The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera)
Darmapriya Wijesinghe, on behalf of Ruwan Wijeweera, asked the Minister of Environment to provide data on Sri Lanka’s wild elephant population and the annual number of wild elephants and tuskers killed due to human-elephant conflict from 2020 to 2024. He also requested an explanation of the main causes of the conflict and the measures being taken to control it, or reasons if the information could not be provided.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Environment:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) total number of wild elephants in Sri Lanka; (ii) number of wild elephants and tuskers killed due to HEC in each year 2020-2024; (iii) key factors contributing to HEC; and (iv) measures taken to control HEC? (b) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 March 2025. No. 1742268353096939. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18344