In Sri Lanka The mountain Forests are the water generators

Globally ForestsCycle the atmospheric water reservoir (over

28,300 GT/yr)

Photosynthetic BiomassContributing Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)

( an increase in global albedo by 1-2% can diminish the warming effect of CO2 by over 50

years.)

The difference between live and dead clouds

The forests not only create rain they also maintain clear water

Modern land use changes there relations

Agrotoxins are added to the montane regions at the rate of 24 Kgs/acre/year

These agrotoxins coupled with industrial toxins render surface water

unusable and toxic

Modern land use methods erode the water quality of the nation

Eventually this land based pollution degrades the ocean ecosystems

No attention was paid to these concernes and by 2010 due to inaction Sri Lanka became the

worst polluter of the Indian Ocean

Some applicable principles

• Principle 5 Map out flow and reservoir systems

• Principle 7 Be guided by landscape needs

• Principle 9 Utilize ecological processes