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MESSAGE
I am very pleased to note my appreciation of the hard work undertaken by NECCDEP in
producing the Trincomalee Bay Special Area Management Plan (TB SAM)
This Plan provides a good example of how to manage the environment under the concurrent
list of the 13 th Amendment in that it “thinks globally but acts locally”. The Plan also reflects
international good practice in terms of the principles of the “Ecosystem Approach”, of the
International Convention on Biodiversity to which Sri Lanka is a signatory.
The Plan addresses SAM level environmental issues but also responds to national and
international concerns such as climate change. In these respects it complements and
supports the CCD requirement, under the Coast Conservation Act, to deliver a national
coastal zone management plan at four yearly intervals.
It is my hope that this Plan will be fully integrated into CCD workplans and the next Sri Lanka
National Coastal Zone Management Plan. Over the last year CCD has assigned officers to
all three of the Districts in Eastern Province and it is my hope and expectation that the Plan
request for significant participation of the CCD will be met.
H.N.R. Perera
Director General
Coast Conservation Department
15 th January 2010