Six Forest reserves made one
All protected forest reservations that are situated to the North of the Wilpattu National Park and belonging to the Wildlife Department have been declared as one forest reservation by the government, informed sources said.
As a result of this declaration, the Mawillu, Veppal, Karadikkuly, Marichchakatti, Wilaththikulam and Periyamurippu reservations have now been joined and declared as ‘Mawillu Forest Reservation as per clause 3 A of the Wildlife Conservation Act.
The President’s media unit said that President Maithripala Sirisena signed a gazette notification to this effect during his ongoing tour of Russia yesterday.
Henceforth any change to the border of this new forest reservation can only be effected by the subject Minister and it has to be approved by the President before being ratified in Parliament and gazetted.
Sources said as per the new gazette notification the forest reservation will be further protected.
Source – 25/03/2017, Ceylon Today , See more at – http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20170101CT20170331.php?id=4586
