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Monday, March 01, 2010 - 05.20 GMT |
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SL Community
Forestry Programme implemented |
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The
Ministry
of
Environment
and
Natural
Resources
has
taken
steps to
implement
the Sri
Lanka
Community
Forestry
Programme
from
2010 to
2014,
with
financing
of Aus $
4.54
million
from
Australian
Agency
for
International
Development
(AusAID)
as a
grant
and the
necessary
counterpart
funding
of Rs.80
million
as
Foreign
Aid
related
Domestic
funds
from the
Government
of Sri
Lanka.
The Sri
Lanka-Australia
Natural
Resource
Management
Project
(SLNRMP)
was
designed
in line
with
National
Forest
Policy,
commenced
its
operations
in
February
2003 and
was
jointly
funded
by the
Government
of Sri
Lanka
and the
Australian
Government
for a 6
year
period
up to
January
2009.
This
project
has
greatly
contributed
in
enhancing
the
livelihood
of the
participating
communities,
and has
established
links
with a
broad
range of
stakeholders
working
in the
natural
resource
management
sector
in Sri
Lanka.
The
Project
also
assisted
in
improving
the
capacity
of the
Forest
Department
and
other
service
providers
on
mobilizing
the
communities
for
participatory
resources
management
programmes.
Hence,
this
programme
is also
in line
with the
Mahinda
Chinthana
Programme,
the
Haritha
Lanka
Programme
and the
National
Environmental
Action
plan for
2008 to
2012.
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