Push for solar park in Sri Lanka’s elephant terrain raises concern

Mongabay
Apr 21, 2026, 5:51 am82 ptsTrending
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — As a new wave of large-scale solar energy projects take shape along the fringes of Sri Lanka’s Managed Elephant Range, or MER, in the southern district of Hambantota, activists, farmers and wildlife conservationists are opposing the move. Those opposing the solar push — in a…

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