MoE is responsible for the management of the environment and natural resources, for maintaining the balance between rapid economic development and use of the natural resource base. The Ministry has 10 divisions: Natural Recourses Management, Biodiversity, Pollution Management, Policy Planning, Environmental Economics and Global Affairs, Promotion and Environmental Education, Human Resource Development, Legal, Finance, Administration and Internal Audit. MoE is the UNFCCC national focal point and has established a Climate Change Secretariat (CCS) to serve as a node for the implementation of UNFCCC decisions including the preparation of the GHG Inventory and the country’s National Communications.
Ministry of Environment (Sri Lanka)
MoE
Last updated: 24 August, 2011

