.: Puttlam district women fedaration

Puttlam district women fedaration

District women’s federation meeting of Puttalam district conducted their quarterly meeting on the 17^th September 2019. following topics have been discussed. Human Elephant conflict in the area specially related Karuwalagaswawa, addiction to prohibited drugs issues in the area, Garbage issues in the area, Land ownership issues in the area, Flood issues in the area, plan was developed by the members to address about mention issues. Women from representatives 7 villages attended their meeting.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Puttlam district women fedaration