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October 3, 2022by bslRecent posts

Measuring contributions towards biodiversity targets – Using the Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric

Biodiversity is declining at a faster rate than at any other time in human history, driven by unsustainable economic activity. Businesses, governments, and civil society around the world lack the ability to measure their potential positive impacts on biodiversity in comparable and consistent ways. For example, species are being lost through the conversion of natural habitats to agriculture, forestry and urban expansion, and through poaching, fishing, or collection for local consumption or international trade. Consequently, reversing species loss requires action from a range of actors – national and subnational governments, businesses, industries, cities, civil society, the finance industry, and investors.

Why is it important?

The ‘transformational change’ required to bend the curve of biodiversity loss will only be realized if everyone can identify and deliver their potential contributions towards global biodiversity targets. As with climate change mitigation, it is essential to quantify contributions by specific actors to achieve global impact.

The post-2020 global biodiversity framework will guide global conservation action over the next decade, aligned in turn to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To deliver the post-2020 framework, we need to be able to quantify and add up potential contributions to biodiversity conservation from around the world. The ability to quantify contributions will make it easier to reward positive action, as well as highlight where change is needed to mitigate negative impact. Enabling effective conservation action would in turn improve human well-being, prosperity, and health, which are inextricably linked to the health of the natural world.

What can be done?

The Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric allows businesses, governments, and civil society to quantify their potential contributions to stemming global species loss and can be used to calculate national regional, sector-based, or institution-specific targets. The STAR metric (Mair et al. 2021) was developed based on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, in a collaboration between 55 organizations. The IUCN Red List is the most comprehensive global assessment of the status of biodiversity.

Because biodiversity is distributed unequally around the world, STAR assesses the potential of specific actions at specific locations to contribute to international conservation targets. STAR estimates the contribution of two kinds of action to reduce species extinction risk – threat abatement and habitat restoration. This makes it possible to compare specific threat abatement and habitat restoration actions in different places toward reducing global species extinction risk, which will help companies, countries and others plan their conservation efforts. It also permits actors to add up their total contributions.

Setting science-based targets

STAR scores for a particular location (which can be of any size e.g., a site, landscape, country) show the potential contribution of conservation or restoration actions in that location to reducing the extinction risk for all species globally. STAR can therefore be used to establish science-based targets that reflect contributions from individual actors towards goals under the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

The STAR metric can be used by individual institutions. For instance, an extractives company can use STAR to measure the impact of restoring habitat for threatened species across a network of mines.

The STAR metric is available for use by businesses through the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT), and for non-commercial users through IBAT and likely also additional third-party platforms. 

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September 1, 2022by bslRecent posts

Celebrating The Magnificent and Gentle Giant of The Animal Kingdom

Picture credits: Cinnamon Nature Trails

“All’s not well with the Sri Lankan elephant with more than 350 dying each year (on average) due to the Human Elephant Conflict (HEC). Many scientists who study Sri Lankan wild elephants are of the view that maybe the tipping point has already been reached, where viable, stable populations are not prevalent in Sri Lanka anymore. It is imperative therefore that all stakeholders urgently get-together and implement a holistic, overarching conservation plan (details of which have been talked about for so long) to save this wonderful animal that has brought so much fame and glory to Sri Lanka”. Srilal Miththapala

On August 12, we commemorated World Elephant Day to raise awareness of the possible threats to Elephants and to focus on acknowledging the significance of the Elephant in the ecosystem.

The two baby elephants are under the protection of the herd. Image courtesy of Chitral Jayatilake

The Sri Lankan subspecies Elephas maximus Maximus is said to be the biggest and darkest of the Asian elephants. These elephants were once spread out throughout our island, but construction operations have cleared forests and disrupted their long-distance migration patterns, forcing them into smaller more restricted locations.

In Sri Lanka, a herd can have up to 20 individuals. The matriarch, or eldest female, is in charge. According to reports, herds in Sri Lanka include nursing units, which are made up of lactating females and their young, and juvenile care units, which are made up of females and young elephants. Since the start of the 19th century, the number of elephants in Sri Lanka has decreased by over 65%. Currently, killing an elephant is punishable by death under Sri Lankan law, which protects the species.

Image by Rajiv Welikala.

