Extreme weather puts traditional livelihoods in peril in Sri Lanka, studies warn

Mongabay
May 17, 2019, 3:23 pm826 ptsInteresting
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — For Nataraja Kumar, 47, a fisherman from Guru Nagar, a sleepy coastal village in Sri Lanka’s north, it’s no longer possible to continue with his traditional livelihood. “I went fishing as a 10-year-old boy with my father and grandfather. But I will not train my son to be a fisherman.…

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