This need for the ecosystem's mitigating effect was dramatically stressed during the 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 30,000 people in Sri Lanka. The award for the Sri Lanka Mangrove Regeneration initiative was announced by UNEP Advocate for Life Under Water and actor, Jason Momoa. - United Nations in Sri Lanka

The gazette issued by Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, noted that the area specified in the appendix of the gazette will no longer be designated as part of the Vidataltivu Nature Reserve. 

However, the appendix of the gazette notification has not been made available to the public. Accordingly, the exact land extent of the area has been de-gazetted and other information remains unknown.

According to previously available information, the aquaculture industrial park will be used for the farming of various species including marine finfish, crabs and exotic species of shrimp in a Public Private Partnership (3P) and is expected to raise $ 1.3 billion for the Government. - FT.LK
 Mullivaikkal, a village on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka which was the scene of the final battle of the civil war and the site of the Mullivaikkal massacre.
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