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Green Information NetworkSLEJF - Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
PO Box 26, 434/3 Sri Jayawardenapura - Sri Lanka.
W eb : www.environmentaljournalists.org
Egroup: www.yahoogroups.com/group/srilanka-NGO-link
Sri Lanka Directory ofEnvironmental NGOs
This Sri Lanka Directory of Environmental NGOsconsists profiles of over 700 Environmental Non GovernmentOrganizations(NGOs) in 24 Districts of Sri Lanka. It also includestheir status, Contact persons, Mission, Activities, E-mail, fax,phone numbers, mailing addresses, Websites etc.,
The Directory has been complied by a research andeditorial team mobilized by the Sri Lanka EnvironmentalJournalists Forum(SLEJF), one of Sri Lanka’s leadingenvironmental Organizations whose membership of nearly 1000includes media professionals working in all sectors of the massmedia. SLEJF is a non-profit organization committed toinfluence, encourage and promote sustainable developmentcommunication and awareness building among the public in SriLanka. SLEJF was established in January 1987, with supportfrom the Sri Lanka government, UN-ESCAP and the UNEP. It’sthe only organization in Sri Lanka to have won the covetedUNEP Global 500 Award. SLEJF Emphasizes monitoring andcoordination, vigorous advocacy of environment education,public awareness, justice principles and practical assistanceprogrammes. The SLEJF mandate covers both professional andpublic interests of journalists.
The Directory compilation process which took placeduring the first half of 2004 involved numerous environmentalconsultations, group meetings and a national workshop. Theprocess was actively supported by the Sri Lanka EnvironmentalInformation Centre as well as several other environmental andMediagroups.
Sri Lanka Directory of Environmental NGOs
····· Arthacharya Foundation (AF)Please See Page Number 216
····· Centre for Human Development (CFHD)Please See Page Number 147
····· Community Trust Fund (CTF)Please See Page Number 141 or Visit www.geocities.com/communitytrustfund
····· Friends of Lanka (FOL)Please See Page Number 149
····· Future in Our Hands Development Fund (FOHDF)Please See Page Number 200
····· Green Movement of Sri Lanka (GMSL)Please See Page Number 228 or Visit www.greensl.net
····· Jiffy Products SL (Private) Ltd.
····· Small Fishes Federation (SFF)Please See Page Number 143
····· Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation (SLEF)Please See Page Number 248 or Visit www.ecotourismsrilanka.org
····· Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF)Please See Page Number 249 or Visit www.environmentaljournalists.lk
····· Stromme Foundation, FCBU
· The Economic Consultancy House (TECH)
····· The National Council of YMCA of Sri LankaPlease Visit www.ymca.int
····· The National Council of YMCAs Batticaloa (NCYBS)
····· Worldview International Foundation (WIF)Please Visit www.wif.org
····· Young Asia Television (YATV)Please Visit www.yatv.net
····· Young Men’s Muslim Association (YMMA)Please Visit www.ymma.org
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Sri Lanka Coordinating Committee of Fredskorpset
www.fredskopsetsl.lk Membership - In Alphabetical Order
Published by Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF)
· Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC)Membership record; No - GA 291 / Admitted:January 01,1967
Please Visit www.dwlc.lk
· Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS)Membership record; No - NG 282 / Admitted: January 01,1967Please See Page Number 251
· Ministry of Environment & Natural ResourcesMembership record; No - ST 869 / Admitted:January 01,1987
Please Visit w w w.menr.lk
· Environmental Foundation Ltd. (EFL)Membership record; No - NG 945 / Admitted: January 01,1989Please See Page Number 224 or Visit w w w.efl.lk
· Forest DepartmentMembership record; No - GA 987 / Admitted: January 01,1990
· Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF)Membership record; No - NG 1085 / Admitted:January 01,1991Please See Page Number 249 or Visit w w w.environmentaljournalists.lk
· Sri Lanka Environment Congress (SLEC)Membership record; No - NG 1134 / Admitted: January 01,1992Please See Page Number 249
· Organization to Safeguard Life and Environment (OSLEN)Membership record; No - NG 1191 / Admitted: 1993Please See Page Number 239
· Organization for Resource Development and Environment (ORDE)Membership record; No - NG 1469 / Admitted: April 16,1996Please See Page Number 143
· Worldview Sri Lanka (WSL)Membership record; No - GA 1551 / Admitted: April 29,1997Please See Page Number 256 or Visit w w w.worldviewsrilanka.org
· Central Environmental Authority (CEA)Membership record; No - GA 10797 / Admitted:February 07,2000
Please Visit w w w.cea.lk
· International Water Management Institute (IWMI)Membership record; No - URH/ spd/ IN 21216 / Admitted: March 26, 2001Please See Page Number 230 or Visit w w w.iwmi.org
The Sri Lanka National Committee ofIUCN - The World Conservation Union
www.iucnsl.org Membership - In Order of Seniority
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Published by Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF)
Sri Lanka fact file ..................................................................................................................... vii
The Sri Lanka Network of Fredskorpset ............................................................................ viii
The Sri Lanka National Committee of IUCN ...................................................................... ix
Messages .................................................................................................................................. x
Foreword .................................................................................................................................... xi
Environmental Action Stations ............................................................................................. 15
Some International Days of the World Community.......................................................... 16
International Days declared by the United Nations ......................................................... 17
Environmental Information Centers .................................................................................... 19
Advertisers Index ...................................................................................................................... 21
World Insider Tipps ................................................................................................................. 21
Most Influential Environmental Academics in Sri Lanka ............................................... 23
Most Influential Environmentalists in Sri Lanka .............................................................. 24
Most Influential Environmental Communicators in Sri Lanka ...................................... 25
Most Influential Environmental NGOs in Sri Lanka ....................................................... 26
Environmental Politicians in Sri Lanka .............................................................................. 27
Key to fields of interest/ areas of focus .............................................................................. 28
Web Directory of Sri Lankan Environmental NGOs ......................................................... 29
Cross Indexing of each environmental NGO according to its year started ................ 35
Index of Environmental NGOs in Provinces ..................................................................... 45
Index of Environmental NGOs Name/ District and Page in Alphabetical Order ......... 63
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USER GUIDE
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Central Province ..................................................................................................................... 79
Kandy................................................................................................................................ 81
Matale ............................................................................................................................... 97
Nuwara Eliya ................................................................................................................... 105
North Central Province ......................................................................................................... 109
Anuradhapura................................................................................................................. 111
Polonnaruwa.................................................................................................................... 119
North Eastern Province ......................................................................................................... 121
Ampara ............................................................................................................................. 123
Batticaloa ........................................................................................................................ 127
North Western Province ....................................................................................................... 129
Kurunegala....................................................................................................................... 131
Puttalam ........................................................................................................................... 141
Sabaragamuwa Province ..................................................................................................... 145
Kegalle ............................................................................................................................. 147
Ratnapura......................................................................................................................... 155
Southern Province ................................................................................................................. 167
Galle .................................................................................................................................. 169
Hambantota..................................................................................................................... 181
Matara ............................................................................................................................... 187
Uva Province ........................................................................................................................... 195
Badulla ............................................................................................................................. 197
Moneragala...................................................................................................................... 209
Western Province .................................................................................................................... 213
Colombo........................................................................................................................... 215
Gampaha .......................................................................................................................... 259
Kalutara............................................................................................................................. 269
Data updating Form ............................................................................................................... 277
Data Collection Format ......................................................................................................... 279
Field Notes ............................................................................................................................... 283
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····· Central Environmental Authority (CEA)
- Chairman - 011-287 23 48
- Director General - 011-287 22 63
- DDG/ Environmental Pollution Control - 011-287 24 15
- DDG/ Environmental Management and Assessment - 011-287 23 88
- DDG/ Environmental Education and Awareness - 011-287 22 97
····· Department of Forest Conservation
- Conservator General of Forest - 011-286 66 16
- Plant Nurseries - Depanama - 011-283 74 41
- Ratmalana - 011-263 67 03
····· Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC)
- Head office - 011-269 50 43/ 269 80 86
Park Wardens;
- Bundala National Park - 060-247 32 21
- Galoya National Park - 063-224 20 02
- Horton Plains National Park - 060-252 20 42
- Lunugamwehera National Park - 047-223 73 32
- Minneriya National Park - 066-222 42 43
- Udawalwa National Park - 047-223 32 92
- Wasgamuwa National Park - 066-222 40 42
- Yala National Park - 047-223 73 78
····· General
- Centre for Climate Change Studies - 011-269 41 04
- Department of National Zoological Gardens - 011-272 97 90
- Environmental Foundation Ltd. - 011-269 72 26
- Geological Survey & Mines Bureau - 011-273 93 10/ 272 57 45
- IUCN - The World Conservation Union - 011-269 40 94
- Lanka Council on Waterfalls (LCWF) - 011-288 31 87
-Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) - 011-267 14 21
- SLEJF - Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum - 011-287 31 31
- Superintendent of Customs, Biodiversity Protection Unit/ Task Force - 011-247 21 79/ 247 86 16
- W ildlife Trust - 011-287 34 35
····· Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
- Hon. Minister - 011-286 66 17/ 286 66 18
- Deputy Minister - 011-286 89 29/ 287 72 89
- Director, Natural Resource Division - 011-287 72 87/ 286 65 56
- Director, Environment Management and Global Affairs Division - 011-288 74 52
- Director, Promotion & Environment Education Division - 011-286 36 52
- Director, Planning Division - 011-288 30 99
- Press Office/ Media Unit - 011-287 72 83
- Project Director, Forest Resource Management Project (FRMP) - 011-288 90 92
- Coordinator, Environment Action I Plan - 011-267 46 14
- Director General, Upper Watershed Management Project - 011-286 31 32
- Director, Pollution Control Division - 011-288 74 53
- Deputy Director, Environmental Pollution Control - 011-287 34 53
- Director, Biodiversity Division - 011-288 74 54
- Director, National Ozone Unit - 011-288 74 55
Environmental Action Stations
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February, 02 World Wetland Day.
March, 22 World Water Day.
March, 21 World Forestry Day.
March, 23 World Weather Day.
March, 30 World Community Development Day.
April, 22 Earth Day.
May, 15 International Day of Families.
May, 17 World Telecommunication Day.
May, 22 World Bio-Diversity Day.
June, 17 World Combat Desertification Day.
June, 20 World Refugee Day.
July, 11 World Population Day.
August, 09 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People.
September, 08 International Day of Journalists Solidarity.
September, 08 International Literacy Day.
September, 10 World Suicide Prevention Day.
September, 16 World Ozone Day.
September, 21 World Peace Day.
September, 27 World Tourism Day.
September International Deaf Day. (Last Sunday of September every Year)
October, 01 International Childrens Day.
October, 01 International Day for Older Persons.
October, 03 World Temperance day
October, 04 World Animal Day.
October, 04 World Habitat Day.
October, 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
November, 16 World Imprison Writes Day.
November, 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
November, 26 World Waterfalls Day.
December, 05 International Volunteers Day.
Some International Days of the World Community
(Source: www.environmentaljournalists.lk)
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International Days declared by the United Nations
March, 08 International Women’s Day.
March, 21 International Days for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March, 27 W orld Theatre Day.
April, 07 W orld Health Day.
April, 23 International Book & Copyright Day.
May, 03 Press Freedom Day.
May, 21 W orld Cultural Day.
May, 31 W orld No-Tobacco Day.
June, 05 W orld Environment Day.
June, 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking.
September, 08 International Literacy Day.
October, 05 W orld Teachers Day.
October, 16 W orld Food Day.
October, 24 United Nations Day.
November, 16 International Tolerance Day.
December, 01 W orld AIDS Day.
December, 02 International Day of Disabled Persons.
December, 10 Human Rights Day.
(Source: www.environmentaljournalists.lk)
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····· Senior Librarian
National Environmental Information Centre
Central Environmental Authority‘Parisara Piyasa’
104 Robart Gunawardena Mw
Battaramulla.
Phone: 011 - 287 22 63/ 287 34 47
Fax: 011-287 26 05
Email: [email protected]
····· Information Officer
Travel Information Centre
Ceylon Tourist Board80 Galle Rd
Colombo 3.
Phone: 011-243 70 59/ 243 70 60
Fax: 011-244 00 01
Email: [email protected]
www.srilankatourism.org
····· Chief Librarian
Environmental Foundation (EFL)3 Campble Terrace
Colombo 10.
Phone: 011-269 72 26/ 461 64 74
Email: [email protected]
www.efl.lk
····· Information Monitor
G reen Information NetworkSLEJF - Sri Lanka Environmental
Journalists Forum
PO Box 26
434/3 Sri Jayawardenapura.
Phone: 011 - 287 31 31
Email:[email protected]
www.environmentaljournalists.lk
····· Assistant Programme Officer
IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office53 Horton Place
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-269 40 94/ 268 24 18
Fax: 011-268 24 70
Email: [email protected]
www.iucn.org
Environmental Information Centers
In Alphabetical Order
····· Web Assistant
LCWF - Lanka Council on WaterfallsPO Box 100
Nugegoda.
Phone: 011 - 288 31 87
Email: [email protected]
www.srilankanwaterfalls,org
····· Librarian
National Archives Department7 Reid Av
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-269 69 17/ 269 45 23
Fax: 011-269 44 19
Email: [email protected]
····· Chief Librarian
National Aquatic ResourcesResearch and Development Agency (NARA)
Crow Island
Mattakkuliya
Colombo 15.
Phone: 011-252 10 00
Fax: 011-252 44 30
Email: [email protected]
www.nara.ac.lk
····· Chief Librarian
National Institute of Social Development191 Dharmapala Mw
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-269 44 96
Fax: 011-269 94 86
Email: [email protected]
····· Head/ Readers
Services Division
National Library Services Board14 Independence Mw
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-267 43 86
Email: [email protected]
www.natlib.lk
(Open every day Excluding Monday)
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····· Librarian
National Science & Technology Commission2 Galpotta Rd
Nawala
Rajagiriya.
Phone: 011 - 286 12 05/ 286 12 04
Email: [email protected]
····· Chief Librarian
National Science FoundationMaitland Place
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011 - 269 67 71/3
Fax: 011 - 269 41 68
Email: [email protected]
www.nsf.ac.lk
····· Chief Librarian
Public Library18 Markers Fernando Mw
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-269 51 56
Fax: 011-269 19 68
Email: [email protected]
(Open every day Excluding Wednesday)
····· Publication Officer
Promotion & Environmental Education DivisionMinistry of Environment & Natural Resources
“Sampathpaya”
82 Rajamalwatta Rd
Battaramulla.
Phone/Fax: 011-286 36 52
Email: [email protected]
w w w.menv.lk
····· Administrative Officer
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancementof Science (SLAAS)
Vidya Mandiraya
120/10 Vidya Mw
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011 - 268 87 40/ 269 16 81
Email: [email protected]
www.nsf.ac.lk/slaas/
····· Director
Sri Lanka Forestry Institute
Moon plain
Nuwara Eliya.
Phone: 052-223 57 77
Fax: 052-222 30 20
Email: [email protected]
····· Chief Librarian
Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI)
100 Independence Sq
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-269 88 14
Fax: 011-269 83 77
Email: [email protected]
····· Project Director
Upper Watershed Management Project
30 Luxapana Mawatha
Jayanthipura
Battaramulla.
Phone: 011-288 54 58
Email: [email protected]
www.uwmp.org
····· Chief Librarian
W ijewardena Memorial Media Library
& Documentation Centre, ANCL
Lake House
Colombo 10.
Phone: 011 - 242 94 29 Ext 491
Email: [email protected]
(Open every week days excluding public
Holidays)
····· Deputy Director/ Research
W ildlife Conservation Department
18 Gregory Rd
Colombo 7.
Phone: 011-269 42 41
Fax: 011-269 85 56
Email: [email protected]
www.dwlc.lk
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w w w.baedeker.com
www.dk.com
www.dumontreise.de
www.freytagberndt.com
www.lonelyplant.com
www.marcopolo.de
World Insider Tipps
www.merian.de
www.nationalgeographic.de
www.polyglott.de
www.roushguides.com
www.vr_networld.de
Advertisers IndexAdvertisers Index
you can also visit these Directory advertisers online;
Sri Lankan Airlines Ltd. .................................................................................. Front Inside
Forest Resources Management Project (FRMP) .................................................................... 12
Seylan Bank ........................................................................................................................ 18
Bank of Ceylon ................................................................................................................... 22
National Ozone Unit ............................................................................................................ 32
(CL) Upper Watershed Management Project (UWMP) ........................................................... 33
(CL) People's Bank .............................................................................................................. 34
(CL) Mobitel Pvt Ltd ........................................................................................................... 39
(CL) Sri Lanka Telecome .................................................................................................... 40
Announcement .................................................................................................................... 44
Sarasavi Book Shop & Islamic Centre for the Physically Handicapped .................................. 62
David Pieris Motor Company Limited .................................................................................. 108
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment .......................................................................... 120
Shell ................................................................................................................................... 126
(CL) ETF .............................................................................................................................. 128
Announcement ................................................................................................................... 140
Announcement ................................................................................................................... 166
Announcement ................................................................................................................... 180
Announcement ................................................................................................................... 208
Announcement ................................................................................................................... 258
Upper kotmale Hydropower project ................................................................. Back Inside
www.srilankan.aero
www.ccom.lk
www.eseylan.com
www.boc.lk
www.uwmp.org
www.peoplesbank.lk
www.mobitellanka.com
www.slt.lk
www.sarasavibooks.com
www.disabledinsrilanka.org
www.dpmco.com
www.slbfe.lk
www.ukhp.lk
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····· Dr. Amal Kumarage
Position: Senior Lecture of
Moratuwa University and Chairman of
National Transport Commission
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa.
011-265 05 67/8 (O)
····· Dr. Channa Bambaradeniya
Position: Head of Eco System
Management and
Species Conservation Programme
IUCN - World Conservation Union
53 Horton Place
Colombo 7.
011-268 24 88/ 269 40 94 (O)
····· Prof. Hemanthi Ranasinghe
Position: Head - Department of Forestry &
Environment Science of
Sri Jayawardenapura University
209 Makola Rd
Makola.
011-280 46 85 (O)/ 011-291 41 51 (R)
····· Atty. Jagath Gunawardena
Profession: Senior Environment Lawyer
15A Stanly Thilakaratne Mw
Nugegoda.
011-285 47 81 (R)
····· Prof. Mohan Munasinghe
Position: Chairman of Munasinghe Institute for
Development (MIND) & Development Expert
10 De Fonseka Place
Colombo 05.
011-250 02 89
Most Influential Environmental Ecologists in Sri LankaIn Alphabetical Order
····· Mr. Renton de Alwis
Position: Executive Director of
Sustainable Development and Consultant of
Eco Tourism
19A Moor Rd
Colombo 06.
011-259 56 47 (R)
····· Prof. Savisthri Gunathilaka
Position: University Professor
Department of Botany
University of Peradeniya
Peradeniya.
081-238 91 30
····· Prof. Sarath Kotagama
Position: Professor of Environmental Science,
University of Colombo.
444/9 Akuregoda
Battaamulla.
011-534 26 05 (O)/ 011-278 51 27 (R)
····· Prof. Sooriya Kumaran
Position: Development Expert and
UNEP/ Sasakawa Co-Award Winner
19A, Alfred Place
Colombo 3
····· Prof. SUK Ekarathne
48/6 Epitamulla Rd,
Pitakotte
Kotte.
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····· Dr. Ajantha Perera
Position: Director of
National Recycling Programme
16 Temple Rd
Raththanapitiya
Boralasgamuwa.
