The Centre for Environmental Justice is a social service environmental organisation based in Sri Lanka. Its mission is to protect the equal environmental rights of the people and environment, and to promote ecological sustainability by supporting ecologically sound community activities. Our vision is”Environmental Justice for all”.
Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka / Center for Environmental Justice
Address: 20A Kuruppu Road
08 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Phone: +94 11 268 3282
Web: www.ejustice.lk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CEJSriLanka
Contact: Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka / Center for Environmental Justice
In May 2021, a fire broke out onboard MV X-Press Pearl, a Singaporean container ship near Colombo harbor, causing severe damage to the ocean and coastal belt. Since the disaster, the coastline has been inundated with dead marine life, and micro-plastic nurdles have...
On Monday, 5 April 2021, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksha issued a gazette banning oil palm cultivation in Sri Lanka (gazette No. 2222/13). President Rajapaksha stated that "representations have been made to me that the oil palm cultivation already widespread...
Country Context The political situation in Sri Lanka is in flux, and space for civil society is shrinking. This situation is exacerbated because Sri Lanka’s environmental laws are poorly enforced, and people lack faith in the legal system. Environmental, resource, and...
