Positive news from Sri Lanka
Dole abandons banana plantation in National ParkAfter a threat of lawsuit, Dole Inc. has abandoned a banana plantation in Somawathiya National Park in Sri Lanka.
"We are extremely pleased with the turn of events and the prompt manner in which Dole has acted in this instance which we trust will serve as an example to other organizations that are presented with evidence of infringements in law governing public assets,"
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Dole abandons banana plantation in National ParkAfter a threat of lawsuit, Dole Inc. has abandoned a banana plantation in Somawathiya National Park in Sri Lanka. |
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Sri Lankan survey finds ‘healthy’ elephant numbersSri Lanka's elephant population remains healthy despite decades of fighting between government and rebel forces, the first survey since the end of the nation's bloody civil war showed Friday. Before the count, the department said it believed the elephant population totalled just 5,350. The country boasted 12,000 elephants in 1900. The survey counted 1,107 baby elephants, Ratnayake added. It is the first count since Sri Lanka's military crushed Tamil Tiger separatist rebels in May 2009, making wildlife sanctuaries and jungles more accessible to officials. |
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Sri Lanka war zone becomes wildlife sanctuarySri Lanka is turning a vast area of jungle, earlier a base for Tamil Tiger rebels, into a wildlife sanctuary. |
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Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunamiFour years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups said. |
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‘Very proud’ Shelterbox founder wins prestigious Beacon PrizeLondon, England, UK - ShelterBox founder and chief executive officer Tom Henderson has joined the ranks of Sir Bob Geldof and Jamie Oliver by winning a prestigious Beacon Prize. |
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LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Working Children Get Second Chance
COLOMBO, Jun 13 (IPS) - Sujit is 22-years-old and studying hard to graduate
in 2010 as a professional
electrician. The handsome young man,
speaking at a workshop on eliminating
child labour, talked
proudly of how his life changed dramatically when he was
given
the opportunity to enter an electrical course and re-start his
life again.
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Millions of stateless people to benefit from recent breakthroughs, says UN agencyUnited Nations - The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed as “major breakthroughs” recent decisions by Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to grant citizenship to some three million people who live in the three Asian nations without any official identity. |
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Sri Lankan teas branded with UN Global Compact to promote corporate responsibilityUnited Nations - Sri Lankan company introduced two new "ethical" teas of the Ceylon variety today, the first products ever to be jointly branded with the United Nations Global Compact to promote responsible corporate citizenship around the world by including information on the initiatives 10 principles in packs sold to millions of consumers each year. |
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