011-257 56 59 (O)/ 011-250 99 50 (R)
····· Ashoka Abegunawardena
Position: Programme Coordinator of
Energy Forum
239 Highlevel Rd
Colombo 5.
011-285 21 67/ 552 46 13
····· Deepal Warakagoda
Position: Secretary of Sri Lanka Bird Club
9/2/A Railway 1st Lane
Udahamulla
Nugegoda.
011-281 73 70
····· Irangani Serasinghe
Position: Former President of
Tree Society of Sri Lanka
Araliya Gardens
Nawala Rd
Rajagiriya.
011-255 44 38
····· Dr. Ranjan Fernando
Profession: Consultant Anaesthetist and
UNEP Global 500 Laureate
10 Denial Avenue
Colombo 5.
011-250 18 42
····· Ven.Mahamankadawala Piyarathana Thero
Position: President
Association for Protection of
Natural Resources (APNR)
Galkanda Purana Rajamaha Viharaya
Eppawala.
025-224 93 84
····· Samantha Gunasekara
Position: Superintendent of Customs and
Head, Biodiversity Protection Unit -
Biodiversity Protection Task Force
209/3 Anagarika Dharmapala Mw
Dehiwala.
011-271 29 72
····· Shantha Jayaweera
Position: Former President of
Young Zoologists Association (YZ)
9/5 Nagahamulla Rd
Kolonnawa.
011-286 19 49 (R)
····· Dr. Suriya Gunasekara
Position: Secretary of All Ceylon
Buddhist Congress (ACBC) and Former
President of
Sri Lanka Environment Congress
454/2 Pitakotte
Sri Jayawardenapura
011-286 19 49 (R)
····· Dr. Vijaya Dharmawardena
Profession: Medical Practitioner and
Environmental writer
31/5 Sathosa Rd
Homagama.
011-286 19 49 (R)
Most Influential Environmentalists in Sri Lanka
In Alphabetical Order
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····· Dharman Wickramaratne
Profession: Environmental Journalist
and Media Trainer
434/3 Sri Jayawardenapura.
011-287 31 31 (O)/ 011-288 31 87 (R)
····· Krishna Wijebandara
Position: Provincial Editor of Lakbima
Sinhala Daily
Magamulana, Meda Imbiya
Ihala Imbiya
Galle.
071-273 05 25 (M)/ 011-234 34 07 (O)
····· Lal Hewapathirana
Position: Director of Worldview Sri Lanka
713 DP Wijesinghe Mw
Pelawatte
Battaramulla.
011-278 7049/ 278 70 48
····· Florence Wickramage
Position: Editorial Journalists of
Daily News English Daily
40 A, 115 Rukmalgama
Pannipitiya.
011-242 92 15/ 242 11 81 (O)
····· Nayanaka Ranwella
Position: Staff Journalist of
Divaina Sinhala Daily
8/2 Bandaranayake Mw
Waikala
Panadura.
038-223 65 78 (R) / 011-244 84 02 (O)
····· Nihal Fernando
Profession: Environmental Photographer
18 Skeleton Rd
Colombo 5.
011-258 20 43 (R) / 011-258 90 62 (O)
····· Parakrama Niriella
Position: Film and Tele Drama Director
of TVT Sri Lanka
38/A1 Rajagiriya Rd
Rajagiriya.
011-287 27 18
····· Shanika Shiyananda
Position: Environmental Editor of
Sunday Observer English Weekly
40/19 Old Kesbawe Rd
Rathtanapitriya
Boralasgamuwa.
011-242 92 39 (O)
····· Sunil Sarath Perera
Position: Working Director of the National
Water Board and Former Additional Secretary
of Environment Ministry.
133 Maya Mw
Kirulapana.
011-287 72 86 (O) / 263 69 01 (R)
····· W Wijesoma
Position: Chief Cartoonist of
Upali News Papers Ltd
470/6 Arawwala
Pannipitiya.
011-284 18 08 (R) / 011-244 84 02 (O)
Most Influential Environmental Communicators in Sri Lanka
In Alphabetical Order
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····· Sevanatha - Urban Resource Centre
14 School Lane
Nawala
Rajagiriya.
011-287 97 10/ 440 42 59
····· SLEJF - Sri Lanka Environmental
Journalists Forum
PO Box 26
434/3, Sri Jayawardenapura.
011-287 3131/ 287 21 22
www.environmentaljournalists.lk
····· Green Movement of Sri Lanka (GMSL)
9 First Lane, Wanatha Rd
Gangodawila - Nugegoda.
011-281 71 56/ 430 52 74
www.greensl.net
····· Intermediate Technology
Development Group (ITDG)
5 Lionel Edirisinge Mw,
Kirulapone
Colombo 5.
011-282 94 12-4
····· Movement for National Land and
Agricultural Reform (MONLAR)
1151, 58A 4th Lane
Kotte Rd
Rajagiriya.
286 55 34/ 440 76 63
····· Environmental Foundation Ltd (EFL)
03 Campbell Terrace
Colombo 10.
011-461 64 74
www.efl.lk
····· Gami Seva Sevana (GSS)
Office Junction
Galaha.
081-246 72 01 / 246 75 62
www.gamisevasevana.org
····· Young Zoologists Association (YZ)
National Zoological Garden, Anagarika
Dharmapala Mw
Dihiwala.
011-420 45 66
www.youngzoologists.tripod.com
····· Wildlife & Nature Protection Society of
Sri Lanka (WNPS)
86 Rajamalwatte Rd
Battaramulla.
011-232 52 48/ 288 73 90
····· Youth Exploration Society of Sri Lanka (YES)
C/O Botanical Gardens
Peradeniya.
081-238 83 07
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In Alphabetical Order
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····· Bimal Rathnayake
Position: Deputy Minister of
Agriculture Livestock,
Land & Irrigation
217/B Weligoda Rd
Yantampalawa
Kurunegala.
011-286 89 21
www.jvpsrilanka.com
····· Champika Ranawaka
Position: Secretary of
Jathikla Hela Urumaya
170 Fife Rd
Colombo 5.
011-250 76 36
www.jayashankaya.org
····· Dinesh Gunawardena
Position: Leader of MEP and Minister of
Urban Development and Water Supply
84 Kirulapana Av
Colombo 05.
011-286 47 70/ 011-286 25 30
····· Piyal Parakrama
Position: President of Sri Lanka
Green Party
18/9A, 1st Lane
Vidya Rd
Dehiwala
011-551 14 62 (R)
Environmental Politicians in Sri Lanka
In Alphabetical Order
····· Sanjeewa Kavirathne
Position: Central Provincial Council
Member and Former MP
Kambiadiya
Kaikawala
Matale.
011-277 85 45
····· Atty. Vasudewa Nanayakkara
Position: General Secretary of
Left Democratic Alliance
19, 1/1 Siridamma Mw
Colombo 10.
011-267 26 86
····· Dr. Wickramabahu Karunarathne
Position: General Secretary of
New Left Front
143/3 Kew Rd
Colombo.
011-243 06 21
www.nssp.lk
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KEY TO NGO FIELDS OF INTEREST/ AREAS OF FOCUS
·····Air Pollution
·····Bio Technology and Bio Safety
·····Biodiversity Conservation
·····Community Development
·····Cultural
·····Drug Prevention
·····Eco Tourism
·····Ecology
·····Environmental Health
·····Environmental Economics
·····Environmental Education
·····Environmental Impact
·····Environmental Journalism andCommunication
·····Environmental Law
·····Environmental Rehabilitation
·····Forestry
·····Genetics/ Biosafety
·····Human Rights
·····Indigenous Medicine
····· Land-use Planning
·····Lobbing and Campaigning
····· Mangroves Conservation
····· Natural Disasters
····· Nature Conservation
····· Organic Agriculture
····· Ornithology
····· Pesticides
····· Policy, Planning and Advocacy
····· Population
····· Protected Areas
····· Rainwater Harvesting
····· Recycling
····· Reforestation
····· Sociology
····· Soil Conservation
····· Species Assessment
····· Sustainable and Equitable use
····· Sustainable Assessment
····· Turtle Conservation
····· Waste Management
····· Water Management
····· Waterfalls
····· Wetlands (Marine/ Fresh Water)
····· Wildlife and etc.,
In Alphabetical Order
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· Centre for Eco - Cultural Studies (CECS)www.cessrilanka.org Page Number 97
· Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ)www.ejustice.lk Page Number 218
· Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR)www.cenwor.lk Page Number 219
· Community Trust Fund (CTF)www.geocities.com/communitytrustfund Page Number 141
· EMACE Sri Lankawww.emace.net Page Number 223
· Energy Forum Ltd.www.energyforum.slt.lk Page Number 223
· Environmental Foundation Ltd (EFL)www.efl.lk Page Number 224
· Federation of Wild Life Conservation (FWLC)www.wildfed.org Page Number 225
· Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL)www.fogsrilanka.org Page Number 226
· Forests for People (FP)www.forestsforpeople.org Page Number 209
· Gami Seva Sevana Ltdwww.gamisevasevana.org Page Number 85
· Green Movement of Sri Lanka (GMSL)www.greensl.net Page Number 228
· Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka (HHSL)www.habitat.org Page Number 228
· Helvetas Sri Lankawww.helvetas.ch Page Number 229
Web Directory of Sri Lankan Environmental NGOs
In Alphabetical Order
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· Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies (ITES)www.geocities.com/rohan_wickramasinghe/index.html Page Number 229
· Lanka Council on Water Falls (LCWF)www.srilankanwaterfalls.org Page Number 231
· Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (LRWHF)www.rainwaterhavesting.com Page Number 232
· Law and Society Trust (LST)www.lawandsocitytrust.org Page Number 232
· Maduganga Wetland Conservation & Development Foundationwww.wetlandmaduwa.lk Page Number 173
· National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC)www.ncpcsrilanka.org Page Number 234
· OISCA Industrial Developmentwww.oisca.org Page Number 238
· Rainforest Rescue International Ltd. (RRI)www.rain4rest.org Page Number 175
· Save the Childrenwww.savethechildren.lk Page Number 243
· Sewa Lanka Foundation (SLF)www.sewalanka.org Page Number 245
· Sri Lanka Federation of School Environmental Clubswww.greenschool.lk Page Number 254
· Sri Lanka Ecotoursim Foundation (SLEF)www.ecotourismsrilanka.org Page Number 248
· Sri Lanka Environment Exploration Society (SLEES)www.geocities.com/sleesweb Page Number 153
· Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF)www.environmentaljournalists.lk Page Number 249
· Sri Lanka Environmental Television Project (SLETP)www.sletp.org Page Number 249
· Sri Lanka United Nation Friendship Organization (SUNFO)www.sunfo.8m.com Page Number 251
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· Turtle Conservation Project (TCP)www.tcpsrilanka.org Page Number 276
· Women in Need (WIN)www.winsl.org Page Number 256
· Worldview Sri Lanka (WSL)www.worldviewsrilanka.org Page Number 256
· Young Zoologists Association (YZ)www.youngzoologists.tripod.com Page Number 257
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AEDF - 45
ACDF - 45
EEF - 49
Gami Seva Sevana - 50
Janasahana Foundation - 52
KNFCP - 52
MOSDEP - 53
NBA - 54
NEES - 54
Satyadaya - 57
SSA - 57
SDSTS - 58
TSSKO - 58
W E P S - 59
WEEF - 60
YES - 61
KSRH - 65
GAFEC - 65
JSDS - 66
JVF - 66
M E O - 66
Shanthi Niketanaya - 68
SAP - 68
SRPAS - 68
Palm Foundation - 71
PSS - 72
STRWN - 72
APNR - 73
CSDF - 74
ECCNU - 74
Mihikatha Surakinno - 77
NCO - 77
RP - 78
ULF - 84
····· Year 1948 - (before Independence)
MSSSHE - 180
W N P S - 201
····· March 1948 to June,1972 (Based on World Summit on Environment and Development: Stockholm - Sweden)
Samasevaya - 79Catalyst - 46
····· July,1972 to June,1992 (UNCED/ Earth Summit: Rio - Brazil)
Green Leaf - 85
Mandru - 85
SSLNF - 85
OSSP - 90
VGSS - 93
WFDF - 94
CSO - 96
ORDE - 98
SLNMC - 99
THCDF - 99
V W S E - 99
Vinivida - 100
CFHD - 101
Forum on Development - 103
BEF - 110
BECO - 110
C M M - 111
EPSRD - 112
EPSK - 112
HDEC - 112
H W S - 113
KSSO - 113
MUFO - 115
PDF - 115
PNF - 116
SLGF - 119
TYCSL - 120
ANPS - 121
CDEF - 121
Development Education - 122
EPYF - 123
EF - 123
HELP-O - 124
OERFSF - 126
3R - 127
Cross Indexing of each environmental NGO according to the year started
26 July 1972 to June 1992
S O - 128
SDF - 128
STPA - 128
SLEA - 130
SMH - 130
ACRECEDF - 132
GEPO - 134
JO - 134
PEDF - 135
PEO - 136
RGLA - 136
SSSF - 137
W D F - 137
INDECOS - 140
OEE - 143
SMF - 144
SESP - 145
SHH - 145
BWDF - 147
BEPV - 147
FOHDF - 150
KVFPMS - 150
LOS - 151
MCF - 151
Power Foundation - 152
SLLISD - 154
UCDC - 155
Uva Parisarikaya - 156
UFDF - 156
FP - 158
VDC - 160
AF - 162
GAL GAWA MITHURO - 163
BOPNR - 163
SEDEC - 164
CCF – Sri Lanka - 164
CES - 164
CSR - 166
CENWOR - 166
CBC - 166
CDF - 167
CEC - 167
DFES - 167
EMACE Sri Lanka - 169
EFL - 169
FOGSL - 171
FORUT - 172
FND - 173
Helvitas Sri Lanka - 173
ITDG - 175
IWMI -
Kantha Shakthi - 176
LST - 177
M D - 179
MSS - 180
NNGOC - 181
NCO - 182
NCG - 182
NF - 182
NWSSDS - 184
OPFMD - 185
OSLEN - 185
PEACE - 186
RCCA - 186
Ruk Rakaganno - 186
SNCMH - 187
Sanasa Federation - 187
S W M - 188
S M - 188
Save the Children - 189
SS - 190
SSF - 190
Sevanatha - 191
SLF - 191
SEE - 191
SPCD - 192
SLANA - 192
SLAPSW - 193
SLECO - 194
SLEC - 194
SLEJF - 195
SLCIK - 196
SLSSF - 196
Sumithrayo - 196
SILE - 198
SHF - 198
TSSL - 199
UIES - 199
Voice of Women - 200
WIN - 202
W S L - 202
YZ - 203
Arunodaya - 204
GEF - 206
NAPE - 209
CPR - 214
CORE - 214
RCDC - 220
SNCPS - 220
SLNGC - 220
SLUAS - 221
SLUNA - 221
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ARROSL - 45AEPO - Sri Lanka - 46CPDF - 46CPDF - 46CSDF - 46CES - 47Doragala Peacock - 47DEPS - 47DCDF - 47DEDF - 48EASL - 48ESDI - 48EPSEO - 48EPSHH - 49Friends of Nature - 50GUCSE - 50HES - 50HEO - 51Heritage of Herbs - 51IDEA - 51IEO - 51KCDC - 52KAPDEC - 52LSS - 53MURDS - 53MEPO - 53M E O - 53NEF - 54NEPEP - 54ECO - 54Parisara Piyasa - 55Plead Foundation - 55PDF - 55RFS - 56REO - 56REDF - 56Salakuna Organization - 56SEPS - 57Shanthisena Organization - 57SLCF - 58SCEO - 58U W O - 59Up Country - 59Wild Greens - 59WLFSL - 59W D F - 60YCSDF - 60Yogaya - 60ACSC - 62AEA - 62CPSEF - 62CECS - 62DCRDC - 62
Dammawasa Niketan - 63Divisional Women's - 63DMEF - 63ETDOS - 64ENRCO - 64ENRDC - 64ENRPS - 65FEDC - 65Hill Country - 66KBDCO - 66NEOSL - 67PEO - 67RCEPO - 67SSO - 67STEDO - 68SECDO - 68W W D P O - 69YRDG - 69Avadi Lanka - 70ECDSDF - 70Evergreen Foundation - 70HCEA - 70HDNRMF - 71NEFF - 71P W S - 72RDF - 72SSSDWS - 72VSDA - 72APMAN - 73A W D - 73CDF - 73CEDF - 74CRMO - 74CSAO - 74EARV - 75GDF - 75HCDYO - 75IAAEO - 76IERO - 76JDF - 76MPP - 76PGVVPS - 77Parisarikaya - 77RPGDKS - 77RJO - 78RSP - 78RFO - 78RCBDEMF - 78RCS - 79SEO - 79SEC - 79SOCRD - 80
·····Year July,1992 to June,2002 (Based on World Summit on Sustainable Development: Johannesburg - South Africa)
July 1992 to June 200228
VECO - 80VPFF - 80WLECG - 80ARDF - 81DPEPO - 81GSMS - 81SEO - 81SSSDF - 81FUSWA - 82GVCDF - 82INFF - 82KES - 82OEPED - 83OSEEID - 83PFF - 83SCPF - 83SKKFO - 84VDA - 84SEDO - 85AEO - 86C N S W - 86CEDO - 86CEDF - 86CDWF - 87DDF - 87DCAPO - 87DSGK - 87EBRPO - 87EPO - 88ECDF - 88EDO - 88HEPO - 88HRDC - 88HWEDF - 88ISK - 89M G S - 89Mihisara Foundation - 89M PABCK - 89OLHEC - 90PDF - 90PTLCS - 90RCD - 91RCEDP - 91Rural Library - 91SPEO - 92Sobadahame Sumithuro - 92S W C D F W - 92SAF - 92SLMC - 93SLSHS - 93V D W O P - 93V W F - 93WASDF - 94W F W F - 94WLHU - 94
WEDF - 95CTF - 96DEF - 96FPEO - 96FSSL - 97IHO - 97JDFL - 97SFF - 97MES - 98PEF - 98PSSS - 98Sri Lanka Human - 99Swarnadama Foundation - 99CSNF - 101CDC - 101C W C - 101DPDF - 102DCF - 102EDA - 102EF - 102FHESD - 103FOL - 103GPF - 103HMEPO - 103HEDO - 104HRC - 104IMSO - 104KSTPS - 104LDPMI - 105MSBTO - 105M O PAT - 105PGS - 106PDC - 106PDF - 106RSDC - 106SARDA - 107SDF - 107SLEES - 107TEDS - 108UMSEPG - 108VDCS - 108VHC - 108W S S S - 109W J S - 109AES - 110BEC - 110CDF - 111DSF - 111DDF - 111ESL - 112ISPC - 113Institute of Sumithuo - 113KEPO - 114MTPEPS - 114
Maw - Hawla - 114
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MMDEO - 114NEFN - 115OECRP - 115PPF - 116PYE - 116RSKBM - 116RECCO - 117SPF - 117SCDF - 117SEDF - 117SSEC - 118SEO - 118SEPO - 118SDCOF - 119SBF - 118SLELDA - 119SLNLC - 119SSEDI - 119TEPS - 120USSDO - 120VCDF - 120YOE - 120BDPO - 121CDF - 121CDSO - 122CEPO - 122EODF - 122ENO - 123ENCA - 123Environmental Friends - 123GHSC - 124HPDF - 124JSSO - 125KAECS - 125KSN - 125Maduganga -NCO - 125PDCA - 126RCDC - 127RDO - 127SSF - 128SSEO - 129SEF - 129SFO - 129SRESCO - 129SGSSF - 130SLESDA - 130SLSCS - 130SEA - 131VEO - 131WLCS - 131ACDF - 132BCO - 133Friends of Nations - 133GPS - 133
GPSC - 133GHEO - 133HDDF - 134H M O - 134HREPO - 134MF - 135NEEDS - 135N O - 135PMS - 135PDS - 136RDF - 136Sarana Foundation - 137SRCEDC - 137SFNC - 137TDA - 137YE - 138AEO - 139CDO - 139CEDO - 139DRECS - 139DDF - 139DHO - 139ECDC - 140EPB - 140ECF - 140EDRFFF - 140KEPU - 141Kembimak - 141LED - 141MMCA - 141MSSF - 142MDNRCS - 142M D W O - 142M E O - 142Mugunumulla Hydro - 142NRCS - 142NPEF - 143NFMG - 143PCSF - 143PPH - 144RE - 144Rural Fiends - 144SSEF - 145South Net - 145SMEO - 145TES - 146Turuliya Foundation - 146UEA - 146ACBO - 147APNEUU - 147BECO - 148BDRITC - 148Desert Centre - 148DHDF - 148ECBO - 149
July 1992 to June 200232
EACF - 149
ECCDO - 149FAS - 149FHED - 150HDF - 150KEF - 150LEDF - 151NEOSL - 151NSRC - 151PPK - 152SF - 152SDF - 153SDF - 153SHDNW - 153SCPDF - 153SLECDI - 154SLHRDF - 154SCBO - 154TLDF - 155UCEDP - 155UEDF - 156URTI - 156USF - 157YDP - 157YECP - 157ATDF - 158HRDF - 158ICDF - 158JRCDF - 159JDC - 159LVDPC - 159PDO - 159SKKB - 160SDEC - 160SEEDO - 160SEDC - 160SPS - 160VDO - 161VEDF - 161WDASS - 161W D F - 161A N M W - 162AIDS Council - 162ARI - 162AFSLE - 163BCTSL - 163CED - 165CGDCEF - 166CDO - 167CRF - 168CRF - 168CWMTIC - 168DF - 168ECO – V - 169ESSL - 169
EFHI - 169Energy Forum - 170ECPF - 170ECOPASL - 170EERC - 170EPPPF - 171EPOD - 171FWLC - 172FRD - 173FEAFA M - 173FTAC - 174GRACIOUS GREEN - 174GFA - 174GLM - 175GMSL - 175HHSL - 175Haritha Dharshanaya - 175HPS - 175HDF - 176IHR - 176IFFO - 177Kalani Mitiyawath - 177LCWF - 177LEVS - 178LRWHF - 178LSCDA - 178LCES - 178MES - 179MCSSL - 179MSC - 179Mihimandala - 180M O - 180Muhudu Mithoro - 181NCPC - 181NFPO - 181NOEP - 181NSEPO - 182NHC - 182NPC - 183NF - 183NSEPO - 183NFOA - 183N O - 184OISCA - 184OPSE - 184PEI - 185SBLF - 187Sangrama - 187SYES - 188Friends of Animals - 188Savisthri - 189SP - 189SYPH - 189SP - 190SEO - 190
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MES - 105SDO - 106BPS - 110SSA - 118GEF - 124RRI - 126REPO - 152
REPPH - 152
·····July,2002 to September, 2004
BWFS - 110CENS - 165CEJ - 165EX-Traffic - 172Parisarikayo - 185SLCPE - 193SLWGT & IFls - 197
Green Friends - 216
SEP - 191SPAR - 192SLBS - 193SLCDS - 193SLEF - 194SLETP - 195School Clubs - 195SLNAC - 196SUNFO - 197SLVYM - 197SLWC - 197SI - 198SPEED DEVELOPMENT - 198SWABHA - 198TEO - 199TCP - 199Vanapiyasa - 200VIHYDA - 200VY - 200Wanaspathi - 201WLAC - 201W H T - 202YBA - 203YNPF - 203YOERSL - 203AILCRF - 204ACS - 204BE - 204BPECO - 205Care for the Nature - 205CEO - 205CEO - 205DSDGCF - 205DECC - 206EPS - 206EPS - 206ERPSWS - 206HAM - 207HERO - 207ILDA - 207ISDA - 207KMPS - 208LF - 208LEPO - 208
MNLDF - 208NSF - 209NASA - 209NECC - 209NAFSO - 210NOPHED - 210NCF - 210SERCH - 211SWFC - 266SLECF - 211SLSEDC - 211SEF - 212TUF - 212TEI - 212UFO - 212WCDF - 212YCDF - 213BSES - 214CS - 215DCDF - 215DF - 215EDA - 215FFES - 215FA - 216GTEF - 216GREC - 216GLEO - 216HELP - 217IHEF - 217IDSA - 217KPDS - 218MMEPF - 218MEPO - 218MRDS - 218NPDF - 218NRPF - 219NRPS - 219PFRC - 219RE - 219SEBF - 220SSSP - 220S W F - 221SEO - 221WCDF - 221
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Agriculture & Environmental Development Foundation (AEDF) .......................................................... 77
Amphibian & Reptile Research Organization of Sri Lanka (ARROSL) ................................................ 77
Anthodaya Community Development Foundation (ACDF)................................................................... 77
Asian Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO-Sri Lanka) ...................................................... 78
Catalyst ....................................................................................................................................... 78
Community Participatory Development Foundation (CPDF) ............................................................... 78
Community Strength Development Foundation (CSDF) ..................................................................... 78
Cultural & Environment Society (CES) ............................................................................................ 79
Dhoragala Peacock Hill Jalaposhaka Isuru Subhasadaka & Sanrakshana Samithiya ......................... 79
Divisional Environment Protection Society (DEPS) .......................................................................... 79
Dumbara Community Development Foundation (DCDF) .................................................................... 79
Dumbara Environment & Development Foundation (DEDF) ............................................................... 80
Ecological Association of Sri Lanka (EASL) .................................................................................... 80
Environmental & Social Development Institute (ESDI) ...................................................................... 80
Environmental Protection & Scientific Exploration Organization (EPSEO) .......................................... 80
Environmental Protection Society for Horticulture, Harispattuwa (EPSHH) .......................................... 81
Evergreen Environmental Friends (EEF) .......................................................................................... 81
Friends of Nature .......................................................................................................................... 81
Gami Seva Sevana Ltd .................................................................................................................. 81
Gampola Upland Community Strength Foundation (GUCSF) ............................................................. 82
Haritha Environmental Society (HES) .............................................................................................. 82
Health & Environment Organization (HEO) ...................................................................................... 82
Heritage of Herbs ......................................................................................................................... 82
Integrated Development Association (IDEA) .................................................................................... 83
Integrated Environmental Organization (IEO) ................................................................................... 83
Janasahana Foundation ................................................................................................................ 83
Kandukara Natural Frost Conservation Project (KNFCP) .................................................................. 83
Kandurata Community Development Centre (KCDC) ......................................................................... 84
Kandurata Participatory Development Centre (KAPDEC ) .................................................................. 84
Laksetha Sahana Seva (LSS) ........................................................................................................ 84
Madakakila United Rural Development Society (MURDS) .................................................................. 85
Michilanka Environmental Protection Organization (MEPO) ............................................................... 85
Mihitala Environment Organization (MEO) ....................................................................................... 85
MOSDEP Sri Lanka ...................................................................................................................... 85
Nation Builders Association (NBA) ................................................................................................. 85
National Environmental Forum (NEF) .............................................................................................. 86
National Forest Protection & Environment Project (NFPEP) .............................................................. 86
Nature Environmental Exploration Society (NEES) ........................................................................... 86
Parisara Govithen Salasum Sanvidhanaya (ECO) ............................................................................. 86
Parisara Piyasa ........................................................................................................................... 87
Plead Foundation ......................................................................................................................... 87
Prajashakthi Development Foundation (PDF) .................................................................................. 87
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Matale District
Rain Forest Society (RFS) ............................................................................................................ 87
Relation of the Environment Organization (REO) ............................................................................. 88
Rural Environmental Development Foundation (REDF) ..................................................................... 88
Salakuna Organization ................................................................................................................. 88
Satyodaya Centre for Social Research & Encounter ........................................................................ 88
Scientific Environment & Protection Society (SEPS) ....................................................................... 88
Seva Sarana Association (SSA) .................................................................................................... 89
