Tourism and environmental damage - does the solution lie in air
transport?
Tourism and aviation together should actively
involve the international community on issues of climate change
mitigation. At a recent conference conducted by ICAO and McGill
University in Montreal, WTO stated that Green House Gas emissions
from tourism are estimated to contribute about five per cent in
terms of global carbon dioxide emissions and 4.6 per cent in terms
of radiative forcing.
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LTTE's Wanni bastion no longer impregnable
Forces have learnt from past debacles:
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on
September 10, spelt out the Government's position with regard to the
Wanni, without ambiguity at the ceremony held at the Naval Jetty in
Trincomalee, when the nation paid tribute to the Navy men who
returned to the Trincomalee port following their biggest victory in
the sea.
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