PIMS 9623 - FSP - Promoting sustainable economic benefits through the conservation of critical biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Eastern and Southern Coastal Regions of Sri Lanka

About this project

The project aims to address the current and future development pressures on the biologically rich terrestrial, coastal, and marine ecosystems in the Southern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka. Emerging economic pathways are expected to accelerate habitat encroachment, promote destructive harvesting practices, increase pollution and invasive species proliferation, and exacerbate the impacts of climate change. These pressures threaten critical ecosystem services that support livelihoods, biodiversity, and disaster resilience.To address these challenges, the project adopts a holistic, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral approach that integrates biodiversity conservation with sustainable development. It will promote an integrated and coordinated framework for planning and managing ecosystems, engaging all sectors and local communities that impact or depend on these ecosystems. The intervention pathways include strengthening governance, policies, and institutional capacities for integrated landscape and seascape management, fostering financing and incentives for nature-positive practices, and demonstrating ecosystem-based management and nature-based solutions with potential for replication and scaling.

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 15Life on Land

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Sri Lanka

Sectors

Biodiversity

Funded by

Global Environment Fund Truste

Implemented by

LKA Ministry of Environment

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01003617.

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