.: In conjunction with the World Environment Day, 50 mangrove saplings were planted in the Rathgama Lagoon by the Galle South Fisheries Organization ,on 09 June 2023, ලෝක පරිසර දිනයට සමගාමීව ගාල්ල දකුණේ ධීවර සංවිධානයෙන් කඩොලාන පැළ 50 රත්ගම කලපුව මුදා හරි, 2023 ජුනි මස 09 වන දින

In conjunction with the World Environment Day, Galle South Fisheries Organization planted 50 mangrove saplings on June 09, 2023, with the participation of the Divisional Secretary of the Rathgama Divisional Secretariat and the support of other officials, starting at Godagama village in Karave, Rathgama lagoon.

ගාල්ල දකුණේ ධීවර සංවිධානය විසින් ලෝක පරිසර දිනයට සමගාමීව රත්ගම කලපුවේ කරාවේ ගොඩගම ගම්මානය මුල් කරගනිමින් රත්ගම ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම්තුමියගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් හා අනෙකුත් නිලධාරීන්ගේ ද සහය ඇතිව කඩොලාන පැළ 50 සිටුවීම 2023 ජුනි මස 09 වන දින සිදු කරන ලදී.

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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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