Name of Project: Biodiversity – Wildlife and Agriculture
Date: February 3, 2025
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Category of Project: / Awareness on Climate Action / Biodiversity / Combating Desertification / Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems / Disaster Prevention / Projects
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Animal damages by the Wild Animals to Agriculture is a big issue in Sri Lanka. Mainly it is the Elephant-Human conflict which has gone to the extreme, and in addition to this, from recently, Monkeys & Peacocks create big damages to the agriculture. LFRO Organized a program to plant Agawa trees to avoid the elephants coming out of the forests, and awareness was done through the distribution of leaflets. This project was done
Awareness on the solution for Human – Elephant conflict, Monkey & Peacock issues and distribution of leaflets by with the assistance ofMr. Ramasinghe of the Tabbowa Wildlife Authority, at Tabbowa, Karuwalagaswewa, Pahariya and surrounding villages.
LFRO Member Ms. A.Mary Saritha, who is very much interested in projects of Bio-diversity, Climate Change, Prevention of Disasters was the Project Chairperson. Out of the total cost of Rs.128,000, the Project Chairperson Mary Saitha contributed Rs.48,000 for the printing of the leaflets.
Total beneficiaries are more than 2,000
Animal damages by the Wild Animals to Agriculture is a big issue in Sri Lanka. Mainly it is the Elephant-Human conflict which has gone to the extreme, and in addition to this, from recently, Monkeys & Peacocks create big damages to the agriculture. LFRO Organized a program to plant Agawa trees to avoid the elephants coming out of the forests, and awareness was done through the distribution of leaflets. This project was done
Awareness on the solution for Human – Elephant conflict, Monkey & Peacock issues and distribution of leaflets by with the assistance ofMr. Ramasinghe of the Tabbowa Wildlife Authority, at Tabbowa, Karuwalagaswewa, Pahariya and surrounding villages.
LFRO Member Ms. A.Mary Saritha, who is very much interested in projects of Bio-diversity, Climate Change, Prevention of Disasters was the Project Chairperson. Out of the total cost of Rs.128,000, the Project Chairperson Mary Saitha contributed Rs.48,000 for the printing of the leaflets.
Total beneficiaries are more than 2,000