Shanthisena Organization ............................................................................................................. 89
Sri Deerananda Savings & Thrift Society (SDSTS) .......................................................................... 89
Sri Lanka Community Forum (SLCF) .............................................................................................. 89
Suwandagala Community Environmental Organization (SCEO) ........................................................ 90
Tharuna Sithiwili Samajaya Organization (TSSKO) .......................................................................... 90
United Welfare Organization (UWO) ............................................................................................... 90
UP Country Environmental Development Forum ............................................................................. 90
Wathuliyadda Environment Protection Society (WEPS) ................................................................... 91
Wild Greens ................................................................................................................................ 91
Wild Life Foundation of Sri Lanka (WLFSL) .................................................................................... 91
Women Development Foundation (WDF) ........................................................................................ 91
World Environmental Education Foundation .................................................................................... 92
Yatinuwara Community Strength Development Foundation (YCSDF) .................................................. 92
Yogya Thakshanika Huwamaru Sandanaya ..................................................................................... 92
Youth Exploration Society of Sri Lanka (YES) ................................................................................. 92
Arunalu Community Development Centre (ACSC) ............................................................................ 93
Arunalu Environmental Association (AEA)....................................................................................... 93
Central Province Social & Environmental Foundation (CPSEF) ......................................................... 93
Centre for Eco - Cultural Studies (CECS) ....................................................................................... 93
Dambulla Community Resource’s Development Centre (DCRDC) ..................................................... 93
Dammawasa Niketan ................................................................................................................... 94
Divisional Women’s Association of Abangaha Korale ...................................................................... 94
Dumbara Mituro Environmental Foundation (DMEF) ......................................................................... 94
Educational Training & Development Organization of Situmina (ETDOS) ........................................... 95
Environment & Natural Resources Conservation Organization (ENRCO) ............................................ 95
Environment & Natural Resources Development Centre (ENRDC) ..................................................... 95
Environment Conservationists Society of Hill Country (KSRH) ........................................................... 96
Environment Natural Resources Protection Society (ENRPS) ........................................................... 96
Fisheries Development Project (FDP) ............................................................................................. 96
Foundation for Environmental Development & Education (FEDE) ...................................................... 96
Grama Abivurdihi Foundation for Environmental Conservation (GAFEC) ............................................ 97
Hill Country Nature Conservation Social & Economic Foundation ...................................................... 97
Janasarana - Social Development Services (JSDS) ......................................................................... 97
Jayashakthee Uva Foundation (JUF) ............................................................................................. 97
Knuckles Bio Diversification Care Organization (KBDCO) ................................................................ 98
Mihikatha Environmental Organization (MEO) .................................................................................. 98
National Environmental Organization of Sri Lanka .......................................................................... 98
Prabuddh Environment Organization ............................................................................................. 98
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Rural Cultural & Environmental Protection Organization (RCEPO) .................................................... 98
Sathmaga Saraniya Organization (SSO) ......................................................................................... 99
Shanthi Niketanaya ...................................................................................................................... 99
Sithuwama Training, Education & Development Organization (STEDO) ............................................. 99
Social Economic & Community Development Organization (SECDO) ................................................ 99
Society of Agricultural Professionals (SAP) ..................................................................................... 100
Sri Rawana Parisara Arakshaka Samithiya (SRPAS) ....................................................................... 100
Wilgamu Women’s Development Parent Union (WWDPU) ............................................................... 100
Youth Resources Development Guild (YRDG) ................................................................................. 100
Avadhi Lanka .............................................................................................................................. 101
Eksith Child Development & Social Development Foundation (ECDSDF) .......................................... 101
Evergreen Foundation ................................................................................................................... 101
Hill Country Environmental Association (HCEA) .............................................................................. 101
Human Development & Natural Resources Management Foundation (HDNRMF) ................................ 102
Nuwara Eliya Friendship Foundation (NEFF) .................................................................................. 102
Palm Foundation .......................................................................................................................... 102
Parakum Samajaseva Sangamaya (PSS) ....................................................................................... 102
Plantation Workers Service Centre (PWS) ...................................................................................... 103
Rivisara Development Foundation (RDF) ......................................................................................... 103
Sinhala Tamil Rural Women’s Network (STRWN) ....................................................................... 103
Swarna Shakthi Social Development & Welfare Society (SSSDWS) ................................................. 103
Vishwasamadhi Social Development Guild (VSDG) .......................................................................... 103
Agro Producers Manufactures Association of Negampahakorale (APMAN) ....................................... 107
Association for Protection of Natural Resources (APNR) ................................................................. 107
Association of Women with Disabilities (AWD) ............................................................................... 107
Community Development Foundation (CDF)..................................................................................... 107
Community Environment Development Foundation (CEDF) .............................................................. 108
Community Resources Management Organization (CRMO) .............................................................. 108
Community Self strength Active Organization (CSAO) ..................................................................... 108
Community Self strength Development Foundation (CSDF) .............................................................. 108
Environmental Community Centre for Namal Uyana (ECCNU) ........................................................... 108
Environmentalists Association of Rajarata University (EARU) ........................................................... 109
Gramashakti Development Foundation (GDF) ................................................................................. 109
Human & Community Development Youth Organization (HCDYO) ..................................................... 109
IAA Ecological Organization ......................................................................................................... 110
Integrated Environment Rehabilitation Organization (IERO) .............................................................. 110
Janashakthi Development Foundation (JDF) ................................................................................... 110
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Manawa Prabodha Padanama (MPP) ............................................................................................. 110
Mihikatha Surakinno ................................................................................................................... 111
Nikasala Community Organization (NCO) ....................................................................................... 111
Pandukabhaya - Govi Vana Vaga Parisara Sanvidanaya (PGVVPS) ................................................ 111
Parisarikayo ................................................................................................................................. 111
Rajangana - Parisarika Govi Diriya Kantha Sanvidanaya (RPGDKS) ................................................ 111
Rajarata Janoodaya Organization (RJO) ......................................................................................... 112
Rajarata Parisarikayo (RP) ............................................................................................................ 112
Rajarata Surakum Padanama (RSP) .............................................................................................. 112
Randoova Farmers Organization (RFO) ........................................................................................... 112
Ritigala Community Based Development & Environmental Management Foundation (RCBDEMF) ........ 112
Royal Community Services (RCS)................................................................................................... 113
Samasevaya ................................................................................................................................ 113
Samavihara Environment Organization (SEO) .................................................................................. 113
Saruketha Environmental Centre (SEC) .......................................................................................... 113
Surekuma Organization For Community Resource Development (SOCRD) ...................................... 114
United Environment Conservation Organization (UECO) ................................................................... 114
Village Provident Fund Foundation (VPFF)....................................................................................... 114
Wild Life & Environmental Conservation Group (WLECG) ................................................................ 114
Arunodaya Rural Development Federation (ARDF) .......................................................................... 115
Drug Prevention & Environment Preservation Organization (DPEPO) ............................................... 115
Gami Sarana Maha Sangamaya (GSMS) ......................................................................................... 115
Sigiri Environmental Organization (SEO).......................................................................................... 115
Srama Shakthi Social Development Foundation (SSSDF) ................................................................ 115
Friends Universal Social Welfare Association (FUSWA) .................................................................. 119
Galoya Valley Community Development Foundation (GVCDF) ......................................................... 119
Inter Nation Friendship Foundation (INFF) ....................................................................................... 119
Kudaseegiriya Environment Society (KES) ...................................................................................... 119
Organization for Environmental Protection & Economic Development (OEPED) ................................. 120
Organization for Socio - Economic Environment & Industrial Development (OSEEID) ......................... 120
People’s Friendship Foundation (PFF) ............................................................................................ 120
Sahajeewana Community Participatory Foundation (SCPF) .............................................................. 120
Sinna Kokkanari Kandam Farmers Organization (SKKFO) ............................................................... 121
Unity Lanka Foundation (ULF) ....................................................................................................... 121
Village Development Association (VDA) ......................................................................................... 121
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Green Leaf ................................................................................................................................... 123
Mandru ....................................................................................................................................... 123
Sareeram Sri Lanka National Foundation (SSLNF) .......................................................................... 123
Social Economic Development Organization (SEDO) ....................................................................... 123
Asiriya Environmental Organization (AEO) ...................................................................................... 127
Centre for Nature Studies, Wayamba (CNSW) ................................................................................ 127
Community Environment Development Organization (CEDO) ............................................................ 127
Community Environmental Development Foundation (CEDf) .............................................................. 127
Community Development Welfare Foundation (CDWF) ..................................................................... 128
Dambadeniya Development Foundation (DDF) ................................................................................. 128
Deduruoya - Catchments Aria Protection Organization (DCAPO) ...................................................... 128
Deepa Siri Grameya Kamituwa (DSGK) ........................................................................................... 128
Environment & Bio Resources Protection Organization (EBRPO) ..................................................... 128
Environment Protection Organization (EPO) .................................................................................... 129
Environmental Community Development Foundation (ECDF) ............................................................ 129
Environmental Development Organization (EDO) ............................................................................. 129
Helapitihena Environment Protection Organization (HEPO) ............................................................... 129
Human Resources Development Centre (HRDC) .............................................................................. 129
Human Welfare & Environmental Development Foundation (HWEDF) ................................................ 129
Isura Sanwardana Kendraya (ISK) .................................................................................................. 130
Magallegama Govi Sanvidanaya (MGS) ........................................................................................... 130
Mihiresa Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 130
Milk Production & Animal Breeding Centre of Kurunegala (MPABCK) ................................................ 130
Organization of Social Services For Peasants (OSSP) ..................................................................... 131
Oxonia Laboratories & Higher Education - Centre (OLHEC) .............................................................. 131
Participatory Development Foundation (PDF) .................................................................................. 131
Pubudu Thrift & Lone Cooperative Society (PTLCS) ........................................................................ 131
Rural Centre for Development (RCD) .............................................................................................. 131
Rural Community & Environment Development Programme (RCEDP) ................................................ 132
Rural Library - Environmental Unit ................................................................................................. 132
Siri Perakum Farmers Organization (SPFO) ................................................................................... 132
Sobhadahame Sumithuro ............................................................................................................. 133
Social Welfare & Culture Development Foundation of Wayamba (SWCDFW) .................................... 133
Sri Ariyajothi Foundation (SAF) ...................................................................................................... 133
Sri Lanka Missaka Foundation (SLMF) .......................................................................................... 133
Sri Lanka Sathkorale Haritha Sangamaya (SLSHS) ......................................................................... 134
Unaleeya Grama Sanwardana Samithiya (UGSS) ............................................................................. 134
Village Development & Welfair Organization of Panduwasnuwara (VDWOP) ...................................... 134
Village Women’s Front (VWF) ....................................................................................................... 134
Wana Arana & Social Development Foundation (WASDF) ................................................................ 134
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Wayamba Farmers Development Foundation (WFDF) ..................................................................... 135
Wayamba Farmers Women Forum (WFWF) ................................................................................... 135
Wayamba Lanka Haritha Uyana (WLHU) ........................................................................................ 135
Widusevana Education Development Foundation (WEDF) ................................................................ 135
Community Solidarity Organization (CSO) ....................................................................................... 137
Community Trust Fund (CTF) ........................................................................................................ 137
Dadurunimna Environmental Foundation (DEF) ............................................................................... 137
Farmland Protection & Environmental Organization (FPEO) ............................................................. 137
Fern Society of Sri Lanka (FSSL) .................................................................................................. 138
International Health Organization (IHO) .......................................................................................... 138
Janadiriya Development Foundation Ltd (JDFL) ............................................................................. 138
Mihikatha Environment Society (MES) ........................................................................................... 138
Organization for Resource Development & Environment (ORDE) ...................................................... 139
Pathirendwa Environmental Foundation (PEF) ................................................................................. 139
Pubudu Sanrakshana & Sanwardena Society (PSSS) .................................................................... 139
Small Fishes Foundation (SFF) ..................................................................................................... 139
Sri Lanka Human Development Welfare & Social Service Organization ............................................. 139
Sri Lanka National Mangroves & Coastal - Habitat Conservation Trust Fund ...................................... 140
Swarnadama Foundation ............................................................................................................... 140
Twelve Hearts Community Development Foundation (THCDF) ........................................................... 140
Vilpota Women’s Saving Effort (VWSE) ......................................................................................... 140
Vinivida ...................................................................................................................................... 140
Centre for Human Development (CFHD) .......................................................................................... 143
Civil Societies National Forum (CSNF) ........................................................................................... 143
Community Development Centre (CDC) .......................................................................................... 143
Community Welfare Centre (CWC) ................................................................................................ 143
Dehiowita - People’s Development Foundation (DPDF) ..................................................................... 143
Development Communication Foundation (DCF) .............................................................................. 144
Entrepreneur’s Development Alliance (EDA) ................................................................................... 144
Environment Friends (EF) .............................................................................................................. 144
Forum On Development ................................................................................................................ 144
Foundation of Human Education & Social Development (FHESD) ..................................................... 144
Friends of Lanka (FOL) ................................................................................................................ 145
Galigamu People’s Foundation (GPF) ............................................................................................. 145
Haritha Mituru Environmental Protection Organization (HMEPO) ....................................................... 145
Human & Environment Development Organization (HEDO) ............................................................... 145
Human Resource Centre (HRC) .................................................................................................... 145
Imso Development Foundation (IMSO) ........................................................................................... 146
Kelani Soba Thurunu Parisara Samajaya (KSTPS) ......................................................................... 146
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Land Development & Planting Management Institute (LDPMI) ........................................................... 146
Mawanella Snake Bite Treatment Organization (MSBTO) ................................................................. 146
Medicinal & Ornamental Planters Association of Tunkoralaya (MOPAT) ............................................ 147
Mihisara Environmental Society (MES) ........................................................................................... 147
Parakum Govi Sanvidanaya (PGS) ................................................................................................. 147
