Mapping of forests completed

Chaminda Perera

The Government has completed mapping of all forests in the country except in the Northern region barring encroachments by unauthorized persons, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.

He told the Daily News that all forests were mapped out and boundary stones were laid to prevent any encroachments in the future.

He said the mapping out of forests in the Northern region will begin soon so no one can encroach the lands belonging to the Forest Conservation Department with the completion of mapping out in the country.

The USAID provided computers and a software to facilitate the mapping out process in the North, he said.