Act on Wilpattu without racial bias, say environmentalists

By Shanika Sriyananda
Urging the Government to stop on-going illegal settlements in the Willpattu Forest complex, the Coalition to Protect Our National Heritage (CPUNH) requested authorities not to be distracted by racial discrimination but stop massive deforestation of Wilpattu National Park as it was depleting a national asset.
Eco-groups, which gathered in Colombo, claimed that over 3,400 acres of forest land in Wilpattu have already been cleared for set