Preliminary national diagnostic for environment statistics

Country: Sri Lanka Presenter: Nirosha Disanayake Event : Sub Regional Workshop on Env. Statistics Date: 08th February 2017

National vision of Biodiversity

Sri Lanka’s biodiversity is valued, conserved and sustainably used to benefit all its citizens.

(MoMD&E (2016). National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan 2016-2022. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment.

National vision of sustainable development

Sri Lanka's new vision for the country involves achieving the twin objectives of sustainable development and reconciliation.

Ecologically sustained healthy and prosperous Sri Lanka

National vision of Green Economy

New vision for Sri Lanka – President 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York

National Green Reporting System for Sri Lanka (reporting Guidelines) Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka, 2011

“A healthy and pleasant environment sustaining nature for the well being of the people and the economy".

National vision of Environment

Vision - Ministry of Mahawali Development and Environment

Policy priorities and policy tools • Sustainable development policy priorities:

• Policy tools in place or planned: – Sustainable Development Act 2016

– National Policy on Sustainable Development will be prepared

– The National Environment Policy will be updated in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

Establishing a Sustainable environment in Sri Lanka

- “Punarudaya”, National Environment Conservation Program

2016 -2018

Institutions- Stakeholders in environment sustainable development and green economy policy

Data providers

Data users

Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment Department of Forest Conservation Central Environment Authority Geological Survey and mines Bureau National Gem Authority National Gem and Jewellery research and Training Institute

Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife Department of Wild life Conservation

Ministry of National Policies and Economic affairs Department of Census and Statistics Department of survey Department of Meteology Universities National Research Institutes Individual Researchers

Ministry of Finance National planning Department Ministry of Disaster Mgt. Central Bank of Sri Lanka International Organizations Researches Students

• Institutional mechanisms in place to make sustainability and green economy decisions: – Ministry of Sustainable Development

– Department of Census and Statistics

– Ministry of Mahawali Development and Environment

– Sustainable Development Council (proposed)

• The role of the National Statistical office: - Information related to environmental statistics is collected, processed and disseminated by

the Agriculture and Environment Statistics Division of the Department of Census and

Statistics.

- Functioning as a coordination body in order to compile SDG indicators for the country.

Knowledge • International Trade Statistics – Department of Customs

• National accounts – Department of Census and Statistics

• Business and Govt. finance – State Accounts Department

• Spatially detailed socio economic statistics – Department of Census and Statistics

• Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries – Department of Agriculture, Ministry of

Fisheries, Department of Forest conservation etc.

• Water stock, supply and use statistics – Water supply and drainage Board

• Tourism Statistics – Tourist Board of Sri Lanka

• Energy statistics – Ministry of Power and Energy

• Land taxes, ownership and Mgt. – VAT data from Inland Revenue Department

• Mitigating risks of extreme events and adapting to them – Ministry of Disaster

Management

• Topographic maps of Sri Lanka (1:10,000, 1:50,000)in Department of Survey

• Land cover and land use planning data- Department of Physical Planning

• Forest cover maps –Department of Forest

• Protected area maps- Department of Forest, Department of Wild life

• Protected species list- Fauna and Flora Protection ordinance

• Indigenous, endemic and threatened Fauna and flora of the country- National Red List

2012

Knowledge cont.

Existing compilations

• SEEA Central Framework Accounts – Not yet Compiled

• SEEA Ecosystem Accounts – Not yet Compiled

• Other FDES indicators – Not yet Compiled

• Other national statistical development activities – National Statistics Act

– National Statistical Committee to improve quality of statistics in the country

– SNA 2008 was adopted in 2010

– SDG indicators preparing by Department of census and Statistics for Sri Lanka

– National Environmental Reporting

– Country reviews by international organizations (ADB, IMF, etc.)

– National Red List of threatened Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka

• International activities focused on environment, sustainable development, biodiversity or green economy – UNREDD+

– Sustainable consumption and Production

– UNDP Biofin.

Priorities

• Priority accounts (provisional) and indicators

Forest Account

Land Account

Water Account

Mineral and Energy Account

Constraints

• Lack of Awareness

• Lack of technical knowledge

• Weak institutional Mechanism

• Lack of coordination and funding

• Lack of data available

Opportunities: Priority Actions

• Awareness building

• Capacity Building

• Institutional Strengthening

• Need institutional coordination or financing

• Need data development