Push for solar park in Sri Lanka’s elephant terrain raises concern
Abstract
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 district that has significant ‘elephant […]
Fields of Study & Subjects
Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
Agriculture
Water
and Health
Publication details
- Publisher
- Mongabay
- Publication date
- 21 April 2026