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The current year 2020 has been a record year for flooding in the Asia-Pacific region, with cities seeing losses and widespread displacement due to heavy rains.

Sri Lanka’s 2019 was the hottest year in decades for some areas of the country. Drought periods have also increased, heralding calls for improved disaster resilience.

Sri Lanka's Agriculture of Ministry has decided to use drone technology to spray insecticides and stop the Fall Armyworm from spreading. This is but one of many measures, including the introduction of four new and subsidized pesticides.

Source area protection has been instrumental to ensure adequate and sustainable water resources in Sri Lanka's ancient times, but gradual encroachment into the hill country catchments and increasing population have put growing pressures on water resources.

'This initiative will replicate the good practices of the previous disaster risk reduction project, promote disaster resilient urban planning and significantly improve the quality of life of the communities by minimising their exposure to disasters' said Lakshman Perera of UN-Habitat...

The Disaster Management Ministry of Sri Lanka has announced a number of measures to lessen the impacts of natural disasters in 2013. One of such measures is the Ministry's plan to introduce an insurance scheme to protect homes in identrified disaster prone areas...

'The disaster managers and geologists have felt the need to promote a culture of disaster prevention in the country following recent earth tremors and other natural disasters. Reducing the impact of any possible threat on children against any type of disaster is important,' said the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Center’s Director General...

'The frequency of disasters in the world has increased with more natural disasters expected in the future. Sri Lanka being an island nation should pay prime concern for disaster resilience and resistance,'said Sri Lanka's disaster management minister Mahinda Amaraweera...