Biodiversity Secretariat of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment prepared National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan for the period of 2016-2022 under the obligation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

As the national coordination body for implementation of NBSAP, Biodiversity Secretariat is conducting the workshops in District level to aware all the relevant Government, Non-Government and Private Sector officers about this action plan whom they engaged in implementation of Biodiversity Conservation activities and review the progress of implementation of this action plan.

Accordingly, a workshop was held on 14.03.2019 at District Secretariat, Kandy. Additional District Secretary Mr. Uthpala Jayarathne chaired the workshop and Mrs. Pathma Abeykoon, Director, Biodiversity represented biodiversity secretariat of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment. Prof.Siril Wijesundara and Dr.Jinie Dala participated as  resource persons for this workshop.  All Divisional secretaries of Kandy district and higher level government officers, representatives from NGOs and private sector participated for the above workshop.