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Table 15.4.
Central Highland Protection—Related Regulation and Legal Enactments in Sri
Lanka.
1. National Environmental Act No. 47 of 1980. (Amendment) No 56 of 1988/No. 53 of
2000.
2. National Environmental (Upper Kotmale Hydro-Power Project- Monitoring) Regulation
No. 1 of 2003. Gazette Notifi cation Number 1283/19 dated 10th April 2003.
3. Regulation for Prohibition of use of Equipment for exploration, mining and extraction
of Sand & Gem. Gazette Notifi cation Number 1454/4 dated 17th July 2006.
4. Regulation for Prohibition of use of Cultivation of annual crops in high gradient area.
Gazette Notifi cation Number 1456/35 dated 4th August 2006.
5. Order under Sections 24(C) and 24(D) to declare Gregory Lake as an Environmental
Protection Area. Gazette Notifi cation Number 1487/10 dated 5th March 2007.
6. Order under Section 24(C) and 24(D) to declare Knuckles Environment Protection Area.
No. 1507/9 dated 23rd July 2007.
7. Land Ownership Act of 1840 (by British Rulers).
8. Crown Land Encroachment Ordinance of 1840 (by British Rulers).
9. Irrigation Ordinance of 1856 (by British Rulers).
10. Forest Ordinance of 1907 (by British Rulers).
11. Land Development Ordinance of 1935 (by British Rulers).
12. Soil Conservation Acts No. 25 and 29 of 1951 (General Regulations) and 1953
(Special Regulations).
13. Agrarian Services Act of 1959.
14. Water Resources Act of 1964.
15. State Land Ordinance.
16. National Water Supply and Drainage Board Act of 1974.
17. Land Grant Act of 1979.
18. Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka Act No. 23 of 1979.
19. National Environment Act of 1980 amended in 1988.
20. Irrigation Ordinance of 1990.
21. Soil Conservation (amended) Act No. 24 of 1996.
22. Scheduled waste (hazardous waste) management regulations 2008—Gazette
Notifi cation No. 1534/18 dated 01.02.2008.
23. Regulation for Prohibition of manufacture of polythene or any product of 20 micron
or below thickness. Gazette Notifi cation Number 1466/5 dated 10th October 2006.
Copyright: CEA 2012, Jayakody 2012.
Environmental education
In the recent past, there has been an increasing awareness of environmental
education from school to university degree level both in Sri Lanka and
in the larger regional setting of South Asia. Also governmental and non-
governmental organizations are trying to provide informal environmental
education, especially for farmers and households. To reach the global
environmental targets, Sri Lanka faces big challenges but also huge
opportunities. Managing Sri Lanka's Central Highlands ecologically will be
an important contribution to both global and national environmental targets.
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