Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve in northern Sri Lanka is an important coastal ecosystem that contains all the main blue carbon habitats, from mangroves to seagrass meadows to salt marshes and tidal flats.

Coastal and marine ecosystems in Sri Lanka provide a variety of services that are vital to coastal communities and the environment. To protect these ecosystems while addressing national development ...

Strategic Importance of the Indo-Pacific in the context of Blue Economy and the need for regional cooperation: A Sri Lankan Perspective Let me gently remind all of you that this theme merely does not ...

VIDATTALTIVU NATURE RESERVE IS SRI LANKA'S THIRD LARGEST MARINE PROTECTED AREA SITUATED CLOSER TO THE VANKALAI SANCTUARY The Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve nestled in the Northern coast of Sri Lanka has ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A gem company in Sri Lanka has unveiled a rare and massive gemstone weighing 683 pounds (310 kilograms) that has been certified as one of the biggest corundums ever found in the ...

When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered marine mammals. But in Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been ...

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation and Nippon Trading East have pledged to start a Blue Climate Fund to be implemented by Worldview International Foundation (WIF) and its community partners in Asia, Africa ...

MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021, ...

Sri Lanka is an island nation with more than 8000 square miles of territorial waters, home to 29 documented species of marine mammals, including five large whale species – but until Asha de Vos came ...