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Marine Pollution
Global Dialogue on Ocean AccountingNovember 12-15 2019
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Sri Lanka
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Details of World Water Column
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Strategic Importance of Sri Lanka in Indian Ocean
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Importance of Southern Tip of Sri Lanka
➢ Annually 60000 ships pass through southern part
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oTerritorial sea of
21,500 sq km.
o Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) of 517,000
sq km.
o Lagoons and
estuaries of 158,000 ha.
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1. The policy context
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• Vision• A pollution free marine environment around Sri Lanka for the
sustainable national development of the country.
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2. Concerns
• This includes pollution from: land-based sources (e.g.industrial, particles, chemicals, agriculture andresidential waste)
• Harm to living resources and marine life,
• Hazards to human health,
• limitation to marine activities such as fishing and otherlegitimate uses of the sea,
• impairment of quality for use of sea water and reductionof amenities .
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3. Priorities
• Reduction of the Marine Pollution
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Priorities Cotn…
• OBJECTIVES
• Identifying main sources of marine pollution
• Formulating a strategy for reduction of marinepollution
• Assess the root causes and remedies for the growingchallenge of pollution in the urbanized coastalenvironment
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4. Current plans
• Industrial Park
• Organic Agriculture
• Assistance for local community
• Local water quality monitoring
• Common effluent treatment plant
• River or River basin monitoring
• Clean industry development with ADB
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5. Stakeholders• Sri Lanka Navy
• Sri Lanka Coast Guard Department
• Ministry of Environment
• Central Environmental Authority
• Sri Lanka Ports Authority
• Coast Conservation Department
• International Maritime Organization
• Board of investment
• Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA)
• The National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA)
• Department of Agriculture
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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6. Role of the National Statistics Office
• Collecting, Compiling, Classifying, Producing, Analyzingand Publishing General Purpose Statistic relevant to theMarine Pollution and disperse information amonghigher authorities (National and International) andstakeholders
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7. Institutional mechanisms
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Monitoring Reporting Analyzing
Mitigating
Law
Enforcement
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8. Main data sources• Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA)
• The National Aquatic Resources Research andDevelopment Agency (NARA)
• Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
• Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Board of Investment
• Ministry of Tourism
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9. Opportunities and constraints
OPPORTUNITIES
• Pollution free coastal line
• Development in eco-tourism
• Enhanced in bio-diversity and lead into to more fishery harvest.
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9. Opportunities and constraints cotn…
CONSTRAINTS
• Scarcity of land
• Difficulty to change farming pattern and lack of interest and knowledge
• Influence of business oriented firms
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10. Priority actions
• Common effluent treatment plant
• Plastic recycling project by SLN and MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
• Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System
• Marine bio-diversity project collaboration with people
• Environmental Education and Awareness
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Thank you!
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