Participatory Development Centre (PDC) ........................................................................................ 147
People’s Development Foundation (PDF) ........................................................................................ 147
Ranvali Solidarity Development Centre (RSDC) ................................................................................ 148
Samoohika Development Organization (SDO) ................................................................................. 148
Society for Advancement of Reconstruction & Development Activities (SARDA) ................................ 148
Solidarity Development Foundation (SDF) ....................................................................................... 148
Sri Lanka Environment Exploration Society (SLEES) ....................................................................... 149
Thuruliya Environment Development Society (TEDS) ....................................................................... 149
Uda Maliboda Samanala Environmental Protection Group (UMSEPG) ............................................... 149
Veerya Seva Sansadaya (VSS) ..................................................................................................... 149
Village Development Centre of Sabaragamuwa (VDCS) .................................................................... 150
Village Help Centre (VHC) ............................................................................................................. 150
Warakapola Samoohika Sanwardena Sanvidanaya (WSSS) ............................................................. 150
Wesiwana Jalawiduli Sandanaya (WJS) .......................................................................................... 150
Agricultural & Environmental Society (AES) .................................................................................... 151
Balangoda Environmental Centre (BEC) .......................................................................................... 151
Balangoda Environmental Forum (BEF) .......................................................................................... 151
Bambarabotuwa Environment Conservation Organization (BECO) ..................................................... 151
Bopath - Waterfalls Society (BWFS) ............................................................................................. 151
Community Development Foundation (CDF) .................................................................................... 152
Council on Mithuru Mithuro (CMM) .................................................................................................. 152
Diriya Shakthi Foundation (DSF) .................................................................................................... 152
Divisuru Development Foundation (DDF) ......................................................................................... 152
Environmental Protection Society in Rathnapura District (EPSRD) .................................................... 153
Environmental Protection Society, Kolonna (EPSK) ......................................................................... 153
Eye Sri Lanka (ESL) ..................................................................................................................... 153
Human Development Edification Centre (HDEC) .............................................................................. 153
Hunuwala Welfare Society (HWS) .................................................................................................. 154
Imbulkanda Samagi Parisara Committee (ISPC) ............................................................................ 154
Institute of Sumithuro ................................................................................................................... 154
Kosgulana Sinharaja Sumithuro Organization (KSSO) ...................................................................... 154
Kuttapitiya Environmental Protection Organization (KEPO) .............................................................. 155
Lanka Community Based Development Foundation (LCBDF) ........................................................... 155
Madara Tree Planting & Environment Protection Services (MTPEPS) ................................................ 155
Maw - Hawla ................................................................................................................................ 155
Mihi Mawage Daruwo Environmental Organization (MMDEO) ............................................................ 155
Munwatuyaya United Farmers Organization (MUFO) ......................................................................... 156
National Environmental Farmers Network (NEFN) ............................................................................ 156
Organization of Environment & Children Rights Preservation (OECRP) .............................................. 156
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People’s Development Foundation (PDF) ........................................................................................ 156
Peoples Participatory Foundation (PPF) ......................................................................................... 157
Peoples Young Foundation (PYF) .................................................................................................. 157
Praja Nawodaya Foundation (PNF) ................................................................................................. 157
Rajawak Surekum Kalapa Bala Mandalaya (RSKBM) ...................................................................... 157
Ruwanpura Environmental & Cultural Conservation Organization (RECCO) ........................................ 158
Sabaragamu Peoples Foundation (SPF) ........................................................................................ 158
Sabaragamuwa Community Development Foundation (SCDF) .......................................................... 158
Sabaragamuwa Environmental Development Foundation (SEDF) ...................................................... 158
Seva Srana Environmental Circle (SSEC) ...................................................................................... 159
Silumini Environmental Organization (SEO) .................................................................................... 159
Sinharaja Environment Protection Organization (SEPO) .................................................................. 159
Sinharaja Sumithuro - Ambagahakanda (SSA) ............................................................................... 159
Social Development Co - Operative Foundation (SDCOF) ................................................................. 159
Sri Bodhiraja Foundation (SBF) ..................................................................................................... 160
Sri Lanka Environment Landscaping Design Association (SLELDA) ................................................. 160
Sri Lanka Green Friends (SLGF) ................................................................................................... 160
Sri Lanka Nature Lovers Club (SLNLC) ........................................................................................... 160
Sustainable Social & Economic Development Institute (SSEDI) ....................................................... 160
Temperance Youth Club of Sri Lanka (TYCSL) ............................................................................... 161
Thapovana Environmental Protection Society (TEPS) ...................................................................... 161
UNESCO Society & Social Development Organization (USSDO) ...................................................... 161
Village Community Development Foundation (VCDF) ....................................................................... 161
Youth Organization of Environment (YOE) ...................................................................................... 161
Ampegama Nature Protection Society (ANPS) ............................................................................... 165
Bio - Diversity Protection Organization (BDPO) ............................................................................... 165
Co - Operation Development Foundation (CDF) ............................................................................... 165
Community Development Environmental Foundation (CDEF) ............................................................ 165
Community Development Solidarity Organization (CDSO) ................................................................ 166
Community Environmental Protection Organization (CEPO) ............................................................. 166
Development Education Institute for Human Environmental Resource Management ........................... 166
Earth Co-Habitant Development Foundation (EODF) ........................................................................ 166
Environment & Nature Organization (ENO) ...................................................................................... 167
Environmental & Nature Conservation Association (ENCA) .............................................................. 167
Environmental Friends .................................................................................................................. 167
Environmental Protection Youth Front (EPYF) ................................................................................ 167
Evershine Foundation (EF) ............................................................................................................ 167
Galle Heritage Study Circle (GHSC) .............................................................................................. 168
Global Environment Foundation (GEF) ........................................................................................... 168
Habaraduwa Participatory Development Fund (HPDF) ..................................................................... 168
Human Environment Links Progressive Organization (HELP - O) ...................................................... 168
Janasetha Social Service Organization (JSSO) .............................................................................. 169
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Kadiragalkanda Aranya Environment Conservation Society (KAECS) ................................................ 169
Kanneliya Sanrakshana Niyamuwo (KSN) ....................................................................................... 169
Maduganga Wetland Conservation & Development Foundation ......................................................... 169
Mihikatha Development Foundation in Galle District (MDFGD) .......................................................... 170
Nature Check Organization (NCO) ................................................................................................. 170
Organic Environmental & Rural Farming System Foundation (OERFSF) ............................................ 170
Participatory Development Council of Akmeemana (PDCA) ............................................................. 170
Rainforest Rescue International (Pvt.) Ltd. (RRI) ............................................................................. 171
Ranga Rasara Rangayathanaya (3R) .............................................................................................. 171
Ruhunu Community Development Centre (RCDC) ............................................................................ 171
Rural Development Organization (RDO) .......................................................................................... 172
Sahana Organization (SO) ............................................................................................................. 172
Saviya Development Foundation (SDF) .......................................................................................... 172
Sea Turtle Protection Association (STPA) ...................................................................................... 172
Seth Sevana Foundation (SSF) ..................................................................................................... 173
Sihaturu Sevena - Environmental Organization (SSEO) ................................................................... 173
Southern Environmental Foundation (SEF) ..................................................................................... 173
Southern Fisheries Organization (SFO) .......................................................................................... 173
Southern Region Economic Social & Cultural Organization (SRESCO) .............................................. 174
Sri Ganawimala Social Service Foundation (SGSSF) ....................................................................... 174
Sri Lanka Environmental Social Development Association (SLESDA) ............................................... 174
Sri Lanka Environmentalists Association (SLEA) ............................................................................ 174
Sri Lanka Snake Conservation Society (SLSCS) ............................................................................. 174
Suhadha Mituru Hawla (SMH) ........................................................................................................ 175
Suraksha Environment Association (SEA) ...................................................................................... 175
Uduwila - Dhammathilaka Environment Development Organization (UDEDO) ..................................... 175
Unawatuna Environment Organization (UEO) ................................................................................... 175
Wild Life Conservation Society (WLCS) .......................................................................................... 175
All Ceylon Rural Economic Cultural & Environmental Development Foundation (ACRECEDF) ............. 177
Arunalu Community Development Foundation (ACDF) ...................................................................... 177
Beach Conservation Organization (BCO) ........................................................................................ 177
Friends of Nation ......................................................................................................................... 177
Gaveshana Parisarika Sanvidanaya (GPS) ...................................................................................... 177
Giruwapatthu Praja Sanwardena Chaturasraya (GPSC) ..................................................................... 178
Green Help Environmental Organization (GHEO) ............................................................................. 178
Gunaruwan Environment Protection Organization (GEPO) ................................................................ 178
Hambantota District Development Foundation (HDDF) ..................................................................... 178
Haritha Mithuro Organization (HMO) ............................................................................................... 178
Human Resources & Environment Protection Organization (HREPO) ................................................ 178
Jeevaloka Organization (JO) ......................................................................................................... 179
Mihirasa Foundation (MF) .............................................................................................................. 179
Mithuru Environment Organization (MEO) ....................................................................................... 179
Network on Environmental Education & Development of Sri Lanka (NEEDS) .................................... 179
Nilthurumithuro Organization (NO) .................................................................................................. 179
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Panchaloka Maithree Sanvidanaya (PMS) ....................................................................................... 180
Pawana Environmental Development Foundation (PEDF) ................................................................. 180
Pawana Environmental Organization (PEO) ..................................................................................... 180
Poorna Development Society (PDS) ............................................................................................... 180
Rakawa Development Foundation (RDF) ........................................................................................ 180
Ruhunu Green Logist’s Association (RGLA) .................................................................................... 181
Sarana Foundation ...................................................................................................................... 181
Self-fulfillment Research & Community Enhancement Development Centre (SRCEDC) ..................... 181
Siyath Foundation for Nature Conservation (SFNC) ......................................................................... 181
Swashakthi Sarana Seva Foundation (SSSF) .................................................................................. 181
Total Development Association (TDA) ............................................................................................ 182
Women’s Development Federation (WDF) ...................................................................................... 182
Young Environmentalists (YE) ...................................................................................................... 182
Apeksha Environmental Organization (AEO) .................................................................................. 183
Community Development Organization (CDO) ................................................................................ 183
Community Environmental Development Organization (CEDO) .......................................................... 183
Dakshina Rural Environmental Conservation Society (DRECS) ........................................................ 183
Diriya Katha Development Foundation (DDF).................................................................................... 183
Dotalugala Heritage Organization (DHO) ......................................................................................... 183
Early Childhood Development Centre (ECDC) ................................................................................. 184
Environment Protection Bureau (EPB) ........................................................................................... 184
Environmental Conservation Foundation (ECF) ............................................................................... 184
Environmental Development & Recycling Foundation (EDRFFF) ....................................................... 184
Institute for Development of Community Strengths (INDECOS) ........................................................ 184
Kekanadura - Environmental Protection Union (KEPU) .................................................................... 185
Kembimak .................................................................................................................................. 185
Lovers of Environmental Development (LED) .................................................................................. 185
Madiha Marine Conservation Association (MMCA) ........................................................................... 185
Malimbada Suhada Samajasewa Foundation (MSSF) ...................................................................... 186
Matara District Natural Resources Conservation Society (MDNRCS) ............................................... 186
Matara District Women’s Organization (MDWO) .............................................................................. 186
Mihirani Environmental Organization (MEO) .................................................................................... 186
Mugunumulla Hydro - Power Federation .......................................................................................... 186
Natural Resources Conservation Society (NRCS) ............................................................................ 186
Nature Power Environmental Foundation (NPEF) ............................................................................. 187
Navoda Forest Management Group (NFMG) .................................................................................... 187
Organization for Environmental Education (OEE) ............................................................................ 187
Pitiduwa Community Service Foundation (PCSF) ............................................................................. 187
Pivithuru Parisara Handa (PPH) .................................................................................................... 188
Ruhunu Environmentalists (RE) .................................................................................................... 188
Rural Friends ............................................................................................................................... 188
Sadaham Mithuro Federation (SMF) ............................................................................................... 188
Soba Shakthi Environment Foundation (SSEF) .............................................................................. 189
Society for Environment & Social Protection (SESP) ...................................................................... 189
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Society of Holy Hearts (SHH) ........................................................................................................ 189
South Net ................................................................................................................................... 189
Suhada Mituru Environmental Organization (SMEO) ........................................................................ 189
Thissajaya Environmental Society (TES) ....................................................................................... 190
Turuliya Foundation ..................................................................................................................... 190
Udara - Ecologists Association (UEA) ........................................................................................... 190
Aruna Community Based Organization (ACBO) ............................................................................... 193
Association for the Preservation of Natural Environment in Upper Uva (APNEUU) .............................. 193
Badulla Women’s Development Foundation (BWDF) ....................................................................... 193
Bambragama Environment Protection Union (BEPU) ....................................................................... 193
Bandarawela Environmental Coordination Organization (BECO) ........................................................ 194
Bio Diversity Research Information Training Centre (BDRITC) ........................................................... 194
Desert Centre ............................................................................................................................ 194
Dunhinda Human Development Foundation(DHDF) .......................................................................... 194
Ekamuthu - Community Based Organization (ECBO) ...................................................................... 195
Environment Agro Conservation Foundation (EACF) ........................................................................ 195
Environment Conservation & Community Development Organization (ECCDO) .................................. 195
Foundation for Geological Science (FGS) ...................................................................................... 195
Foundation for Human & Environmental Development (FHED) .......................................................... 196
Future in Our Hands Development Fund (FOHDF) ............................................................................ 196
Human Development Foundation (HDF)........................................................................................... 196
Keenigama Vegetable Fruits Production & Marketing Society (KVFPMS) .......................................... 196
Kithulana Environment Foundation (KEF) ........................................................................................ 196
Lanka Environment Development Foundation (LEDF) ....................................................................... 197
