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At dawn each morning, Joseph Anton sets off for Negombo Lagoon in his tiny catamaran, looking for his daily catch.
The Muthurajawela wetland offers multiple benefits. It absorbs flood water during high rainfall seasons and discharges it slowly into Negombo Lagoon, reducing the impact of flooding. Considerable changes have occurred to its biodiversity over the past few decades, warn environmentalists. The body was established under a parliamentary law to help develop lagoons and increase fish production in the country.
Fortunately, Sri Lanka is blessed with nearly 16,000 hectares of mangroves with 21 true mangrove species which is almost one-third of the global diversity. Preserving them can help prevent the erosion of lagoon estuaries, banks, and coastal areas.Its latest television advertisement aired on Nov. 25 urged citizens to cultivate and protect mangrove forests.
“The Muthurajawela Wetland Sanctuary, spanning 1,285 hectares and connected to the Negombo Lagoon, faces social and environmental challenges from businesspeople and politicians,” said Sumith Niroshan, an environmental activist fromHe said the mangroves face challenges from soil and garbage dumping, the building of houses and tourist resorts, and industrial and other human activities.
“Whenever we spot anyone attempting to dispose of waste in the water or encroach upon the marshes, we immediately inform the authorities and halt such activities,” he said. “Businessmen with political connections claim properties within the Muthurajawela sanctuary, and commercial crops are being grown across vast expanses. There are also attempts to dump garbage right in the heart of the sanctuary,” he told UCA News.
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