Sri Lanka has become a party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity since 1994 and the Ministry of Environment is the National Focal Point of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. The three main goals of the Convention are conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair & equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.

Ministry of Environment has identified the importance of formulating an overarching policy that is necessary for the conservation and sustainable utilization of countries’ biodiversity appropriately. Therefore, the Biodiversity Division of the Ministry of Environment has initiated to formulate the National Policy on Biodiversity.

To obtain the valuable inputs from the relevant stakeholders and the interested parties to formulation the proposed National Policy on Biodiversity, Biodiversity Secretariat has developed a questionnaire.

Links to the questionnaires are given below. Please select an appropriate language and kindly assist us in providing your valuable comments.

Sinhala: - https://forms.gle/1HnS1xnVvYq7Yopw7

English: - https://forms.gle/NpDoy7ajMaygriz89

Tamil: - https://forms.gle/qohjNfq989v5BN3y6

The Ministry of Environment will appreciate all your inputs. If you have any concerns or require any clarifications, kindly contact Ms. Pradeepa Ranaweera, of the Biodiversity Secretariat of the Ministry via email: இந்த மின்-அஞ்சல் முகவரி spambots இடமிருந்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகிறது. இதைப் பார்ப்பதற்குத் தாங்கள் JavaScript-ஐ இயலுமைப்படுத்த வேண்டும். or telephone number:  0112034208

We appreciate it if you could send your comments on or before 7th August 2023.