මුහුදු මට්ටමේ සිට මිටර 1265 ක උසින් වර්ග හෙක්ටයාර 62 ක් පුරා පැතිර පවතින නකල්ස් රක්‍ෂිතය දේශගුණික රක්‍ෂිතයක් ලෙස ලෝක උරුමයට පාත‍්‍රවී තිබෙන නමුත් මේ වන විට එය නැරඹිමට පැමිණෙන දේශිය සංචාරකයින්ගේ අයහපත් ක‍්‍රියාකලාපය නිසා රක්‍ෂිතය විනාශ වී යන බව පරිසරවේදියෝ පවසනවා.

Mr. Marco Gonzalez, Executive Director of Ozone Secretariat presenting a plaque to Minister of Environment Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa on efforts contributed by Sri Lanka to protect Ozone Layer.

The National event of the World Ozone Day was celebrated on 21st September 2012 at the Art Folk Theater in Battaramulla. This event was held with the patronage of Hon. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Hon.Minister of Environment Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Mr. Maco Gonzalez Executive Director - Ozone Secretariat, Mr.Atul Bagai - Regional Coordinator UNEP Asia Pacific Region, and with the participation of Mrs. Rizana Bilgrami - Country Director of UNDP Colombo.

Emerging Young Leader Award 2012 – EYLA 2012 – a competition organized by the National Youth Services Council and Emerging Young Leaders Association under the supervision of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development, that seeks to discover a leader who can influence the world, held its Pre-Press Conference on 30^th August 2012 at Hotel Taj Samudra, Under the chairing of Hon Dallus Alahapperuma, Minister of Youth and Skills Development.

Sri lanka-often called the pearl of the Indian ocean is a small island country 150 times smaller thatn the united states ,located in the northern Indian Ocean off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.