League of Swans (LOS) ................................................................................................................ 197
Meuguna Cultural Foundation (MCF) .............................................................................................. 197
National Environmental Organization of Sri Lanka (NEOSL) ............................................................ 197
Neo Synthesis Research Centre (NSRC) ....................................................................................... 197
Power Foundation ....................................................................................................................... 198
Pubudu Parisara Kamituwa (PPK) ................................................................................................. 198
Ravana Ella Protection Organization (REPO) .................................................................................. 198
Ravana Ella Protection Payment Hawkers (REPPH) ........................................................................ 198
Samadhi Foundation (SF) .............................................................................................................. 198
Samagi Development Foundation (SDF) ......................................................................................... 198
Samashakthi Development Foundation (SDF) ................................................................................. 199
Sarana Development Foundation (SDF) .......................................................................................... 199
Self Help Development Network (SHDNW) ..................................................................................... 199
Self strength Community Participatory Development Foundation (SCPDF) ......................................... 199
Sri Lanka Environment & Community Development Institute (SLECDI) .............................................. 200
Sri Lanka Human Resources Development Foundation (SLHRDF) .................................................... 200
Sri Lanka Library Institute of Social Development (SLLISD) ............................................................. 200
Suwasetha Community Based Organization (SCBO) ....................................................................... 200
Tirasara Lanka Development Foundation (TLDF) ............................................................................ 201
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Uva Community Development Centre (UCDC) ................................................................................. 201
Uva Community Economic Development Project (UCEDP) .............................................................. 201
Uva Education Development Fund (UEDF) .................................................................................... 202
Uva Farmers Development Foundation (UFDF) ............................................................................... 202
Uva Parisarikayo ......................................................................................................................... 202
Uva Research & Training Institute (URTI) ....................................................................................... 202
Uva Shakthi Foundation (USF) ...................................................................................................... 203
Young Environment Conservation Programme (YECP) ..................................................................... 203
Youth Development Programme (YDP) .......................................................................................... 203
Agricultural & Technical Development Foundation (ATDF) ............................................................... 205
Forests For People (FP) ............................................................................................................... 205
Human Resource & Development Foundation (HRDF) ..................................................................... 205
Isuru Community Development Foundation (ICDF) .......................................................................... 205
Janasetha Rural Community Development Foundation (JRCDF) ....................................................... 206
Janashakthi Development Centre (JDC) ......................................................................................... 206
Lower Uva Development & Peace Centre (LUDPC) .......................................................................... 206
Participatory Development Organization (PDO) ............................................................................... 206
Sanrakshana Kalapa Kalamanakarana Balamandalaya (SKKB) ....................................................... 207
Self Development Education Centre (SDEC) .................................................................................. 207
Social Economic & Environment Development Organization (SEEDO) .............................................. 207
Social Economic Development Centre (SEDC) ............................................................................... 207
Suhatha Parisara Sumituro (SPS) ................................................................................................. 207
Vehilihini Development Centre (VDC) ............................................................................................. 208
Village Development Organization (VDO) ........................................................................................ 208
Village Economic Development Foundation (VEDF) ......................................................................... 208
Wellassa Deshiya Govithan Surekeeme Sanvidanaya (WDGSS) ..................................................... 208
Wellassa Development Foundation (WDF) ...................................................................................... 208
Action Network for Migrant Workers (ANMW) ................................................................................. 211
AIDS Council ............................................................................................................................. 211
All Ceylon Community Development Council (ACCDC) .................................................................... 211
Alternative Recycle Institute (ARI) ................................................................................................. 212
Arthacharya Foundation (AF) ........................................................................................................ 212
Association for the Friend of Sri Lanka Environment (AFSLE) .......................................................... 212
Association of the Friends of the Cart - Bull (GAL GAWA MITHURO) ............................................... 212
Basic Needs - Sri Lanka (BNSL) ................................................................................................... 212
Bhikku Organization for Protection of Natural Resources (BOPNR) ................................................. 213
Biodiversity Care Trust of Sri Lanka (BCTSL) ................................................................................. 213
Caritas Sri Lanka (SEDEC) ........................................................................................................... 213
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CCF - Sri Lanka .......................................................................................................................... 213
Centre for Eco-Cultural Studies (CES) ........................................................................................... 214
Centre for Environment & Development (CED) ................................................................................ 214
Centre for Environmental & Nature Studies (CENS) ......................................................................... 214
Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) .......................................................................................... 214
Centre for Society & Religion (CSR) ............................................................................................... 215
Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR) ..................................................................................... 215
Ceylon Bird Club (CBC) ................................................................................................................ 215
Colombo - Gampaha District Community Environmental Forum (CGDCEF) ........................................ 215
Community Development Foundation (CDF) .................................................................................... 215
Community Development Organization (CDO) ................................................................................. 216
Community Development Services (CDS) ....................................................................................... 216
Community Education Centre (CEC) ............................................................................................... 216
Community Relief Foundation (CRF) .............................................................................................. 216
Community Relief Foundation (CRF) ............................................................................................... 217
Community Waste Management Technology & Information Centre (CWMTIC) .................................... 217
Deepaloka Foundation (DF) .......................................................................................................... 217
Diyawanna Oya Farmers Environment Society (DFES) ..................................................................... 217
Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO - V) ................................................................................................ 218Eco Tourism Society of Sri Lanka (ESSL) .................................................................................... 218Educational Foundation for the Hearing Impaired (EFHI) .................................................................. 218
EMACE Sri Lanka ....................................................................................................................... 219
Energy Forum Ltd. ........................................................................................................................ 219
Environment Conservation & Protection Foundation (ECPF) ............................................................. 219
Environmental Committee of the Organization of Professional Association of Sri Lanka (ECOPASL) ... 220
Environmental Education Resource Centre (EERC) ......................................................................... 220
Environmental Foundation Ltd (EFL) ............................................................................................... 220
Environmental Planning & Project Promotional Foundation (EPPPF) ................................................. 221
Environmental Protection Organization - Dadigamuwa ..................................................................... 221
Federation of Wild Life Conservation (FWLC) ................................................................................. 221
Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL) ................................................................................ 222
Forum for Communication in Sustainable Development (FOCUS) ................................................... 222
Forum for Research & Development (FRD) ..................................................................................... 222
FORUT ........................................................................................................................................ 222
Foundation of Environmental Archaeology Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine (FEAFAM) .......................... 222
Foundation of National Development (FND) .................................................................................... 223
Foundation of Traditional Astronomical Conservation (FTAC) .......................................................... 223
GRACIOUS GREEN Organization to Protect Environment & Peoples Welfare ................................... 223
Green Forest Association (GFA) .................................................................................................... 223
Green Land Movement (GLM) ........................................................................................................ 224
Green Movement of Sri Lanka (GMSL) ........................................................................................... 224
Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka (HHSL)........................................................................................... 224
Haritha Dharshana ....................................................................................................................... 224
Haritha Parisara Sansadaya (HPS) ................................................................................................ 225
Helvetas Sri Lanka ...................................................................................................................... 225
Human Development Foundation (HDF) ......................................................................................... 225
Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies (ITES) .......................................................................... 225
Institute of Human Rights (IHR) .................................................................................................... 225
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Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG- South Asia) .................................................... 226
International Free Friendship Organization (IFFO) ............................................................................ 226
International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka Programme Office ............................... 226
Kalani Mitiyawath Human & Environment Resources Protection Organization .................................... 227
Kantha Shakthi ............................................................................................................................ 227
Lanka Council on Water Falls (LCWF) ........................................................................................... 227
Lanka Electric Vehicle’s Society (LEVS) ........................................................................................ 227
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (LRWHF) ............................................................................... 228
Lanka Sathsetha Community Development Association (LSCDA) ..................................................... 228
Lasaliyan Community Educational Service (LCES) .......................................................................... 228
Law & Society Trust (LST) ............................................................................................................. 228
Maligawatta Environment Society (MES) ......................................................................................... 229
Marine Conservation Society of Sri Lanka (MCSSL) ......................................................................... 229
Migrant Services Centre (MSC) ..................................................................................................... 229
Mihimandala Society ..................................................................................................................... 229
Mihisara Organization (MO) ........................................................................................................... 229
Monument for the Disappeared (MD) .............................................................................................. 230
Moratuwa Social Service Society & Home for Elders (MSSSHE) ....................................................... 230
Muhudu Mithuro ........................................................................................................................... 230
National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) .................................................................................... 230
National Forum of People’s Organization (NFPO) ........................................................................... 231
National NGO Council of Sri Lanka (NNGOC) ................................................................................. 231
National Organization of Environment Protection (NOEP) ................................................................ 231
Natural & Social Environmental Protection Organization (NSEPO) ................................................... 231
Natural History Collection (NHC) .................................................................................................... 232
Nature Care Organization (NCO) .................................................................................................... 232
Nature Conservation Group (NCG) .................................................................................................. 232
Nature Foundation (NF) ................................................................................................................. 232
Nature Photographer Competition (NPC) ........................................................................................ 232
Navodaya Foundation (NF) ............................................................................................................ 233
Nawagampura Samurdhi Environment Protection Organization (NSEPO) ........................................... 233
NGO Forum on Ageing (NFOA) ..................................................................................................... 233
NGO Water Supply & Sanitation Decade Service (NWSSDS) ........................................................... 234
Nisad Organization (NO) ............................................................................................................... 234
OISCA International .................................................................................................................... 234
Organization for the Protection of Social Environment (OPSE) ........................................................ 234
Organization of Parents & Family Members of the Disappeared (OPFMD) ......................................... 235
Organization to Safeguard Life & Environment (OSLEN) .................................................................. 235
Parisara - Environmental Institute (PEI) ......................................................................................... 235
Parisarikayo ................................................................................................................................ 235
Protecting Environment & Children Every Were (PEACE) ................................................................. 236
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) ........................................................................................... 236
Resource Centre for Community Groups (RCCG) ............................................................................ 236
Ruk Rakaganno (Tree Society of Sri Lanka) ................................................................................. 236
Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation (SBLF) ............................................................................................. 237
Sahanaya National Council for Mental Health (SNCMH) .................................................................... 237
Sanasa Federation ...................................................................................................................... 238
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Sangrama ................................................................................................................................... 238
Sarvodaya Women’s Movement (SWM) .......................................................................................... 238
Sarvodaya Youth Environmentalist Society (SYES) ......................................................................... 238
Sathva Mithura (Friends of Animals) .............................................................................................. 238
Saukyadana Movement (SM) ........................................................................................................ 239
Save the Children ........................................................................................................................ 239
Savisthri ..................................................................................................................................... 239
Seethawaka Parisarikayo (SP) ...................................................................................................... 240
Seethawaka Yown Parisara Hithakamiyoc (SYPH) ........................................................................... 240
Seethawakapura Parisarikayo (SP) ................................................................................................ 240
Senehasa Environmental Organization (SEO) ................................................................................. 240
Seth Sarana (SS) ......................................................................................................................... 240
Seth Sevana Foundation (SSF) ...................................................................................................... 241
Sevanatha - Urban Resource Centre .............................................................................................. 241
Sewalanka Foundation (SLF) ...................................................................................................... 241
Society for Environment Education (SEE) ....................................................................................... 242
Society for Environmental Protection (SEP) .................................................................................... 242
Society for People Centre Development (SPCD) .............................................................................. 242
Society for the Protection of Animal Rights (SPAR) ......................................................................... 242
South Asia Partnership (SAP) ....................................................................................................... 243
Sri Lanka Anti Narcotics Association (SLANA) ............................................................................... 243
Sri Lanka Association of Professional Social Workers (SLAPSW) ................................................... 243
Sri Lanka Bio-gas Society (SLBS) ................................................................................................. 243
Sri Lanka Centre for Development Service (SLCDS) ........................................................................ 243
Sri Lanka Centre for Plastic In Environment (SLCPE) ...................................................................... 244
Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation (SLEF) ....................................................................................... 244
Sri Lanka Environment Conservators (SLECO) ................................................................................ 244
Sri Lanka Environmental Congress (SLEC) .................................................................................... 245
Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF) ....................................................................... 245
Sri Lanka Environmental Television Project (SLETP) ....................................................................... 245
Sri Lanka Federation of School Environmental Clubs ..................................................................... 246
Sri Lanka National Association of Counselors (SLNAC) ................................................................... 246
Sri Lanka Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (SLCIK) ........................................................ 246
Sri Lanka Science Students Foundation (SLSSF) ........................................................................... 246
Sri Lanka Sumithrayo ................................................................................................................... 246
Sri Lanka United Nation Friendship Organization (SUNFO) .............................................................. 247
