Tuesday, 25th May 2021, Colombo: As part of its ongoing efforts to give back to the community & society, American & Efird Lanka (A&E Lanka), a Portfolio Company of Elevate Textiles, recently partnered with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) to support their efforts in Forest Restoration of the Kanneliya Conservation Forest in Halgahawela, Opatha. Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) in partnership with the Forest Department, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Sri Lanka and 10 of its Member Companies, initiated the restoration project of a 10-hectare block of degraded fern land in the Kanneliya Conservation Forest in 2018. With A&E Lanka’s support BSL will now begin the restoration of a further two hectares facilitating connectivity of this fragmented forest patch with the Kanneliya Conservation Forest. Commenting on this latest partnership, Dilhan C Fernando – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Biodiversity Sri Lanka stated, “The Importance of this collaboration, for me personally as a person representing the private sector and Biodiversity Sri Lanka, is that we have united science, government and business in doing something that will deliver the kind of change we need at a national level. A&E Lanka has been in operation in Sri Lanka since 1991 supporting Sri Lankan Apparel Manufacturers to position Sri Lanka’s Apparel Industry as the ‘Preferred Ethical Apparel Sourcing Destination’ on the global sourcing map.

Source: The Nation May 26, 2021 12:33 UTC