Elephants in Sri Lanka are endangered species. They may weigh up to 5400 kg and stand an average height of roughly 11 feet. An adult elephant would often consume 300–400 pounds of food every day and drink 25–50 gallons of water. In general, a Sri Lankan elephant lives 55 to 70 years, which is comparable to the lifespan of an African elephant.

The main issue facing Asian Elephant conservation, particularly in Sri Lanka, is the Human Elephant Conflict. Asia will inevitably release more and more space for human settlements and novel development projects due to its extraordinarily high population density and quick rate of population expansion. As a result, elephants are losing land and habitats that can feed them and support their way of life. Because of this, more than two-thirds of Sri Lanka’s elephants reside outside of protected areas. This opens the door for significant conflict between the two species. Several strategies, including elephant translocation, elephant drives, and electric fences, have been used to reduce it. Education and learning to live in harmony with nature are the only and best ways to address issues associated with Human Elephant Conflict. Future research should focus on Modern and Co-Existence Solutions for the conflict.

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February 16, 2017by bslIn the newsLatest PostsRecent postsSecretariat news

Kalido Beach in Kalutara is facing challenges due to natural erosion combined with growing number of visitors and pollution.

Kalido Beach in Kalutara, is te strip of beach that runs between Kalu Ganga and the Indian Ocean.  Although the area is a huge tourist attraction, it is known for its sensitive ecosystem facing challenges such as natural erosion combined with a rapidly growing number of visitors causing damage to the vegetation cover and threats due to pollution.

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Biodiversity Sri Lanka visited the area together with the Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resources Management to determine possible areas of intervention to minimize adverse effects to this valuable ecosystem.

We were saddened to see irresponsible destruction to the thick cover of beach front Pandanus (Watakeiya) by local visitors. Indiscriminate dumping of garbage was seen everywhere. This ecosystem has acted as a barrier to the tsunami of 2004.

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If the value of these rich natural resources are not understood by the communities that use them, we are bound to face more threats and undue challenges into the future.

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December 22, 2015by bslIn the newsLatest PostsRecent posts

EXCELLENCE IN BEST CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP RECOGNISED ONCE AGAIN

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It has been a great honour to be recognized as one of the Top Ten Best Corporate Citizens in Sri Lanka at the BEST CORPORATE CETIZEN SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2015 conducted by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for the second year consecutively out of a total of three year winning spree.

People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC) has grown from strength to strength while enabling countless entrepreneurs to venture out and thrive. PLC supports national and regional development through lending mainly for income generation and created employment. Microfinance subsidiary of PLC supports empowering female entrepreneurs through inclusive finance. In a highly competitive industry, PLC retained its position as market leader in leasing for the 13th consecutive year and the largest non-bank financial institution in Sri Lanka.  Despite a highly liquid market, PLC achieved a milestone sales volume exceeding Rs. 7 Bn. mark; a record not only in the PLC history but also in Sri Lankan non-bank financial sector.

 

PLC considers its staff as the most valued asset. PLC’s continuing commitment to customer care earned PLC the People’s Choice Award at the SLIM People’s Awards 2015 for the third consecutive year. An independent customer satisfaction survey revealed a world class eQ score of 85 for SME customer segment of PLC. With a renewed focus on supporting local communities through cross sector partnerships, PLC invested Rs. 72 Mn. on 127 community initiatives during 2014/15. Guided by “We Care”; framework, PLC impacted lives of more than 200,000 Sri Lankans by improving education, healthcare, infrastructure, providing essentials during disasters. PLC marked an important milestone for PLC as it embarked on its journey towards carbon neutrality, for the first time measuring the carbon footprint of entire PLC Group. PLC continued efforts to popularize a green culture at PLC introducing initiatives to put the environmental consciousness of employees to practice.

 

PLC was ranked at 17th among the Top 25 listed companies in Sri Lanka- 2014/15 chosen by the Business Today magazine.  PLC received a Gold Award at the SLITAD People Development Awards 2015 organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Training & Development. The company also bagged the sector Gold award for the 8th consecutive year and the Silver award for Overall Management Commentary at the Best Annual Report Competition hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.

