Message from the Honorable Minister of Environment and the Honorable Deputy Minister

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The management of natural resources and its environment in Sri Lanka, in a manner that maintains a balance between social, economic development with the environment, is a necessity in today’s era in accordance with the both local and global public interests. Therefore, we recognize the confirmation of an integrated approach to ensure the environmental sustainability for the future as one of our most important goal.
Our expectation is to promote sustainable development concepts through participatory engagement, environmental education, with a paradigm shift to achieve the sustainable development goals. The new government has presented short and long-term plans and approaches, which have been further emphasized within the National Environmental Policy.
Sustaining a positive balance between the natural resources and the environment while permitting the development needs of the country is very challenging. We believed that integrated planning approach is essential to succeed this. Overall collective effort will provide the necessary capacity to overcome the current local and global environmental challenges through collaboration among the state, civil organizations, and communities.
Expectations and functions of the Central Environmental Authority is to witness the existence of a healthy society lived with a balanced environment, built through knowledge, skills, attitudes, and mentalities within the vision of a sustainable environment that ensures the existence of all living beings in this planet.