In a letter to the Prime Minister Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Dr. Prasanna S. Cooray, the General Secretary of Green Party, Sri Lanka, requests that all the government institutions that deal with environment be brought under one Ministry. He further says that many problems at policy and managerial level have arisen in issues related to the environment in the past, as these institutions are scattered under different ministries. Full text of the letter follows:

It is a well known fact that during many past regimes, some state departments, statutory boards and authorities that deal with environment has been vested under many ministries other than the Environment Ministry. Needless to say that this kind of errant allocation has created a lot of confusion in smooth function of theses institutions, and the end result being chaos in environment management. Therefore, Green Party of Sri Lanka wish to request you to consider bringing at least the under mentioned institutions under the Ministry of Environment in order to minimize the managerial disarray that prevail in the environmental field today.

1. Wild Life Conservation Department, presently under the President

2. Forest Conservation Department, presently under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperatives

3. Central Environmental Authority, presently under the Ministry of Transport and Environment

4. State Timber Corporation, presently under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperatives

5. Coast Conservation Department, presently under the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development

6. Marine Pollution Prevention Authority, presently under the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development

7. Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation, presently under the Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Construction

8. National Zoological Department, presently under the President

9. National Botanical Gardens, presently under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperatives.
Dr. Prasanna S. Cooray
General Secretary
Green Party, Sri Lanka