Sri Lankan firms offered carbon emission reduction service
Oct 04, 2010 (LBO) - Reducing carbon emissions can give Sri Lankan businesses a competitive advantage, according to officials of a new company offering carbon …
Environment
Dinosaur trove spills more secrets
CUENCA, October 2, 2010 (AFP) - Decades after a mechanical pine-tree digger first unearthed it, an extraordinary trove of dinosaur fossils in central Spain is …
Dinosaurs taller than thought: study
WASHINGTON, October 1, 2010 (AFP) - Some dinosaurs may have been at least 10 percent taller than previously thought, US paleontologists said Thursday in a …
Sri Lanka natural resources seen threatened by weak laws
Sept 24, 2010 (LBO) - Protection of natural resources in Sri Lanka is endangered by the lack of peoples' right to information and legal confusion created by …
Erratic global weather threatens food security: experts
STOCKHOLM , September 7, 2010 (AFP) - The drought in Russia and floods in Pakistan are part of a global trend of unpredictable weather patterns and rainfall …
Sceptical green urges smart billions to fight warming
COPENHAGEN, September 5, 2010 (AFP) - Bjoern Lomborg, the bad boy of the climate debate who has rejected for years "alarmist" prophecies from …
Sri Lanka vets go on strike over elephants
August 17, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan wildlife veterinarians have gone on strike to protest at the alleged mishandling of elephant conservation which has resulted …
Sri Lankan, Hawaiian sites added to world heritage list
BRASILIA, July 31, 2010 (AFP) - A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage …
Sri Lanka wide-eyed primate caught on camera for the first time
LONDON, July 19, 2010 (AFP) - A "cute" primate so rare it was thought to be extinct has been caught on camera in the forests of Sri Lanka for the first time, …
BP stops Gulf oil flow for first time since April
NEW ORLEANS, July 16, 2010 (AFP) - British energy giant BP stopped the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday for the first time in three months as it …
Future of whaling in the balance at global meet
PARIS, June 19, 2010 (AFP) - Pro- and anti-whaling nations face off next week in a battle over the 24-year-old ban on the commercial killing of whales. buy …
Sri Lanka to crack down on plastic use around capital
June 15, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's western province, where the capital Colombo is located will crack down on the use of plastics and polythene, especially for …
Sri Lanka fisher community in efforts to rescue degraded estuary
June 13, 2010 (LBO) - Deepika Edirisinghe lives in the dry Kalpitiya area in the Sri Lanka northeast coastal district of Puttalam bordering a degraded coastal …
India earthquake downgraded, local tsunami watch only: Pacific centre
June 11, 2010 (LBO) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has downgraded a watch bulletin taking Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia off its list saying a …
India tsunami centre expects mild sea surge, ‘not alarming’
NEW DELHI, June 12, 2010 (AFP) - India's tsunami centre warned Sunday a major quake under the Indian Ocean would generate a 50-centimetre high (20-inch) surge …
Japan asteroid probe to make historic return to Earth
SYDNEY, June 12, 2010 (AFP) - A tiny heatproof capsule which scientists hope contains some of the oldest dust in the universe will streak back to Earth and …
Sri Lanka biodiversity seen under threat
June 09, 2010 (LBO) - Increasing population pressure and human activity are threatening the rich biodiversity in Sri Lanka and a greater focus on habitat …
Sri Lanka conservationists in push to restore mangrove eco-system
May 29, 2010 (LBO) - Large swathes of abandoned shrimp farms in a coastal lagoon in Sri Lanka's western coast could be returned to its former glory as a …
Oil slick spreads to Singapore’s northeastern coastline
SINGAPORE, May 29, 2010 (AFP) - An oil slick from a damaged tanker has spread from beaches on Singapore's southeastern coastline to a marine nature reserve and …
Australia to start legal action against Japan over whaling
SYDNEY, May 28, 2010 (AFP) - Australia will start legal action to stop Japan hunting whales next week, officials said on Friday, following years of tensions …