Dole denies the plantation is in the park, satellite imagery proves it clearly is. Source: Mongabay.com
By David Vollrath, Rainforest Rescue
Old growth rain forest is being destroyed in Sri Lanka to clear land for banana plantations.
Letsgrow, a subsidiary of the US Dole Food Company, has already clear-felled 1,500 hectares of protected forest; 4,700 more are to follow in the Somawathiya Chaitiya National Park.
The park is habitat to 400 Asian elephants and other rare species.
Environment activists in Sri Lanka are asking for help to save the park and elephants. You can help with your signature here.