During our 19 year journey in a dynamic business environment, PLC remained steadfast in its commitment to its stakeholders. We salute our stakeholders who have been an integral part of our corporate journey. It is you who raised us to the pinnacle of success and we are grateful for the trust and confidence you have placed in us. We pledge to continue our sustainable corporate journey towards a greater value creation for all stakeholders in the years to come.

 

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Photo 1 : Community based E-Waste collection camp hosted by Grandpass branch of PLC

Photo 2 : Entrepreneurship development initiative for the SME customers of PLC hosted by Kelaniya branch of PLC

Photo 3 : A group of PLC employees volunteering in registration of vehicle customers of PLC prior to an awareness programme on  road discipline

Photo 4: Mr. D.P Kumarage, CEO/GM of PLC receiving the Top Ten Best Corporate Citizens award at the Best Corporate Citizen Award 2015.

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President discusses peace building, reconciliation and climate with Pope

President discusses peace building, reconciliation and climate with Pope



Vatican City: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday and held ‘cordial’ discussions.

The cordial discussions, which began with a recollection of the Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka in January this year, focused on certain aspects of the country’s recent history and the process of peace and reconciliation that is underway, with the hope that it may contribute to promoting stable social harmony, Vatican said in a statement.

Pope Francis expressed his happiness over the warm welcome and hospitality extended to him during his visit to the country and said that Sri Lanka is a beautiful island nation with friendly people.

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Furthermore, the contribution of the Catholic Church in various sectors of society and the importance of interreligious dialogue were shown to be important.

Pope Francis commended the initiatives taken by the President towards peace building and reconciliation in the country.

There was also an exchange of opinions on the theme of the environment and an evaluation of the results of the Conference on climate change, recently concluded in Paris.

Pope Francis further stated that the best way to combat terrorism activities and conflicts in the world is to halt the production of military equipment.

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Pope Francis talks with Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena during a private audience at the Vatican. REUTERS

 

President Sirisena said that the blessing of the Pope is a great strength for Sri Lanka’s path towards national reconciliation and peace and emphasised that there is a great respect for Pope Francis not only in the hearts of the Sri Lankan Catholic community but also people of other religious communities in the country as well.

The Holy Father gave President Maithripala Sirisena a wooden depiction of the “Tree of Peace,” made with two intertwined olive branches. A book written by the Holy Father about the environmental protection and Social Justice was also presented to the President.

President Sirisena subsequently met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States, and held discussions.

The Cardinal Secretary of State expressed his happiness over the Sri Lanka’s reconciliation process and assured his fullest support in this regard.

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Pope Francis exchanges a gift with Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena during a private audience at the Vatican. REUTERS

 

The President reiterated that Sri Lanka is deeply committed to reconciliation and will continue to do so in the future too.

A detailed discussion was held regarding the development works of Sri Lanka between the President and the Cardinal Secretary of State, Parolin.

Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs John Amaratunga, State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Deputy Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Arundika Fernando, MPs Kavinda Jayawardena and Hector Appuhamy, the Deputy Head of the Prime Minister’s Office Rosy Senanayake and former MP Dayasritha Tissera also participated in this meeting.

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Pope Francis greets Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena during a private audience at the Vatican. REUTERS

 

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Pope Francis meets Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena (L) and wife Jayanthi Sirisena during a private audience at the Vatican. REUTERS

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Global climate agreement reached by 195 nations

 

Global climate agreement reached by 195 nations

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Posted on December 14, 2015 | Environment, Lead Story

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Dec 14, 2015 (LBO) – A climate agreement reached at Paris climate talks has been hailed as the best chance of reaching global emission targets.

All the world’s nations have agreed to a single document to cut greenhouse gas emissions which is regarded by many observers “historic”.

The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 set emission targets but the US pulled out and others failed to comply.

Both China and India hailed the deal, and US President Barack Obama said it is “the best chance we have to save the one planet we have,” according to the BBC.

Analysts said the deal could be viewed as a signal to financial and energy markets to shift away from investment in coal, oil and gas as primary energy sources toward zero-carbon energy sources like wind, solar and nuclear power.

According to the agreement a key clause is: “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.”

Key elements of the agreement are:

To keep global temperature increase to “well below” 2.0C and “endeavour to limit” them to 1.5C.

To limit the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by human activity to the same levels that trees, soil and oceans can absorb naturally, beginning at some point between 2050 and 2100

To review each country’s contribution to cutting emissions every five years so they scale up to the challenge

For rich countries to help poorer nations by providing “climate finance” to adapt to climate change and switch to renewable energy.

