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Sri Lanka: Clearing Forest Reserves To Rob Timber Army Refutes Allegations
2013-04-23 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sunday Leader: Accusations have been levelled against Sri Lanka Army for clearing forestlands in Vavuniya for an alleged re-settlement drive. Environmentalists are up in arms against clearing of nearly 1,500 acres of thick forestlands in Karunkalikulam Forest Reserve in the Vavuniya District. Director Environment Conservation Trust Sajeewa Chamikara said that in order to settle over 1,200 Sinhala Buddhist families nearly 1,500 acres from the Karunkalikulam Forest Reserve have been cleared over the past 1 2...
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