Sri Lanka Voluntary Youth Movement (SLVYM) ............................................................................... 247
Sri Lanka Women’s Conference (SLWC) ........................................................................................ 247
Sri Lanka Working Group on Trade & IFIs .................................................................................... 247
Subodhi Institute of Integral Education (SIIE) ................................................................................. 248
Survival Initiative (SI) .................................................................................................................... 248
Sustainable Programme of Economic & Environmental Development (SPEED DEVELOPMENT) ....... 248
S WABHA - Trust (private) limited ................................................................................................... 248
Swarna Hansa Foundation (SHF) ................................................................................................... 248
Temperance Society of Sri Lanka (TSSL) ....................................................................................... 249
Thurulatha & Environment Organization (TEO) ................................................................................ 249
Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) .................................................................................................. 249
United Integration Environment Society (UIES) ............................................................................... 249
Vanapiyasa ................................................................................................................................. 250
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VIHYDA ..................................................................................................................................... 250
Voice of Women .......................................................................................................................... 250
Voice of Youth (VY) ..................................................................................................................... 250
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) ................................................................................................ 251
Wanaspati ................................................................................................................................... 251
Wild Life & Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS) ............................................................ 251
Wild Life Adventure Club (WLAC) .................................................................................................. 251
W ild Life Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka (WHT) ................................................................................... 252
Women in Need (WIN) ................................................................................................................. 252
Worldview Sri Lanka (WSL) ........................................................................................................... 252
Young Biologist Association (YBA) ................................................................................................ 253
Young Nature Protection Foundation (YNPF) .................................................................................. 253
Young Zoologists Association (YZ) ............................................................................................... 253
Youth Organization for Environment Resources in Sri Lanka (YOERSL) ........................................... 253
All Island Community Relief Foundation (AILCRF) ........................................................................... 255
Arunodaya Community Service (ACS) ............................................................................................ 255
Arunodaya Environmentalists ........................................................................................................ 255
Biyagama Environmentalist’s ........................................................................................................ 255
Biyagama Provincial Environmental Care Organization (BPECO) ...................................................... 256
Care for the Nature ...................................................................................................................... 256
Community Environment Organization (CEO) ................................................................................. 256
Community Environmental Organization (CEO) ............................................................................... 256
Daarana Street Drama Group & Cultural Forum (DSDGCF) ............................................................... 256
Danavkanda Environmental Conservation Centre (DECC) ................................................................. 257
Environment Protection Society (EPS) ........................................................................................... 257
Environment Road Protection & Social Welfare Society (ERPSWS) ................................................. 257
Environmental Protection Society (EPS) ......................................................................................... 257
Gampaha Environmental Foundation (GEF) .................................................................................... 257
Health Aid Movement (HAM) .......................................................................................................... 258
Human Environment & Resource Organization (HERO) ................................................................... 258
Integrated Livestock Development Association (ILDA) ..................................................................... 258
ISD Sri Lanka ............................................................................................................................. 258
Kurana Mangala Parisara Samitiya (KMPS) .................................................................................... 259
Lakdiriya Foundation .................................................................................................................... 259
Life & Environment Protection Organization (LEPO) ........................................................................ 259
Muthurajawela & Negombo Lagoon Development Foundation (MNLDF) .............................................. 259
Narada Sawana Foundation (NSF) .................................................................................................. 260
National Association for Protection of Environment (NAFPOTE) ....................................................... 260
National Association of Social Animators (NASA) ........................................................................... 260
National Environmental Conservation Conference (NECC) ............................................................... 260
National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO) ........................................................................ 261
National Organization for Primary Health & Environmental Development (NOPHED) ........................... 261
Nature Protection Organization (NPO) ........................................................................................... 261
Negombo Citizen Forum (NCF) ..................................................................................................... 261
Samaja Sahajeewi Sangamaya (SSS) ............................................................................................ 261
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Social Educational Religious Cultural & Health Organization (SERCH) ............................................... 262
Society for Society for Waterfalls Club (SWFC) ............................................................................. 262
Sri Lanka Environment Conservation Foundation (SLECF) ............................................................... 262
Sri Lanka Social & Economic Development Centre (SLSEDC) ......................................................... 263
SUSUMA Environmental Foundation .............................................................................................. 263
Taruna Udawa Foundation ............................................................................................................. 263
Thuruliya Environmental Institute (TEI) ........................................................................................... 263
United Fisheries Organization (UFO) .............................................................................................. 264
Wetland Conservation & Development Foundation (WCDF) .............................................................. 264
Yahamaga Community Development Foundation (YCDF) .................................................................. 264
Bolgoda Sumituro Environment Society (BSES) .............................................................................. 265
Committee for People’s Rights (CPR) ............................................................................................ 265
Community Oriented Resource Exchange (CORE) .......................................................................... 265
Council on Saruketha (CS) ............................................................................................................ 266
Derana Community Development Foundation (DCDF) ....................................................................... 266
Diriya Foundation .......................................................................................................................... 266
Environmental Development Association (EDA) .............................................................................. 266
Foundation of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FFES) .................................................................. 266
Friendly Association ..................................................................................................................... 267
Gallena Temple Environment Foundation (GTEF) ............................................................................ 267
Gonaduwa Rural Environmental Committee (GREC) ........................................................................ 267
Green Friends ............................................................................................................................. 267
Green Life Environmental Organization (GLEO) .............................................................................. 267
Human Environmental League for Preservation (HELP) .................................................................... 268
Indigenous Heritage Explorative Foundation (IHEF) ......................................................................... 268
Institute to Develop Sustainable Agriculture (IDSA) ......................................................................... 268
Karangoda Property Development Society (KPDS) .......................................................................... 269
Mihitala Mituro Environmental Protection Foundation (MMEPF) ......................................................... 269
Moragahana Environmental Protection Organization (MEPO) ............................................................ 269
Munagama Rural Development Society (MRDS) .............................................................................. 269
National Pre-School Development Foundation (NPDF) ..................................................................... 269
Natural & Rural Protection Foundation (NRPF) ................................................................................ 270
Natural Resources Protection Society (NRPS) ................................................................................ 270
Panadura Field study & Research Centre (PFRC) ............................................................................ 270
Raigampura Environmentalists ...................................................................................................... 270
Rural & Community Development Cooperation (RCDC) ..................................................................... 271
School Nature Clubs Patrons Society (SNCPS) .............................................................................. 271
Senasuma Environment Beautification Foundation (SEBF) ............................................................... 271
Sirilak Sahana Sewa padanama (SSSP) ....................................................................................... 271
Sri Lanka National Green Congress (SLNGC) ................................................................................. 271
Sri Lanka United Agro Society (SLUAS) ......................................................................................... 272
Sri Lanka United Nations Association (SLUNA) ............................................................................... 272
Sri Lanka Welfare Foundation (SWF) ............................................................................................. 272
Swarna Environmental Organization (SEO) ..................................................................................... 272
Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) ................................................................................................ 276
Women’s & Child Development Foundation (WCDF)......................................................................... 272
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Action Network for Migrant Workers (ANMW), Colombo - 211
Agricultural & Environmental Society (AES), Ratnapura - 110
Agricultural & Technical Development Foundation (ATDF), Moneragala - 158
Agriculture & Environmental Development Foundation (AEDF), Kandy - 45
Agro Producers Manufactures Association of Negampahakorale (APMAN), Anuradhapura - 73
AIDS Council, Colombo - 162
All Ceylon Community Development Council (ACCDC), Colombo - 162
All Ceylon Rural Economic Cultural & Environmental Development Foundation, Hambantota - 132
All Island Community Relief Foundation (AILCRF), Gampha - 204
Alternative Recycle Institute (ARI), Colombo - 162
Ampegama Nature Protection Society (ANPS), Galle - 121
Amphibian & Reptile Research Organization of Sri Lanka (ARROSL), Kandy - 45
Anthodaya Community Development Foundation (ACDF), Kandy - 45
Apeksha Environmental Organization (AEO), Matara - 139
Arthacharya Foundation (AF), Colombo - 162
Aruna Community Based Organization (ACBO), Badulla - 147
Arunalu Community Development Centre (ACSC), Matale - 62
Arunalu Community Development Foundation (ACDF), Hambantota - 132
Arunalu Environmental Association (AEA), Matale - 62
Arunodaya Community Service (ACS), Gampha - 204
Arunodaya Environmentalists, Gampha - 204
Arunodaya Rural Development Federation (ARDF), Polonnaruwa - 81
Asian Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO-Sri Lanka), Kandy - 46
Asiriya Environmental Organization (AEO), Kurunegala - 86
Association for Protection of Natural Resources (APNR), Anuradhapura - 73
Association for the Friend of Sri Lanka Environment (AFSLE), Colombo - 163
Association for the Preservation of Natural Environment in Upper Uva (APNEUU), Badulla - 147
Association of the Friends of the Cart - Bull (GAL GAWA MITHURO), Colombo - 163
Association of Women with Disabilities (AWD), Anuradhapura - 73
Avadhi Lanka, Nuwara Eliya - 70
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Badulla Women’s Development Foundation (BWDF), Badulla - 147
Balangoda Environmental Centre (BEC), Ratnapura - 110
Balangoda Environmental Forum (BEF), Ratnapura - 110
Bambarabotuwa Environment Conservation Organization (BECO), Ratnapura - 110
Bambragama Environment Protection Union (BEPU), Badulla - 147
Bandarawela Environmental Coordination Organization, Badulla - 148
Basic Needs - Sri Lanka (BNSL), Colombo - 163
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Beach Conservation Organization (BCO), Hambantota - 133
Bhikku Organization for Protection of Natural Resources (BOPNR), Colombo - 163
Bio - Diversity Protection Organization (BDPO), Galle - 121
Bio Diversity Research Information Training Centre (BDRITC), Badulla - 148
Biodiversity Care Trust of Sri Lanka (BCTSL), Colombo - 163
Biyagama Environmentalist’s, Gampha - 204
Biyagama Provincial Environmental Care Organization (BPECO), Gampha - 205
Bolgoda Sumituro Environment Society (BSES), Kalutara - 214
Bopath - Waterfalls Society (BWFS), Ratnapura - 110
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Care for the Nature, Gampha - 205
Caritas Sri Lanka (SEDEC), Colombo - 164
Catalyst, Kandy - 46
CCF - Sri Lanka, Colombo - 164
Central Province Social & Environmental Foundation (CPSEF), Matale - 62
Centre for Eco - Cultural Studies (CECS), Matale - 62
Centre for Eco-Cultural Studies (CES), Colombo - 164
Centre for Environment & Development (CED), Colombo - 165
Centre for Environmental & Nature Studies (CENS), Colombo - 165
Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Colombo - 165
Centre for Human Development (CFHD), Kegalle - 101
Centre for Nature Studies, Wayamba (CNSW), Kurunegala - 86
Centre for Society & Religion (CSR), Colombo - 166
Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR), Colombo - 166
Ceylon Bird Club (CBC), Colombo - 166
Civil Societies National Forum (CSNF), Kegalle - 101
Co - Operation Development Foundation (CDF), Galle - 121
Colombo - Gampaha District Community Environmental Forum (CGDCEF), Colombo - 166
Committee for People’s Rights (CPR), Kalutara - 214
Community Development Centre (CDC), Kegalle - 101
Community Development Environmental Foundation (CDEF), Galle - 121
Community Development Foundation (CDF), Anuradhapura - 73
Community Development Foundation (CDF), Colombo - 167
Community Development Foundation (CDF), Ratnapura - 111
Community Development Organization (CDO), Colombo - 167
Community Development Organization (CDO), Matara - 139
Community Development Services (CDS), Colombo - 167
Community Development Solidarity Organization (CDSO), Galle - 122
Community Development Welfare Foundation (CDWF), Kurunegala - 87
Community Education Centre (CEC), Colombo - 167
Community Environment Development Foundation (CEDF), Anuradhapura - 74
Community Environment Development Organization (CEDO), Kurunegala - 86
Community Environment Organization (CEO), Gampha - 205
Community Environmental Development Foundation (CEDf), Kurunegala - 86
Community Environmental Development Organization (CEDO), Matara - 139
Community Environmental Organization (CEO), Gampha - 205
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Community Environmental Protection Organization (CEPO), Galle - 122
Community Oriented Resource Exchange (CORE), Kalutara - 214
Community Participatory Development Foundation (CPDF), Kandy - 46
Community Relief Foundation (CRF), Colombo - 168
Community Relief Foundation (CRF), Colombo - 168
Community Resources Management Organization (CRMO), Anuradhapura - 74
Community Self strength Active Organization (CSAO), Anuradhapura - 74
Community Self strength Development Foundation (CSDF), Anuradhapura - 74
Community Solidarity Organization (CSO), Puttalam - 96
Community Strength Development Foundation (CSDF), Kandy - 46
Community Trust Fund (CTF), Puttalam - 96
Community Waste Management Technology & Information Centre (CWMTIC), Colombo - 168
Community Welfare Centre (CWC), Kegalle - 101
Council on Mithuru Mithuro (CMM), Ratnapura - 111
Council on Saruketha (CS), Kalutara - 215
Cultural & Environment Society (CES), Kandy - 47
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Daarana Street Drama Group & Cultural Forum (DSDGCF), Gampha - 205
Dadurunimna Environmental Foundation (DEF), Puttalam - 96
Dakshina Rural Environmental Conservation Society (DRECS), Matara - 139
Dambadeniya Development Foundation (DDF), Kurunegala - 87
Dambulla Community Resource’s Development Centre (DCRDC), Matale - 62
Dammawasa Niketan, Matale - 63
Danavkanda Environmental Conservation Centre (DECC), Gampha - 206
Deduruoya - Catchments Aria Protection Organization (DCAPO), Kurunegala - 87
Deepa Siri Grameya Kamituwa (DSGK), Kurunegala - 87
Deepaloka Foundation (DF), Colombo - 168
Dehiowita - People’s Development Foundation (DPDF), Kegalle - 102
Derana Community Development Foundation (DCDF), Kalutara - 215
Desert Centre, Badulla - 148
Development Communication Foundation (DCF), Kegalle - 102
Development Education Institute for Human Environmental Resource Management , Galle - 122 Dhoragala
Peacock Hill Jalaposhaka Isuru Subhasadaka & Sanrakshana Samithiya, Kandy - 47
Diriya Foundation, Kalutara - 215
Diriya Shakthi Foundation (DSF), Ratnapura - 111
Diriya Katha Development Foundation (DDF), Matara - 139
Divisional Environment Protection Society (DEPS), Kandy - 47
Divisional Women’s Association of Abangaha Korale , Matale - 63
Divisuru Development Foundation (DDF), Ratnapura - 111
Diyawanna Oya Farmers Environment Society (DFES), Colombo - 169
Dotalugala Heritage Organization (DHO), Matara - 139
Drug Prevention & Environment Preservation Organization (DPEPO), Polonnaruwa - 81
Dumbara Community Development Foundation (DCDF), Kandy - 47
Dumbara Environment & Development Foundation (DEDF), Kandy - 48
Dumbara Mituro Environmental Foundation (DMEF), Matale - 63
Dunhinda Human Development Foundation(DHDF), Badulla - 148
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EEarly Childhood Development Centre (ECDC), Matara - 140
Earth Co-Habitant Development Foundation (EODF), Galle - 122
Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO - V), Colombo - 169
Eco Tourism Society of Sri Lanka (ESSL), Colombo - 169
Ecological Association of Sri Lanka (EASL), Kandy - 48
Educational Foundation for the Hearing Impaired (EFHI), Colombo - 169
Educational Training & Development Organization of Situmina (ETDOS), Matale - 64
Ekamuthu - Community Based Organization (ECBO), Badulla - 149
Eksith Child Development & Social Development Foundation (ECDSDF), Nuwara Eliya - 70
EMACE Sri Lanka, Colombo - 169
Energy Forum Ltd., Colombo - 170
Entrepreneur’s Development Alliance (EDA), Kegalle - 102
Environment & Bio Resources Protection Organization (EBRPO), Kurunegala - 87
Environment & Natural Resources Conservation Organization (ENRCO), Matale - 64
Environment & Natural Resources Development Centre (ENRDC), Matale - 64
Environment & Nature Organization (ENO), Galle - 123
Environment Agro Conservation Foundation (EACF), Badulla - 149
Environment Conservation & Community Development Organization (ECCDO), Badulla - 149
Environment Conservation & Protection Foundation (ECPF), Colombo - 170
Environment Conservationists Society of Hill Country (KSRH), Matale - 65
Environment Friends (EF), Kegalle - 102
Environment Natural Resources Protection Society (ENRPS), Matale - 65
Environment Protection Bureau (EPB), Matara - 140
Environment Protection Organization (EPO), Kurunegala - 88
Environment Protection Society (EPS), Gampha - 206
Environment Road Protection & Social Welfare Society (ERPSWS), Gampha - 206
Environmental & Nature Conservation Association (ENCA), Galle - 123
Environmental & Social Development Institute (ESDI), Kandy - 48
Environmental Committee of the Organization of Professional Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo - 170
Environmental Community Centre for Namal Uyana (ECCNU), Anuradhapura - 74
Environmental Community Development Foundation (ECDF), Kurunegala - 88
Environmental Conservation Foundation (ECF), Matara - 140
Environmental Development & Recycling Foundation (EDRFFF), Matara - 140
Environmental Development Association (EDA), Kalutara - 215
Environmental Development Organization (EDO), Kurunegala - 88
Environmental Education Resource Centre (EERC), Colombo - 170
Environmental Foundation Ltd (EFL), Colombo - 171
Environmental Friends, Galle - 123
Environmental Planning & Project Promotional Foundation (EPPPF), Colombo - 171
Environmental Protection & Scientific Exploration Organization (EPSEO), Kandy - 48
Environmental Protection Organization - Dadigamuwa, Colombo - 171
Environmental Protection Society (EPS), Gampha - 206
Environmental Protection Society for Horticulture, Harispattuwa (EPSHH), Kandy - 49
Environmental Protection Society in Rathnapura District (EPSRD), Ratnapura - 112
Environmental Protection Society, Kolonna (EPSK), Ratnapura - 112
Environmental Protection Youth Front (EPYF), Galle - 123