Pledges by nations could see global temperatures rise by as much as 2.7C, but the agreement lays out a way to speed up progress. Some, however, said it did not go far enough to protect the planet.

Michael Mann, director of Penn State University’s Earth System Science Center, said that COP21 is just “the beginning of a process.”

The global commitments “get us roughly half way” to where the world needs to be, Mann told HuffPost.

“The most important thing to come out of the conference is an agreement to improve on these commitments substantially in the years ahead.”

The agreement, which is partly legally binding and partly voluntary, will come into effect in 2020.

195 countries took part in tense negotiations over the last two weeks making Intended Nationally Determined Contributions estimated to limit the temperature increase to 2.7 degrees Celsius.

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Sri Lanka to crackdown on state land, marsh encroachment-ECONOMYNEXT

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Sri Lanka will not allow anymore encroachment on state land or illegal filling of marshland that has worsened floods and delayed urban modernisation, Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka said.

Illegal seizure of state land in marshlands and along the coast was taking place regularly, and was done with the backing of politicians, he told a public forum on the government’s Western Region Megapolis Planning Project (WRMPP)

The project, covering suburbs to the north and south of the capital Colombo, intends to make most of the western province, which generates almost half the island’s economic output, into a more liveable region.

Ranawaka said a megapolis authority with wide powers will be set up to implement the project in which urban settlement and transport will be integrated and better planned.

“When we set up the megapolis authority no one – whether rich or poor – will be allowed to seize land or marshland anymore,” he said. “We will implement the law forcefully.

”Everyone has a right to live in the city but no one has right to seize state land,” Ranawaka said.

Filling up of marshland and construction of makeshift homes by poor migrants over oil pipelines and railway track reservation land had worsened flooding in the city and delayed efforts to modernise the oil pipeline and rail networks.

“No one will be allowed to block common amenities by squatting on pipelines and rail track reservation,” Ranawaka said.
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Ceylon Chamber issues desk calendar with a focus on biodiversity

Ceylon Chamber issues desk calendar with a focus on biodiversity

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the country’s premier business chamber, has issued a calendar for the year 2016, with a focus on Sri Lanka’s valuable biodiversity heritage.

The calendar consists of attractive pictures of Sri Lankan fauna such as the sambar and the Sri Lankan leopard, the latter being classified as an endangered species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

It also includes pictures of the little green bee-eater and the Indian star tortoise. An image of an old world species of monkey endemic to Sri Lanka and a picture of a butterfly, which can be found in abundance in the wet and intermediate zones of the island, also light up the calendar.

Developed in collaboration with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (previously the Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity Platform), the calendar includes Public and Bank Holidays, Holidays coming under the Shop and Office Act, Charter Party Holidays and Chamber Holidays.

It also includes important contact details of the Business Service Units of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, for the convenience of the business community.

Biodiversity Sri Lanka is a collaborative initiative of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, IUCN and Dilmah Conservation, and is a tool to foster dialogue between the private sector and conservation agencies.

 

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WNPS lecture: ‘Colombo wetlands under threat’

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The November Lecture of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society on ‘Colombo wetlands under threat — What can be done to improve the present status’ by Prof. Devaka K. Weerakoon will be on Thursday, November 19 at 6 p.m. at the Meteorology Department auditorium, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7.

Prof. Weerakoon is currently attached to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The wetlands of Colombo are extremely important for the flood management of the commercial capital. They also support a rich variety of species, including many endemic and threatened species, despite it being a highly urbanised area. For this reason, several wetlands have been designated as protected areas. The Colombo wetlands also provide a suite of other ecosystem services such as recreation, provision of food, microclimate regulation, and educational opportunities, among others. They, however, are perhaps the most threatened wetlands in the country!

The Beddagana Biodiversity Park and the Thalawathugoda Wetland Park were established with the aim of promoting awareness and recreational opportunities for both local and foreigners alike. Many of the users of these recreational facilities, however, are oblivious of the richbiodiversity that exist in the Colombo wetlands. The aim of this presentation is to provide an overview of the biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by Colombo wetlands, the major threats to these wetlands and what can be done to improve the present status of them.

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