Keeping everyone informed
In 1894, when the Game Protection Society of Ceylon was established by a group of British colonialists who recognized that the local wildlife and their habitats were beginning to disappear, they could not have foreseen the monumental organization it would become a century later. Gratitude is due to those early pioneers and their successors who laid the foundation for modern conservation in Sri Lanka and for the creation of the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society (WNPS).
An organisation, dedicated to the protection, conservation and preservation of the environment and the fauna and flora of the country sought the intervention of the Supreme Court on the Adani backed proposed Mannar Wind Power Project in the highly ecologically sensitive location of Mannar.
As the world marks Environment Day on June 5, Yomal Senerath-Yapa visits the threatened Anavilundawa wetlands where the WNPs together with the Wayamba University and Wildlife Dept. is involved in restoring a critical ecosystem.