector will cover natural eco-systems such as wetlands, natural parks, mangroves, beach-forest life etc. and the Brown sector will cover emerging environmental pollution from debris, soild waste, chemicals released from factories and air pollution due to enhanced transport facilities etc. The natural forest plantations have also been seriously considered and the Environment Ministry will work hand in hand with allied Ministries and departments on the Government's decision to ensure a green belt of 100 metres on the Western Coast and 200 metres on the Eastern coast. The planting of marine vegetation on the shore-line green belt is in progress, Fowzie said. Special survey teams have already commenced work on the two sectors and is expected to submit their reports within the next four weeks. Based on the recommendations of the survey, the Ministry's rehabilitation programme to restore the environment will be based on a short-term basis and a long-term basis. The entire programme will lay special emphasis to uplift the living standards of those affected by the tsunami crisis, Minister Fowzie said.
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