National environmental action plan, 1995-1998 [Sri Lanka]

Factors contributing to the country"s environmental challenges include resource demands of a growing, largely agrarian population lacking employment opportunities, long-standing civil conflicts, sectoral and macroeconomic development policies that conflict with environmental sustainability, and inadequate infrastructure. This National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) for the period 1995-1998 has the aim of translating many concepts developed in a previous plan (NEAP 1992-1996) into clearly defined project activities. The first part of the plan discusses the integration of environment and economic planning. The second part recommends action programs in land and water resources, forests and biodiversity, urban and industrial pollution, coastal and marine resources, and energy and mineral resources. The last part reviews the policy and institutional framework for environmental action and the relation between environmental education and culture. Appended is a chart summarizing ongoing activities under the 1992-1996 NEAP.