In a significant step towards enhancing coastal biodiversity, the Forest department has embarked on the task of restoring ...

The region is part of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, home to rare and endangered species such as dugongs, different turtles, and marine mammals ...

Forest Department officials conduct wetland bird census in over 20 areas, involving students, birdwatchers, and photographers ...

The project, which was planned to generate 250 MW through the installation of 52 wind turbines in Mannar in the island country’s north, faced strong opposition since the beginning due to serious ...

With the completion of acquiring three-dimensional (3D) seismic data on 1,750 square km Mannar basin, and finalizing the launching of oil in July this year, Sri Lanka will be offering new oil ...

Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country’s biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one ...

km in the Cauvery Basin, which falls within the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve and is near the Palk Bay and Wadge Bank, Stalin said, adding that the biosphere reserve consisting of a chain of 21 ...

Madurai: Chief minister M K Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in halting the proposed offshore mining activities in Gulf of Mannar as well as in the ...

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the proposed project to establish 484MW wind farms in Mannar and Pooneryn, Sri Lanka. In a letter sent yesterday by AGEL Company Secretary Pragnesh ...