Environmentalists Association of Rajarata University (EARU), Anuradhapura - 75
Evergreen Environmental Friends (EEF), Kandy - 49
Evergreen Foundation, Nuwara Eliya - 70
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Evershine Foundation (EF), Galle - 123
Eye Sri Lanka (ESL), Ratnapura - 112
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Farmland Protection & Environmental Organization (FPEO), Puttalam - 96
Federation of Wild Life Conservation (FWLC), Colombo - 172
Fern Society of Sri Lanka (FSSL), Puttalam - 97
Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL), Colombo - 172
Fisheries Development Project (FDP), Matale - 65
Forests for People (FP), Moneragala - 158Forum for Communication in Sustainable Development (FOCUS), Colombo -
Forum for Research & Development (FRD), Colombo - 173
Forum on Development, Kegalle - 103
FORUT, Colombo - 173
Foundation for Environmental Development & Education (FEDE), Matale - 65
Foundation for Geological Science (FGS), Badulla - 149
Foundation for Human & Environmental Development (FHED), Badulla - 150
Foundation of Environmental Archaeology Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine (FEAFAM), Colombo - 173
Foundation of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FFES), Kalutara - 215
Foundation of Human Education & Social Development (FHESD), Kegalle - 103
Foundation of National Development (FND), Colombo - 173
Foundation of Traditional Astronomical Conservation (FTAC), Colombo - 174
Friendly Association, Kalutara - 216
Friends of Lanka (FOL), Kegalle - 103
Friends of Nation, Hambantota - 133
Friends of Nature, Kandy - 50
Friends Universal Social Welfare Association (FUSWA), Ampara - 82
Future in Our Hands Development Fund (FOHDF), Badulla - 150
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Galigamu People’s Foundation (GPF), Kegalle - 103
Galle Heritage Study Circle (GHSC), Galle - 124
Gallena Temple Environment Foundation (GTEF), Kalutara - 216
Galoya Valley Community Development Foundation (GVCDF), Ampara - 82
Gami Sarana Maha Sangamaya (GSMS), Polonnaruwa - 81
Gami Seva Sevana Ltd, Kandy - 50
Gampaha Environmental Foundation (GEF), Gampha - 206
Gampola Upland Community Strength Foundation (GUCSF), Kandy -50
Gaveshana Parisarika Sanvidanaya (GPS), Hambantota - 133
Giruwapatthu Praja Sanwardena Chaturasraya (GPSC), Hambantota - 133
Global Environment Foundation (GEF), Galle - 124
Gonaduwa Rural Environmental Committee (GREC), Kalutara - 216
GRACIOUS GREEN Organization to Protect Environment & Peoples Welfare, Colombo - 174
Grama Abivurdihi Foundation for Environmental Conservation (GAFEC), Matale - 65
Gramashakti Development Foundation (GDF), Anuradhapura - 75
Green Forest Association (GFA), Colombo - 174
Green Friends, Kalutara - 216
Green Help Environmental Organization (GHEO), Hambantota - 133
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Green Land Movement (GLM), Colombo - 174
Green Leaf, Batticaloa - 85
Green Life Environmental Organization (GLEO), Kalutara - 216
Green Movement of Sri Lanka (GMSL), Colombo - 174
Gunaruwan Environment Protection Organization (GEPO), Hambantota - 134
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Habaraduwa Participatory Development Fund (HPDF), Galle - 124
Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka (HHSL), Colombo - 175
Hambantota District Development Foundation (HDDF), Hambantota - 134
Haritha Dharshana, Colombo - 175
Haritha Environmental Society (HES), Kandy - 50
Haritha Mithuro Organization (HMO), Hambantota - 134
Haritha Mituru Environmental Protection Organization (HMEPO), Kegalle - 103
Haritha Parisara Sansadaya (HPS), Colombo - 175
Health & Environment Organization (HEO), Kandy - 51
Health Aid Movement (HAM), Gampha - 207
Helapitihena Environment Protection Organization (HEPO), Kurunegala -88
Helvetas Sri Lanka, Colombo - 175
Heritage of Herbs, Kandy - 51
Hill Country Environmental Association (HCEA), Nuwara Eliya - 70
Hill Country Nature Conservation Social & Economic Foundation , Matale - 66
Human & Community Development Youth Organization (HCDYO), Anuradhapura - 75
Human & Environment Development Organization (HEDO), Kegalle - 104
Human Development & Natural Resources Management Foundation (HDNRMF), Nuwara Eliya - 71
Human Development Edification Centre (HDEC), Ratnapura - 112
Human Development Foundation (HDF), Badulla - 150
Human Development Foundation (HDF), Colombo - 176
Human Environment & Resource Organization (HERO), Gampha - 207
Human Environment Links Progressive Organization (HELP - O), Galle - 124
Human Environmental League for Preservation (HELP), Kalutara - 217
Human Resource & Development Foundation (HRDF), Moneragala - 158
Human Resource Centre (HRC), Kegalle - 104
Human Resources & Environment Protection Organization (HREPO), Hambantota - 134
Human Resources Development Centre (HRDC), Kurunegala - 88
Human Welfare & Environmental Development Foundation (HWEDF), Kurunegala - 88
Hunuwala Welfare Society (HWS), Ratnapura - 113
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IAA Ecological Organization, Anuradhapura - 76
Imbulkanda Samagi Parisara Committee (ISPC), Ratnapura - 113
IMSO Development Foundation, Kegalle - 104
Indigenous Heritage Explorative Foundation (IHEF), Kalutara - 217
Institute for Development of Community Strengths (INDECOS), Matara - 140
Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies (ITES), Colombo - 176
Institute of Human Rights (IHR), Colombo - 176
Institute of Sumithuro, Ratnapura - 113
Institute to Develop Sustainable Agriculture (IDSA), Kalutara - 217
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Integrated Development Association (IDEA), Kandy - 51
Integrated Environment Rehabilitation Organization (IERO), Anuradhapura - 76
Integrated Environmental Organization (IEO), Kandy - 51
Integrated Livestock Development Association (ILDA), Gampha - 207
Inter Nation Friendship Foundation (INFF), Ampara - 82
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG - South Asia), Colombo - 176
International Free Friendship Organization (IFFO), Colombo - 177
International Health Organization (IHO), Puttalam - 97
International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka Programme Office ,Colombo -
ISD Sri Lanka, Gampha - 207
Isura Sanwardana Kendraya (ISK), Kurunegala - 89
Isuru Community Development Foundation (ICDF), Moneragala - 158
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Janadiriya Development Foundation Ltd (JDFL), Puttalam - 97
Janasahana Foundation, Kandy - 52
Janasarana - Social Development Services (JSDS), Matale - 66
Janasetha Rural Community Development Foundation (JRCDF) , Moneragala - 159
Janasetha Social Service Organization (JSSO), Galle - 125
Janashakthi Development Centre (JDC), Moneragala - 159
Janashakthi Development Foundation (JDF), Anuradhapura - 76
Jayashakthee Uva Foundation (JUF), Matale - 66
Jeevaloka Organization (JO), Hambantota - 134
K
Kadiragalkanda Aranya Environment Conservation Society (KAECS), Galle - 125
Kalani Mitiyawath Human & Environment Resources Protection Organization, Colombo - 177
Kandukara Natural Frost Conservation Project (KNFCP), Kandy - 52
Kandurata Community Development Centre (KCDC), Kandy - 52
Kandurata Participatory Development Centre (KAPDEC ), Kandy - 52
Kanneliya Sanrakshana Niyamuwo (KSN), Galle - 125
Kantha Shakthi, Colombo - 177
Karangoda Property Development Society (KPDS), Kalutara - 218
Keenigama Vegetable Fruits Production & Marketing Society (KVFPMS), Badulla - 150
Kekanadura - Environmental Protection Union (KEPU), Matara - 141
Kelani Soba Thurunu Parisara Samajaya (KSTPS), Kegalle - 104
Kembimak, Matara - 141
Kithulana Environment Foundation (KEF), Badulla - 150
Knuckles Bio Diversification Care Organization (KBDCO), Matale - 66
Kosgulana Sinharaja Sumithuro Organization (KSSO), Rathnapura - 113
Kudaseegiriya Environment Society (KES), Ampara 82
Kurana Mangala Parisara Samitiya (KMPS), Gampha - 208
Kuttapitiya Environmental Protection Organization (KEPO), Ratnapura - 114
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Lakdiriya Foundation, Gampha - 208
Laksetha Sahana Seva (LSS), Kandy - 53
Land Development & Planting Management Institute (LDPMI), Kegalle - 105
Lanka Community Based Development Foundation (LCBDF), Ratnapura - 114
Lanka Council on Water Falls (LCWF) , Colombo - 177
Lanka Electric Vehicle’s Society (LEVS), Colombo - 178
Lanka Environment Development Foundation (LEDF), Badulla - 151
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (LRWHF), Colombo - 178
Lanka Sathsetha Community Development Association (LSCDA), Colombo - 178
Lasaliyan Community Educational Service (LCES), Colombo - 178
Law & Society Trust (LST), Colombo - 179
League of Swans (LOS), Badulla - 151
Life & Environment Protection Organization (LEPO), Gampha - 208
Lovers of Environmental Development (LED), Matara - 141
Lower Uva Development & Peace Centre (LUDPC), Moneragala - 159
M
Madakakila United Rural Development Society (MURDS), Kandy - 53
Madara Tree Planting & Environment Protection Services (MTPEPS), Ratnapura - 114
Madiha Marine Conservation Association (MMCA), Matara - 141
Maduganga Wetland Conservation & Development Foundation, Galle - 125
Magallegama Govi Sanvidanaya (MGS), Kurunegala - 89
Maligawatta Environment Society (MES), Colombo - 179
Malimbada Suhada Samajasewa Foundation (MSSF), Matara - 142
Manawa Prabodha Padanama (MPP), Anuradhapura - 76
Mandru, Batticaloa - 85
Marine Conservation Society of Sri Lanka (MCSSL), Colombo - 179
Matara District Natural Resources Conservation Society (MDNRCS), Matara - 142
Matara District Women’s Organization (MDWO), Matara - 142
Maw - Hawla, Ratnapura - 114
Mawanella Snake Bite Treatment Organization (MSBTO), Kegalle - 105
Medicinal & Ornamental Planters Association of Tunkoralaya (MOPAT), Kegalle - 105
Meuguna Cultural Foundation (MCF), Badulla - 151
Michilanka Environmental Protection Organization (MEPO), Kandy - 53
Migrant Services Centre (MSC), Colombo - 179
Mihi Mawage Daruwo Environmental Organization (MMDEO), Rathnapura - 114
Mihikatha Development Foundation in Galle District (MDFGD), Galle - 125
Mihikatha Environment Society (MES), Puttalam - 98
Mihikatha Environmental Organization (MEO), Matale - 66
Mihikatha Surakinno, Anuradhapura - 77
Mihimandala Society, Colombo - 180
Mihirani Environmental Organization (MEO), Matara - 142
Mihirasa Foundation (MF), Hambantota - 135
Mihiresa Foundation, Kurunegala - 89
Mihisara Environmental Society (MES), Kegalle - 105
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Mihisara Organization (MO), Colombo - 180
Mihitala Environment Organization (MEO), Kandy - 53
Mihitala Mituro Environmental Protection Foundation (MMEPF), Kalutara - 218
Milk Production & Animal Breeding Centre of Kurunegala (MPABCK), Kurunegala - 89
Mithuru Environment Organization (MEO), Hambantota - 135
Monument for the Disappeared (MD), Colombo - 180
Moragahana Environmental Protection Organization (MEPO), Kalutara - 218
Moratuwa Social Service Society & Home for Elders (MSSSHE), Colombo - 180
MOSDEP Sri Lanka, Kandy - 53
Mugunumulla Hydro - Power Federation, Matara - 142
Muhudu Mithuro, Colombo - 181
Munagama Rural Development Society (MRDS), Kalutara - 218
Munwatuyaya United Farmers Organization (MUFO), Ratnapura - 115
Muthurajawela & Negombo Lagoon Development Foundation (MNLDF), Gampha - 208
N
Narada Sawana Foundation (NSF), Gampha - 209
Nation Builders Association (NBA), Kandy - 54
National Association for Protection of Environment (NAFPOTE), Gampha - 209
National Association of Social Animators (NASA), Gampha - 209
National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC), Colombo - 181
National Environmental Conservation Conference (NECC), Gampha - 209
National Environmental Farmers Network (NEFN), Ratnapura - 115
National Environmental Forum (NEF), Kandy - 54
National Environmental Organization of Sri Lanka (NEOSL), Badulla - 151
National Environmental Organization of Sri Lanka , Matale - 67
National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO), Gampha - 210
National Forest Protection & Environment Project (NFPEP), Kandy - 54
National Forum of People’s Organization (NFPO), Colombo - 181
National NGO Council of Sri Lanka (NNGOC), Colombo - 181
National Organization for Primary Health & Environmental Development (NOPHED), Gampha - 210
National Organization of Environment Protection (NOEP), Colombo - 181
National Pre-School Development Foundation (NPDF), Kalutara - 218
Natural & Rural Protection Foundation (NRPF), Kalutara - 219
Natural & Social Environmental Protection Organization (NSEPO), Colombo - 182
Natural History Collection (NHC), Colombo - 182
Natural Resources Conservation Society (NRCS), Matara - 142
Natural Resources Protection Society (NRPS), Kalutara - 219
Nature Care Organization (NCO), Colombo - 182
Nature Check Organization (NCO), Galle - 125
Nature Conservation Group (NCG), Colombo - 182
Nature Environmental Exploration Society (NEES), Kandy - 54
Nature Foundation (NF), Colombo - 182
Nature Photographer Competition (NPC), Colombo - 183
Nature Power Environmental Foundation (NPEF), Matara - 143
Nature Protection Organization (NPO), Gampha - 210
Navoda Forest Management Group (NFMG), Matara - 143
Navodaya Foundation (NF), Colombo - 183
Nawagampura Samurdhi Environment Protection Organization (NSEPO), Colombo - 183
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Negombo Citizen Forum (NCF) , Gampha - 210
Neo Synthesis Research Centre (NSRC), Badulla - 151
Network on Environmental Education & Development of Sri Lanka (NEEDS), Hambantota - 135
NGO Forum on Ageing (NFOA), Colombo - 183
NGO Water Supply & Sanitation Decade Service (NWSSDS), Colombo - 184
Nikasala Community Organization (NCO), Anuradhapura - 77
Nilthurumithuro Organization (NO), Hambantota - 135
Nisad Organization (NO), Colombo - 184
Nuwara Eliya Friendship Foundation (NEFF), Nuwara Eliya - 71
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OISCA International, Colombo - 184
Organic Environmental & Rural Farming System Foundation (OERFSF), Galle - 126
Organization for Environmental Education (OEE), Matara - 143
Organization for Environmental Protection & Economic Development (OEPED), Ampara - 83
Organization for Resource Development & Environment (ORDE), Puttalam - 98
Organization for Socio - Economic Environment & Industrial Development (OSEEID), Ampara - 83
Organization for the Protection of Social Environment (OPSE), Colombo - 184
Organization of Environment & Children Rights Preservation (OECRP), Ratnapura - 115
Organization of Parents & Family Members of the Disappeared (OPFMD), Colombo - 185
Organization of Social Services For Peasants (OSSP), Kurunegala - 90
Organization to Safeguard Life & Environment (OSLEN), Colombo - 185
Oxonia Laboratories & Higher Education - Centre (OLHEC), Kurunegala - 90
P
Palm Foundation, Nuwaraeliya - 71
Panadura Field study & Research Centre (PFRC), Kalutara - 219
Panchaloka Maithree Sanvidanaya (PMS), Hambantota - 135
Pandukabhaya - Govi Vana Vaga Parisara Sanvidanaya (PGVVPS), Anuradhapura - 77
Parakum Govi Sanvidanaya (PGS), Kegalle - 106
Parakum Samajaseva Sangamaya (PSS), Nuwara Eliya - 72
Parisara - Environmental Institute (PEI), Colombo - 185
Parisara Govithen Salasum Sanvidhanaya (ECO), Kandy - 55
Parisara Piyasa, Kandy - 55
Parisarikayo , Colombo - 185
Parisarikayo, Anuradhapura - 77
Participatory Development Centre (PDC), Kegalle - 106
Participatory Development Council of Akmeemana (PDCA), Galle - 126
Participatory Development Foundation (PDF), Kurunegala - 90
Participatory Development Organization (PDO), Moneragala - 159
Pathirendwa Environmental Foundation (PEF), Puttalam - 98
Pawana Environmental Development Foundation (PEDF), Hambantota - 135
Pawana Environmental Organization (PEO), Hambantota - 136
People’s Development Foundation (PDF), Kegalle - 106
People’s Development Foundation (PDF), Ratnapura - 115
People’s Friendship Foundation (PFF), Ampara - 83
Peoples Participatory Foundation (PPF), Ratnapura - 116
Peoples Young Foundation (PYF), Ratnapura - 116
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Pitiduwa Community Service Foundation (PCSF), Matara - 143
Pivithuru Parisara Handa (PPH), Matara - 144
Plantation Workers Service Centre (PWS), Nuwara Eliya - 72
Plead Foundation, Kandy - 55
Poorna Development Society (PDS), Hambantota - 136
Power Foundation, Badulla - 152
Prabuddh Environment Organization , Matale - 67
Praja Nawodaya Foundation (PNF), Ratnapura - 116
Prajashakthi Development Foundation (PDF), Kandy - 56
Protecting Environment & Children Every Were (PEACE), Colombo - 186
Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF), Colombo - 186
Pubudu Parisara Kamituwa (PPK), Badulla - 152
Pubudu Sanrakshana & Sanwardena Society (PSSS), Puttalam - 98
Pubudu Thrift & Lone Cooperative Society (PTLCS), Kurunegala - 90
R
Raigampura Environmentalists, Kalutara - 219
Rain Forest Society (RFS), Kandy - 56
Rainforest Rescue International (Pvt.) Ltd. (RRI), Galle - 126
Rajangana - Parisarika Govi Diriya Kantha Sanvidanaya (RPGDKS), Anuradhapura - 77
Rajarata Janoodaya Organization (RJO), Anuradhapura - 78
Rajarata Parisarikayo (RP), Anuradhapura - 78
Rajarata Surakum Padanama (RSP), Anuradhapura - 78
Rajawak Surekum Kalapa Bala Mandalaya (RSKBM), Ratnapura - 116
Rakawa Development Foundation (RDF), Hambantota - 136
Randoova Farmers Organization (RFO), Anuradhapura - 78
Ranga Rasara Rangayathanaya (3R), Galle - 127
Ranvali Solidarity Development Centre (RSDC), Kegalle - 106
Ravana Ella Protection Organization (REPO), Badulla - 152
Ravana Ella Protection Payment Hawkers (REPPH) , Badulla - 152
Relation of the Environment Organization (REO), Kandy - 56
Resource Centre for Community Groups (RCCG), Colombo - 186
Ritigala Community Based Development & Environmental Management Foundation, Anuradhapura - 78
Rivisara Development Foundation (RDF), Nuwara Eliya - 72
Royal Community Services (RCS), Anuradhapura - 79
Ruhunu Community Development Centre (RCDC), Galle - 127
Ruhunu Environmentalists (RE), Matara - 144
Ruhunu Green Logist’s Association (RGLA), Hambantota - 136
Ruk Rakaganno (Tree Society of Sri Lanka), Colombo - 186
Rural & Community Development Cooperation (RCDC), Kalutara - 220
Rural Centre for Development (RCD), Kurunegala - 91
Rural Community & Environment Development Programme (RCEDP), Kurunegala - 91
Rural Cultural & Environmental Protection Organization (RCEPO), Matale - 67
Rural Development Organization (RDO), Galle - 127
Rural Environmental Development Foundation (REDF), Kandy - 56
Rural Friends, Matara - 144
Rural Library - Environmental , Kurunegala - 91
Ruwanpura Environmental & Cultural Conservation Organization (RECCO), Ratnapura - 117
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Sabaragamu Peoples Foundation (SPF), Ratnapura - 117
Sabaragamuwa Community Development Foundation (SCDF), Ratnapura - 117
Sabaragamuwa Environmental Development Foundation (SEDF), Ratnapura - 117
Sadaham Mithuro Federation (SMF), Matara - 144
Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation (SBLF), Colombo - 187
Sahajeewana Community Participatory Foundation (SCPF), Ampara - 83
Sahana Organization (SO), Galle - 128
Sahanaya National Council for Mental Health (SNCMH), Colombo - 187
Salakuna Organization, Kandy - 56
Sama Sevaya, Anuradhapura - 79
Samadhi Foundation (SF), Badulla - 152
Samagi Development Foundation (SDF), Badulla - 152
Samaja Sahajeewi Sangamaya (SSS), Gampha - 210
Samashakthi Development Foundation (SDF), Badulla - 153
Samavihara Environment Organization (SEO), Anuradhapura - 79
Samoohika Development Organization (SDO), Kegalle - 106
Sanasa Federation, Colombo - 187
Sangrama, Colombo - 187
Sanrakshana Kalapa Kalamanakarana Balamandalaya (SKKB), Moneragala - 160
Sarana Development Foundation (SDF), Badulla -
Sarana Foundation, Hambantota - 137
Sareeram Sri Lanka National Foundation (SSLNF), Batticaloa - 85
Saruketha Environmental Centre (SEC), Anuradhapura - 79
Sarvodaya Women’s Movement (SWM), Colombo - 188
Sarvodaya Youth Environmentalist Society (SYES), Colombo - 188
Sathmaga Saraniya Organization (SSO), Matale - 67
Sathva Mithura (Friends of Animals) , Colombo - 188
Satyodaya Centre for Social Research & Encounter , Kandy - 57
Saukyadana Movement (SM), Colombo - 188
Save the Children, Colombo - 189
Savisthri, Colombo - 189
Saviya Development Foundation (SDF), Galle - 128
School Nature Clubs Patrons Society (SNCPS), Kalutara - 220
Scientific Environment & Protection Society (SEPS), Kandy - 57
Sea Turtle Protection Association (STPA), Galle - 128
Seethawaka Parisarikayo (SP), Colombo - 189
Seethawaka Yown Parisara Hithakamiyoc (SYPH), Colombo - 189
Seethawakapura Parisarikayo (SP0, Colombo - 190
Self Development Education Centre (SDEC), Moneragala - 160
Self Help Development Network (SHDNW), Badulla - 153
Self strength Community Participatory Development Foundation (SCPDF), Badulla - 153
Self-fulfillment Research & Community Enhancement Development Centre (SRCEDC), Hambantota - 137
Senasuma Environment Beautification Foundation (SEBF), Kalutara - 220
Senehasa Environmental Organization (SEO), Colombo - 190
Seth Sarana (SS), Colombo - 190
Seth Sevana Foundation (SSF), Colombo - 190
Seth Sevana Foundation (SSF), Galle - 128
Seva Sarana Association (SSA), Kandy - 57
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Seva Srana Environmental Circle (SSEC), Ratnapura - 118
Sevanatha - Urban Resource Centre , Colombo - 191
Sewa Lanka Foundation (SLF), Colombo - 191
Shanthi Niketanaya, Matale - 68
Shanthisena Organization, Kandy - 57
Sigiri Environmental Organization (SEO), Polonnaruwa - 81
Sihaturu Sevena - Environmental Organization (SSEO), Galle - 129
Silumini Environmental Organization (SEO), Ratnapura - 118
Sinhala Tamil Rural Women’s Network (STRWN), Nuwara Eliya - 72
Sinharaja Environment Protection Organization (SEPO), Ratnapura - 118
Sinharaja Sumithuro - Ambagahakanda (SSA), Ratnapura - 118
Sinna Kokkanari Kandam Farmers Organization (SKKFO), Ampara - 84
Sirilak Sahana Sewa padanama (SSSP), Kalutara - 220
Siri Perakum Farmers Organization (SPFO), Kurunegala - 92
Sithuwama Training, Education & Development Organization (STEDO), Matale - 68
Siyath Foundation for Nature Conservation (SFNC), Hambantota - 137
Small Fishes Foundation (LSFF), Puttalam - 97
Soba Shakthi Environment Foundation (SSEF), Matara - 145
Sobhadahame Sumithuro, Kurunegala - 92
Social Development Co- Operative Foundation (SDCOF), Ratnapura - 118
Social Economic & Community Development Organization (SECDO), Matale - 68
Social Economic & Environment Development Organization (SEEDO), Moneragala - 160
Social Economic Development Centre (SEDC), Moneragala - 160
Social Economic Development Organization (SEDO), Batticaloa - 85
Social Educational Religious Cultural & Health Organization (SERCH), Gampha - 211
Social Welfare & Culture Development Foundation of Wayamba (SWCDFW), Kurunegala - 92
Society for Advancement of Reconstruction & Development Activities (SARDA), Kegalle - 107
Society for Environment & Social Protection (SESP), Matara - 145
Society for Environment Education (SEE), Colombo - 191
Society for Environmental Protection (SEP), Colombo - 191
Society for Society for Waterfalls Club (SWFC), Gampha - 211
Society for People Centre Development (SPCD), Colombo - 192
Society for the Protection of Animal Rights (SPAR), Colombo - 192
Society of Agricultural Professionals (SAP), Matale - 68
Society of Holy Hearts (SHH), Matara - 145
Solidarity Development Foundation (SDF), Kegalle - 107
South Asia Partnership (SAP), Colombo - 192
South Net, Matara - 145
Southern Environmental Foundation (SEF), Galle - 129
Southern Fisheries Organization (SFO), Galle - 129
Southern Region Economic Social & Cultural Organization (SRESCO), Galle - 129
Srama Shakthi Social Development Foundation (SSSDF), Polonnaruwa - 81
Sri Ariyajothi Foundation (SAF), Kurunegala - 92
Sri Bodhiraja Foundation (SBF), Ratnapura - 119
Sri Deerananda Savings & Thrift Society (SDSTS), Kandy - 58
Sri Ganawimala Social Service Foundation (SGSSF), Galle - 130
Sri Lanka Anti Narcotics Association (SLANA), Colombo - 192
Sri Lanka Association of Professional Social Workers (SLAPSW), Colombo - 193
Sri Lanka Bio-gas Society (SLBS), Colombo - 193
Sri Lanka Centre for Development Service (SLCDS), Colombo - 193
Sri Lanka Centre for Plastic In Environment (SLCPE), Colombo - 193
Sri Lanka Community Forum (SLCF), Kandy - 58
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Sri Lanka Ecotoursim Foundation (SLEF), Colombo - 194
Sri Lanka Environment & Community Development Institute (SLECDI), Badulla - 154
Sri Lanka Environment Conservation Foundation (SLECF), Gampha - 211
Sri Lanka Environment Conservators (SLECO), Colombo - 194
