. After the Tsunami: Rapid Environmental Assessment. NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - SRI LANKA People suddenly impoverished by these impacts are likely to place unprecedented pressure on the environment. There are reports, for example, that unusually large numbers of nesting marine turtles have been killed for meat in Sri Lanka since the tsunami, as people strive to off-set an under-supply of fish protein. The extent of such collateral damage wiW depend to a large ex-tent on how the recovery process is managed. In the fisheries sector the indiscriminate replacement of boats and fishi
. After the Tsunami: Rapid Environmental Assessment. NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - SRI LANKA People suddenly impoverished by these impacts are likely to place unprecedented pressure on the environment. There are reports, for example, that unusually large numbers of nesting marine turtles have been killed for meat in Sri Lanka since the tsunami, as people strive to off-set an under-supply of fish protein. The extent of such collateral damage wiW depend to a large ex-tent on how the recovery process is managed. In the fisheries sector the indiscriminate replacement of boats and fishing gear with new and high-quality equipment could easily result in over-exploitation of the marine environment. Similarly, welfare, relief and reconstruction programmes, unless well managed, could lead to wasteful consumption. Poor targeting, over-design of facilities and wasted investment will result in higher resource demand, depletion of natural resources and the generation of wastes, all having direct and indirect impacts on the Mirissa. Sri Lanka (5 January 2005). A Sri Lankan man walks past the wreckage of a fishing boat tossed ashore by the tsunami in the southern coastal town on Mirissa, As many as 27,000 of the fatalities were fishermen, and two-thirds of Sri Lanka's fishing boats were wrecked, destroying livelihoods for many families. © Jimin Lai/AFP/Getty Images Impacts of Reconstruction Demand on natural resources, including new land and changes of land use, will naturally increase during the reconstruction process. Initiatives to impose a resettlement zone, to re-plan, re-develop and relocate cities, and to introduce new roads, railways and port developments can only aggravate these pressures. Government initiatives to undertake a series of 'mega' projects in the wake of the recovery will add to this demand, all heating up the construction market with inevitable consequences for the exploitation of natural resources. Although elasticity in the supply
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