.: A meeting for the landless in Selvapuram Village, Urumbirai, Jaffna District, on 02 August 2023, යාපනය දිස්ත්‍රික්උරුම්බිරායි සෙල්වපුරම් ගම්මානයේ ඉඩම් අහිමිවූවන් සඳහා රැස්වීමක් 2023 අගෝස්තු මස 02 වන දින

A meeting for those who lost land in Urumbirai Selvapuram village belonging to Jaffna District Fisheries Solidarity Movement in Jaffna District was held on 02 August 2023 in that village.

යාපනය දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ යාපනය දිස්ත්‍රික් ධීවර සහයෝගිතා ව්‍යාපාරයට අයත් උරුම්බිරායි සෙල්වපුරම් ගම්මානයේ ඉඩම් අහිමිවූවන් සඳහා රැස්වීමක් 2023 අගෝස්තු මස 02 වන දින එම ගම්මානයේදී පවත්වන 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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