Sri Lanka Environment Exploration Society (SLEES), Kegalle - 107
Sri Lanka Environment Landscaping Design Association (SLELDA), Ratnapura - 119
Sri Lanka Environmental Congress (SLEC), Colombo - 194
Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF), Colombo - 195
Sri Lanka Environmental Social Development Association (SLESDA), Galle - 130
Sri Lanka Environmental Television Project (SLETP), Colombo - 195
Sri Lanka Environmentalists Association (SLEA), Galle - 130
Sri Lanka Federation of School Environmental Clubs, Colombo - 250
Sri Lanka Green Friends (SLGF), Ratnapura - 119
Sri Lanka Human Development Welfare & Social Service Organization , Puttalam - 99
Sri Lanka Human Resources Development Foundation (SLHRDF), Badulla - 154
Sri Lanka Library Institute of Social Development (SLLISD) , Badulla - 154
Sri Lanka Missaka Foundation (SLMF), Kurunegala - 93
Sri Lanka National Association of Counselors (SLNAC), Colombo - 196
Sri Lanka National Green Congress (SLNGC), Kalutara - 220
Sri Lanka National Mangroves & Coastal - Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, Puttalam - 99
Sri Lanka Nature Lovers Club (SLNLC), Ratnapura - 119
Sri Lanka Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (SLCIK), Colombo - 196
Sri Lanka Sathkorale Haritha Sangamaya (SLSHS), Kurunegala - 93
Sri Lanka Science Students Foundation (SLSSF), Colombo - 196
Sri Lanka Snake Conservation Society (SLSCS), Galle - 130
Sri Lanka Social & Economic Development Centre (SLSEDC), Gampha - 211
Sri Lanka Sumithrayo, Colombo - 196
Sri Lanka United Agro Society (SLUAS), Kalutara - 221
Sri Lanka United Nation Friendship Organization (SUNFO), Colombo - 197
Sri Lanka United Nations Association (SLUNA), Kalutara - 221
Sri Lanka Voluntary Youth Movement (SLVYM), Colombo - 197
Sri Lanka Welfare Foundation (SWF), Kalutara - 221
Sri Lanka Women’s Conference (SLWC), Colombo - 197
Sri Lanka Working Group on Trade & IFIs, Colombo - 197
Sri Rawana Parisara Arakshaka Samithiya (SRPAS), Matale - 69
Subodhi Institute of Integral Education (SIIE), Colombo - 198
Suhada Mituru Environmental Organization (SMEO), Matara - 145
Suhadha Mituru Hawla (SMH), Galle - 130
Suhatha Parisara Sumituro (SPS), Moneragala - 160
Suraksha Environment Association (SEA), Galle - 131
Surekuma Organization For Community Resource Development (SOCRD), Anuradhapura - 80
Survival Initiative (SI), Colombo - 198
Sustainable Programme of Economic & Environmental Development (SPEED DEVELOPMENT), Colombo - 198
Sustainable Social & Economic Development Institute (SSEDI), Ratnapura - 119
SUSUMA Environmental Foundation, Gampha - 212
Suwandagala Community Environmental Organization (SCEO), Kandy - 58
Suwasetha Community Based Organization (SCBO) , Badulla - 154
S WABHA - Trust (private) limited, Colombo - 198
Swarna Environmental Organization (SEO), Kalutara - 221
Swarna Hansa Foundation (SHF), Colombo - 198
Swarna Shakthi Social Development & Welfare Society (SSSDWS), Nuwara Eliya - 72
Swarnadama Foundation , Puttalam - 99
Swashakthi Sarana Seva Foundation (SSSF), Hambantota - 137
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TTaruna Udawa Foundation, Gampha - 212
Temperance Society of Sri Lanka (TSSL), Colombo - 199
Temperance Youth Club of Sri Lanka (TYCSL), Ratnapura - 120
Thapovana Environmental Protection Society (TEPS), Ratnapura - 120
Tharuna Sithiwili Samajaya, Kandy Organization (TSSKO), Kandy - 58
Thissajaya Environmental Society (TES), Matara - 146
Thurulatha & Environment Organization (TEO), Colombo - 199
Thuruliya Environment Development Society (TEDS), Kegalle - 108
Thuruliya Environmental Institute (TEI), Gampha - 212
Tirasara Lanka Development Foundation (TLDF), Badulla - 155
Total Development Association (TDA), Hambantota - 137
Turtle Conservation Project (TCP), Kalutara - 276
Turuliya Foundation, Matara - 146
Twelve Hearts Community Development Foundation (THCDF), Puttalam - 99
UUda Maliboda Samanala Environmental Protection Group (UMSEPG), Kegalle - 108
Udara - Ecologists Association (UEA), Matara - 146
Uduwila - Dhammathilaka Environment Development Organization (UDEDO), Galle - 131
Unaleeya Grama Sanwardana Samithiya (UGSS), Kurunegala - 93
Unawatuna Environment Organization (UEO), Galle - 131
UNESCO Society & Social Development Organization (USSDO), Ratnapura - 120
United Environment Conservation Organization (UECO), Anuradhapura - 80
United Fisheries Organization (UFO), Gampha - 212
United Integration Environment Society (UIES), Colombo - 199
United Welfare Organization (UWO), Kandy - 59
Unity Lanka Foundation (ULF), Ampara - 84
UP Country Environmental Development Forum, Kandy - 59
Uva Community Development Centre (UCDC), Badulla - 155
Uva Community Economic Development Project (UCEDP), Badulla - 155
Uva Education Development Fund (UEDF), Badulla - 156
Uva Farmers Development Foundation (UFDF), Badulla - 156
Uva Parisarikayo, Badulla - 156
Uva Research & Training Institute (URTI), Badulla - 156
Uva Shakthi Foundation (USF), Badulla - 157
VVanapiyasa, Colombo - 200
Veerya Seva Sansadaya (VSS), Kegalle - 108
Vehilihini Development Centre (VDC), Moneragala - 161
VIHYDA, Colombo - 200
Village Community Development Foundation (VCDF), Ratnapura - 120
Village Development & Welfair Organization of Panduwasnuwara (VDWOP), Kurunegala - 93
Village Development Association (VDA), Ampara - 84
Village Development Centre of Sabaragamuwa (VDCS), Kegalle - 108
Village Development Organization (VDO), Moneragala - 161
Village Economic Development Foundation (VEDF), Moneragala - 161
Village Help Centre (VHC), Kegalle - 108
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Village Provident Fund Foundation (VPFF), Anuradhapura - 80
Village Women’s Front (VWF), Kurunegala - 93
Vilpota Women’s Saving Effort (VWSE), Puttalam - 99
Vinivida, Puttalam - 100
Vishwasamadhi Social Development Guild (VSDG), Nuwara Eliya - 72
Voice of Women, Colombo - 200
Voice of Youth (VY), Colombo - 200
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), Colombo - 201
WWana Arana & Social Development Foundation (WASDF), Kurunegala - 94
Wanaspati, Colombo - 201
Warakapola Samoohika Sanwardena Sanvidanaya (WSSS), Kegalle - 109
Wathuliyadda Environment Protection Society (WEPS), Kandy - 59
Wayamba Farmers Development Foundation (WFDF), Kurunegala - 94
Wayamba Farmers Women Forum (WFWF), Kurunegala - 94
Wayamba Lanka Haritha Uyana (WLHU), Kurunegala - 94
Wellassa Deshiya Govithan Surekeeme Sanvidanaya (WDGSS), Moneragala - 161
Wellassa Development Foundation (WDF), Moneragala - 161
Wesiwana Jalawiduli Sandanaya (WJS), Kegalle - 109
Wetland Conservation & Development Foundation (WCDF), Gampha - 212
Widusevana Education Development Foundation (WEDF), Kurunegala - 95
Wild Greens, Kandy - 59
Wild Life & Environmental Conservation Group (WLECG), Anuradhapura - 80
Wild Life & Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS), Colombo - 201
Wild Life Adventure Club (WLAC), Colombo - 201
Wild Life Conservation Society (WLCS), Galle - 131
Wild Life Foundation of Sri Lanka (WLFSL), Kandy - 59
W ild Life Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka (WHT), Colombo - 202
Wilgamu Women’s Development Parent Union (WWDPU), Matale - 69
Women Development Foundation (WDF), Kandy - 60
Women in Need (WIN), Colombo - 202
Women’s Development Federation (WDF), Hambantota - 138
Women’s & Child Development Foundation (WCDF), Kalutara - 221
World Environmental Education Foundation, Kandy - 60
Worldview Sri Lanka (WSL), Colombo - 202
YYahamaga Community Development Foundation (YCDF), Gampha - 213
Yatinuwara Community Strength Development Foundation (YCSDF), Kandy - 60
Yogya Thakshanika Huwamaru Sandanaya, Kandy - 60
Young Biologist Association (YBA), Colombo
Young Environment Conservation Programme (YECP), Badulla - 157
Young Environmentalists (YE), Hambantota - 138
Young Nature Protection Foundation (YNPF), Colombo - 203
Young Zoologists Association (YZ), Colombo - 203
Youth Development Programme (YDP), Badulla - 157
Youth Exploration Society of Sri Lanka (YES), Kandy - 61
Youth Organization for Environment Resources in Sri Lanka (YOERSL), Colombo - 203
Youth Organization of Environment (YOE), Ratnapura - 120
Youth Resources Development Guild (YRDG), Matale - 69
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Central Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Kandy
Matale
Nuwara Eliya
81-96
97-104
105-107
13
12
14
13
12
14
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 5,575 Density of Population: 444
Population: Total - 2,414,973 Urban - 236,325 (9.8%) Rural - 1,690,974 (70.0%)
Estate - 487,674 (20.2%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 1,577,259 (65.4%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 114,632 (4.7%) ;
Indian Tamils - 489,056 (20.2%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 225,453 (9.3%) ;
Burgher - 3,011 (0.2%) ; Malay - 3,284 (0.19%); Others - 2,278 (0.01%)
Registered voters: 1,629,424
Literacy Rate: Total - 88.5 % (Male - 92.1% ; Female - 85.1%)
Number of Schools: Total - 28,591 (Government Schools - 27,447 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 500 ; Pirivenas - 644)
Number of pupils in Schools: 581,863
Number of Libraries: Total - 897 (Departmental - 2 ; University - 1 ; School - 693 ; Public - 83 ;
Pirivena - 95 ; Special Libraries - 12 ;
Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 6 ;
Technical College Libraries - 5)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 12% ; Primary - 39.2% ; Secondary - 31.5% ; Tertiary - 17.3%
Environmental NGOS: 109 W aterfalls: 118
Principal Dams: Victoria, Kotmale, Nalanda, Kandalama, Bowatenna, Norton Castlereagh,
Bommevella, Mousakele, Polpitiya and Canyou.
Principal Peaks: Haggala, Conical Hill, One Tree Hill, Knuckles, Kokagala, Kikiliyamana, Great
W estern, Pidurutalagala, Kirigalpotta, Totapolakanda, Mahakudagala and
W aterfall Point.
Provincial Journalists: 225
Usage of Media: Radio - 71.2% ; Television - 43.9% ; Personal Computers - 0.3%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 39.1% (Male - 51.2% ; Female - 27.8%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 11.1% (Male - 6.7% ; Female - 18.6%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 53,814
Fish Production: Inland Fish - 510
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 79,589
Postal Services: Total - 706 (Post offices - 95 ; Number of sub post offices - 535 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 76)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 1,940 ; Private Cars - 11,234 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 37,132
CENTRAL PROVINCE - FACT FILE
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North Central Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Anuradhapura
Polonnaruwa
111-118
119
5
6
5
6
N O RTH CENTRAL PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 9,741 Density of Population: 116
Population: Total - 1,105,663 Urban - 56,632 (5.2%) Rural - 1,049,031 (94.8%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 1,002,009 (90.62%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 12,249 (1.11%) ;
Indian Tamils - 664 (0.06%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 88,775 (8.03%) ;
Burgher - 229 (0.02%) ; Malay - 234 (0.02%) ; Others - 1,503 (0.14%)
Registered voters: 768,210
Literacy Rate: Total - 91.4 % (Male - 94% ; Female - 89.0%)
Number of Schools: Total - 13,339 (Government Schools - 13,010 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 17 ; Pirivenas - 312)
Number of pupils in Schools: 279,000
Number of Libraries: Total - 433 (University - 1 ; School - 338 ; Public - 41 ; Pirivena - 48 ;
Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 2 ;
Technical College Libraries - 3)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 9.0% ; Primary - 39.1% ; Secondary - 36.4% ; Tertiary - 15.5%
Environmental NGOS: 39
Principal Dams: Kalawewa, Nachchaduwa, Huruluwewa, Padaviya, Mahakandarawa, Rajangana,
W ahalkada, Minneriya, Giritale, Parakkrama Samudraya, Kavdulla,
Pimburettewa and Maduruoya.
Provincial Journalists: 132
Usage of Media: Radio - 65.0% ; Television - 38.3%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 41.0% (Male - 52.3% ; Female - 30.2%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 5.9% (Male - 2.0% ; Female - 12.2%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 48,794
Fish Production: Total - 41,340 [Marine Fish - 40,190 (99.3%) ; Inland Fish - 1,150 (2.7%)]
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 25,501
Postal Services: Total - 325 (Post offices - 40 ; Number of sub post offices - 272 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 13)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 421 ; Private Cars - 1,694 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 33,208
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North Eastern Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Ampara
Batticaloa
123-125
127
9
8
9
8
N O RTH EASTERN PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 17,651 Density of Population: 147
Population: Total - 7,214,570
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 2,266,660 ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 188,109 ;
Indian Tamils - 5,303 ; Sri Lankan Moors - 4,747,864 ; Burgher - 2,330 ;
Malay - 2,058 ; Others - 2,246
Registered voters: 1,778,162
Number of Schools: Total - 27,727 (Government Schools - 27,361 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 279 ; Pirivenas - 87)
Number of pupils in Schools: 590,472
Number of Libraries: Total - 841 (University - 3 ; School - 641 ; Public - 164 ;
Pirivena - 18 ; Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 8 ;
Technical College Libraries - 7)
Environmental NGOS: 15
Principal Dams: Iranamadu, Kantale, Morawewa, Muthuliyankaddu
Provincial Journalists: 285
Fish Production: Total - 113,920 [Marine Fish - 86,440 (75.8%) ; Inland Fish - 27,480 (24.2%)]
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 36,967
Postal Services: Total - 1,157 (Post offices - 97 ; Number of sub post offices - 780 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 280)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 742 ; Private Cars - 2,205 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 50,857
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North Western Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Kurunegala
Puttalam
131-139
141-144
11
10
11
10
N O RTH WESTERN PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 7,506 Density of Population: 293
Population: Total - 2,157,711 Urban - 99,791 (4.6%) Rural - 2,049,632 (95.0%)
Estate - 8,288 (0.4%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 1,852,756 (85.87%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 65,680 (3.05%) ;
Indian Tamils - 4,893 (0.23%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 229,642 (10.64%) ;
Burgher - 1,322 (0.06%) ; Malay - 1,889 (0.08%) ; Others - 1,529 (0.07%)
Registered voters: 1,539,539
Literacy Rate: Total - 93.1 % (Male - 94.6% ; Female - 91.7%)
Number of Schools: Total - 25,638 (Government Schools - 24,839 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 88 ; Pirivenas - 711)
Number of pupils in Schools: 851,447
Number of Libraries: Total - 915 (University - 1 ; School - 697 ; Public - 120 ; Pirivena - 89 ;
Special Libraries - 1 ; Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 2 ;
Technical College Libraries - 5)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 7.2% ; Primary - 38.1% ; Secondary - 35.6% ; Tertiary - 19.1%
Environmental NGOS: 58 W aterfalls: 1
Principal Dams: Hakwatuna and Inginimitiya
Provincial Journalists: 222
Usage of Media: Radio - 72.5% ; Television - 48.7% ; Personal Computers - 0.1%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 38.2% (Male - 52.5% ; Female - 24.3%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 7.6% (Male - 3.8% ; Female - 15.6%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 65,303
Fish Production: Total - 51870 [Marine Fish - 43,460 (83.7%) ; Inland Fish - 8,410(16.3%)]
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 19,467
\Postal Services: Total - 543 (Post offices - 61 ; Number of sub post offices - 422 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 60)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 1,150 ; Private Cars - 7,259 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 93,475
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Sabaragamuwa Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Kegalle
Ratnapura
147-154
155-165
15
16
16
15
SABARAGAMUWA PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 4,921 Density of Population: 371
Population: Total - 1,787,938 Urban - 75,801 (4.3%) Rural - 1,554,622 (86.9%)
Estate - 157,515 (8.8%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 1,540,801 (86.16%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 48,498 (2.73%) ;
Indian Tamils - 124,228 (6.95%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 72,570 (4.06%) ;
Burgher - 614 (0.04%) ; Malay - 433 (0.02%); Others - 794 (0.04%)
Registered voters: 1,217,334
Literacy Rate: Total - 89.7 % (Male - 93.3% ; Female - 86.3%)
Number of Schools: Total - 20,051 (Government Schools - 19,520 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 22 ; Pirivenas - 509)
Number of pupils in Schools: 423,516
Number of Libraries: Total - 589 (University - 1 ; School - 461 ; Public - 56 ; Pirivena - 67 ;
Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 1 ;
Technical College Libraries - 3)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 10.8% ; Primary - 37.6% ; Secondary - 33.9% ; Tertiary - 18.2%
Environmental NGOS: 85 W aterfalls: 163
Principal Dams: Chandrikawewa
Principal Peaks: Siripada and Gommollikanda
Provincial Journalists: 176
Usage of Media: Radio - 72.9% ; Television - 42.4% ; Personal Computers - 0.3%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 41.8% (Male - 54.3% ; Female - 29.7%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 9.8% (Male - 6.3% ; Female - 16.0%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 54,012
Fish Production: Inland Fish - 370
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 42,652
Postal Services: Total - 491 (Post offices - 52 ; Number of sub post offices - 388 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 51)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 634 ; Private Cars - 5,065 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 28,781
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Southern Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Galle
Hambantota
Matara
169-179
181-186
187-194
20
22
21
20
21
22
SOUTHERN PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 5,383 Density of Population: 432
Population: Total - 2,277,143 Urban - 196,864 (8.6%) Rural - 2,041,681 (89.7%)
Estate - 38,600 (1.7%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 2,161,224 (94.1%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 18,344 (0.7%) ;
Indian Tamils - 25,779 (2.0%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 63,230 (2.7%) ;
Burgher - 536 (0.1%) ; Malay - 7,616 (0.3%); Others - 414 (0.1%)
Registered voters: 1,651,472
Literacy Rate: Total - 92.4 % (Male - 94.5% ; Female - 90.4%)
Number of Schools: Total - 28,350 (Government Schools - 26,984 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 245 ; Pirivenas - 1121)
Number of pupils in Schools: 574,228
Number of Libraries: Total - 944 (University - 1 ; School - 677 ; Public - 114 ; Pirivena - 143 ;
Special Libraries - 1 ; Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 5 ;
Technical College Libraries - 3)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 7.8% ; Primary - 36.0% ; Secondary - 35.6% ; Tertiary - 20.6%
Environmental NGOS: 112 W aterfalls: 37
Principal Dams: Udawalawe, Kirindioya, Muruthalawa and kekanadura
Provincial Journalists: 297
Usage of Media: Radio - 75.6% ; Television - 45.2% ; Personal Computers - 0.2%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 37.4% (Male - 49.9% ; Female - 26%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 13.5% (Male - 8.2% ; Female - 22.8%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 59,275
Fish Production: Total - 87,170 [Marine Fish - 85,920 (98.5%) ; Inland Fish - 1,250 (1.5%)]
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 112,184
Postal Services: Total - 630 (Post offices - 85 ; Number of sub post offices - 510 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 35)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 1,585 ; Private Cars - 7,216 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 83,345
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Uva Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Badulla
Moneragala
197-207
209-212
23
24
23
24
U VA PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 8,335 Density of Population: 145
Population: Total - 1,170,728 Urban - 53,018 (4.5%) Rural - 951,843 (81.3%)
Estate - 165,867 (14.1%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 932,771 (79.6%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 37,809 (3.2%) ;
Indian Tamils - 148,747 (12.7%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 48,502 (4.1%) ;
Burgher - 719 (0.1%) ; Malay - 1,473 (0.2%) ; Others - 707 (0.1%)
Registered voters: 773,857
Literacy Rate: Total - 86.8% (Male - 91.5% ; Female - 82.3%)
Number of Schools: Total - 15,299 (Government Schools - 14,464 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 514 ; Pirivenas - 321)
Number of pupils in Schools: 884
Number of Libraries: Total - 471 (School - 338 ; Public - 82 ; Pirivena - 46 ; Special Libraries - 1 ;
Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 1 ;
Technical College Libraries - 3)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 13.6% ; Primary - 39.1% ; Secondary - 31.5% ; Tertiary - 18.8%
Environmental NGOS: 63 W aterfalls: 35
Principal Dams: Nagadeepa, Ulhitiya, Ratkinda Randenigala, Muthukandiya
Principal Peaks: Namunukula and Gommoli Kanda
Provincial Journalists: 126
Usage of Media: Radio - 67.2% ; Television - 41.4% ; Personal Computers - 0.3%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 40.5% (Male - 51.6% ; Female - 30.0%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 8.7% (Male - 5.2% ; Female - 14.3%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 51,188
Fish Production: Inland Fish - 2,130
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 30,428
Postal Services: Total - 424 (Post offices - 4.6 ; Number of sub post offices - 353 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 25)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 665 ; Private Cars - 1,853 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 15,977
18
17
19
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W estern Province
District ID District Name Page Nos.
Colombo
Gampha
Kalutara
215-257
259-268
269-276
18
17
19
WESTERN PROVINCE - FACT FILE
Land Area (Sq. Km.): 3,593 Density of Population: 1523
Population: Total - 5,361,185 Urban - 1,636,318 (30.5%) Rural - 3,682,098 (68.7%)
Estate - 42,769 (0.8%)
Population by Ethnicity: Sinhalese - 4,516,880 (84.2%) ; Sri Lankan Tamils - 323,041 (6.0%) ;
Indian Tamils - 62,114 (1.2%) ; Sri Lankan Moors - 378,173 (7.0%) ;
Burgher - 27,144 (0.5%) ; Malay - 32,467 (0.6%); Others - 21,566 (0.5%)
Registered voters: 3,541,034
Literacy Rate: Total - 94.6% (Male - 96.1% ; Female - 93.1%)
Number of Schools: Total - 42,575 (Government Schools - 38,187 ;
Privet & Approved / Certified School - 3,264 ; Pirivenas - 1,124)
Number of pupils in Schools: 975,150
Number of Libraries: Total - 1,353 (Departmental - 32 ; University - 7 ; School - 986 ; Public - 130 ;
Pirivena - 134 ; Special Libraries - 52 ;
Teacher’s Training College/ College of Education - 7 ;
Technical College Libraries - 5)
Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 58% ; Primary - 29.3% ; Secondary - 38.7% ; Tertiary - 26.2%
Environmental NGOS: 239 W aterfalls: 28
Principal Dams: Labugama and Kalatuwawa
Provincial Journalists: 435
Usage of Media: Radio - 78.2% ; Television - 65.5% ; Personal Computers - 0.9%
Labour Force of Population: Total - 40.5% (Male - 55.5% ; Female - 26.6%)
Unemployment of Labour Force:Total - 11.3% (Male - 7.8% ; Female - 18.0%)
Per Capita GDP (Rs): 124,825
Fish Production: Total - 60,100 [Marine Fish - 58,940 (98.1%) ; Inland Fish - 1,160 (1.9%)]
W ater Consumption, Numbers of Consumers: 435,936
Postal Services: Total - 961 (Post offices - 140 ; Number of sub post offices - 558 ;
Number of Agency post offices - 263)
Motor Vehicles: Omnibuses - 7,028 ; Private Cars - 110,799 ;
Motor Cycles and Threewheelers - 276,277
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