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Sri Lanka

The island of Sri Lanka is 65,610 km²,  and is densely populated with 21.8 million people . The location, lying 50 km south of India, gave the island a strategic importance as trade shipping routes opened up around the world. This afforded attention from a number of European powers. Sri Lanka was colonised by the Portuguese in the 16th century, replaced by Dutch powers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and then the British up to independence in 1948. There is a pluralistic legal system, where a residual Roman-Dutch Law operates next to a British-style parliament and a French-style presidency but with few safeguards against abuse of power.  Economically, Sri Lanka carries a lower-middle-income status under World Bank measures.  However, this clouds a high level of income inequality, where 40% of the population live on less than 225 Sri Lankan rupees (1.2 USD) per day, and 70% of labour lies in the informal sector, without access to social welfare.
Socio-economic indicators browse all
Land Area
6,186,000 ha
GDP/Capita
13,386.7 USD

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30 December 2022
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s agriculture authorities are planning to grab 14,000 acres of paddy, violating property rights of the owners claiming that there are ‘fallow’ and give them ‘young persons’ to cultivate them, a report said, recalling Zimbabwe style land reform. The plan to take-over 14,000…
13 December 2022
Attempts to re-expropriate assets of Sri Lanka’s privatized commercial plantations on the pretext of being under-utilized will undermine property rights and discourage investors, officials and analysts said. Sri Lanka’s privatized plantations which are on 50-year lease have only 70,000 hectares of…
13 November 2022
Main photo: Proposed site for the sugar factory A decades-long struggle that farmers have been waging against multinationals angling to acquire thousands of acres of lush state agricultural land in Bibile for a sugar factory is continuing. Farmer A.M. Gunabanda says a proposed sugarcane project…

Sri Lanka

projects

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
4732401.265
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To transform the Thai rice value chain for environmental sustainability by upscaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard through an Integrated Landscape Management approach.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

9248790.051
Project duration:
to
Euro

Objectives

To reduce rates of agricultural driven deforestation and biodiversity loss and to establish a sustainable system of land-use planning to guide future land development activities, sustainable and resilient commodity/crop production and farming systems across Papua New Guinea.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

3336912.114
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces of Papua New Guinea through integrated landscape management and natural capital assessment

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

0
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contributions are also made to initiatives that reflect Ireland's commitment to multlateralism.

Objectives

4732401.265
Donors:
Global Environment Facility

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
4732401.265
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To transform the Thai rice value chain for environmental sustainability by upscaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard through an Integrated Landscape Management approach.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

9248790.051
Project duration:
to
Euro

Objectives

To reduce rates of agricultural driven deforestation and biodiversity loss and to establish a sustainable system of land-use planning to guide future land development activities, sustainable and resilient commodity/crop production and farming systems across Papua New Guinea.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

3336912.114
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces of Papua New Guinea through integrated landscape management and natural capital assessment

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

0
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contributions are also made to initiatives that reflect Ireland's commitment to multlateralism.

Objectives

9248790.051
Donors:
Global Environment Facility

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
4732401.265
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To transform the Thai rice value chain for environmental sustainability by upscaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard through an Integrated Landscape Management approach.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

9248790.051
Project duration:
to
Euro

Objectives

To reduce rates of agricultural driven deforestation and biodiversity loss and to establish a sustainable system of land-use planning to guide future land development activities, sustainable and resilient commodity/crop production and farming systems across Papua New Guinea.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

3336912.114
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces of Papua New Guinea through integrated landscape management and natural capital assessment

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

0
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contributions are also made to initiatives that reflect Ireland's commitment to multlateralism.

Objectives

3336912.114
Donors:
Global Environment Facility

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
4732401.265
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To transform the Thai rice value chain for environmental sustainability by upscaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard through an Integrated Landscape Management approach.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

9248790.051
Project duration:
to
Euro

Objectives

To reduce rates of agricultural driven deforestation and biodiversity loss and to establish a sustainable system of land-use planning to guide future land development activities, sustainable and resilient commodity/crop production and farming systems across Papua New Guinea.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

3336912.114
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces of Papua New Guinea through integrated landscape management and natural capital assessment

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

0
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contributions are also made to initiatives that reflect Ireland's commitment to multlateralism.

Objectives

0
Donors:
Global Environment Facility

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
4732401.265
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To transform the Thai rice value chain for environmental sustainability by upscaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard through an Integrated Landscape Management approach.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

9248790.051
Project duration:
to
Euro

Objectives

To reduce rates of agricultural driven deforestation and biodiversity loss and to establish a sustainable system of land-use planning to guide future land development activities, sustainable and resilient commodity/crop production and farming systems across Papua New Guinea.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

3336912.114
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces of Papua New Guinea through integrated landscape management and natural capital assessment

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

0
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contributions are also made to initiatives that reflect Ireland's commitment to multlateralism.

Objectives

0
Donors:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland)

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
4732401.265
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To transform the Thai rice value chain for environmental sustainability by upscaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard through an Integrated Landscape Management approach.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

9248790.051
Project duration:
to
Euro

Objectives

To reduce rates of agricultural driven deforestation and biodiversity loss and to establish a sustainable system of land-use planning to guide future land development activities, sustainable and resilient commodity/crop production and farming systems across Papua New Guinea.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

3336912.114
Project duration:
Euro

Objectives

To achieve biodiversity conservation and land degradation neutrality in the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces of Papua New Guinea through integrated landscape management and natural capital assessment

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

0
Project duration:
to
Euro

General

Assessed contributions are made to a number of UN agencies arising from Ireland’s membership of organisations such as the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the International Office for Migration (IOM), the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contributions are also made to initiatives that reflect Ireland's commitment to multlateralism.

Objectives

0
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
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