SACEP and its international partners are working with Government of Sri Lanka under Healthy Landscape project to enhance ecosystem services and protection of biodiversity in this country

The inception meeting of the Healthy Landscapes project was held on 20th September 2019 at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka where number of stakeholders including Ministry of Maheweli Development & Environment, other government agencies, NGOs, CBOs, SACEP, UNEP and Biodiversity International took part in it.

This Healthy Landscapes project will seek to showcase management strategies for strengthening the restoration and sustainable management of selected Village Tank Cascade Systems (VTCS) in cascade landscapes for the enhanced provision of ecosystem services and protection of biodiversity. SACEP is participating in this project as a key implementing partner with two objectives:

Gain experience in implementing GEF project so that SACEP will be able to manage its own GEF funded projects in future
SACEP see that there is a huge potential for replication of the findings of this project in rest of our member countries.

Dr, Abas Basir Director General of SACEP addressing the Opening Session of the meeting, assured SACEP's fullest support in implementing this very important project in Sri Lanka and said that there is a huge potential for replication of the findings of this project in rest of SACEP member countries.