On the invitation ofChina-Sri Lanka Joint Centre for Education and Research, the Consul General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou, Priyangika Dharmasena, gave a speech at the 6th China-Sri Lanka Joint Workshop on Monsoon Climate and Marine Environmental Resources, which was held virtually on March 9.
Scholars and officials attached to the university of Ruhuna; National Aquatic Resources, Research, and Development Agency; the Department of Meteorology; South China Sea Institute of Oceanology; and the Universities of Western Australia participated in the workshops, which consisted of speeches, presentations, and question-and-answer sessions. The presentations comprised of environmental and marine research pertaining to Sri Lanka.
The Consul General, in her address, said that conducting such workshops regularly would help ‘find solutions’ to important areas of global interest and to ‘update our knowledge on the changes taking place in our environment’.
She highlighted the need to strengthen capacities to address unforeseen environmental pollution and recalled the incident of the fuel leakage from the ‘MT Diamond’ ship off the Sri Lankan East Coast.
Among those who addressed the gathering was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna, Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena; Director-General of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Prof. Lijuan Long; and Co-Directors of the China-Sri Lanka Joint Centre for Education and Research, Prof. Changsheng Zhang and Prof. Tilak P.D. Gamage.