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About AirMAC |
The Air Resource Management Center (AirMAC) was established jointly by the Environmental Economics and Global Affairs Division of the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources and Central Environmental Authority in partnership with all stakeholders of air resource. The key partners of the AirMAC include Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ministry of Transport, Highways & Civil Aviation, Central Environmental Authority, Colombo Municipal Council, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Department of Motor Traffic, Traffic Police, Industrial Technological Institute, National Building Research Organization, Meteorological Department, Atomic Energy Authority, National Engineering Research and Development Centre, National Science Foundation, Universities, Sri Lanka Automobile Association, Chambers of Commerce and Industries.
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| Mission |
To provide leadership, guidance and facilitation to manage our air resource by mitigating the air pollution in order to enhance the health and well being of public and the quality of our environment.
Thrust areas identified for the AirMAC to operate include:
- Policy Development
- Planning and Programming
- Awareness Creation/ Public Sensitization
- Legal & Institutional Development
- Review/ Set Standards
- Inter Agency Coordination
- Air Quality Monitoring
- Collection & Dissemination of Air Quality Data/ Information
- Vehicular Emission Controlling
- Emission monitoring and modeling
- Capacity building and training
- Research/ Studies
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| Vission |
Clean Air: Healthy Nation
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| Objectives |
- Development and smooth function of an effective coordination mechanism
- Integration of air pollution abatement programms implemented in the island
- Development & implementing public sensitization programmes
- Institutional strengthening, training, capacity building of related staff of air resources management
- Development of policies and programme
- Harnessing of resource for air resource management
- Establishment of air resource information Network for collection and dissemination of air quality documents
- Promotion & facilitation of air quality research with a view to ensuring of clean and safe air for the health and well being of the people.
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| Clean Air Sri Lanka |
Clean Air Sri Lanka (CleanAirSL) is a non-stock, non-profit organization which was formed to assist AirMAC in all its activities, assist government agencies in implementing air quality programs and climate change mitigation programs, strengthen and build capacity for air quality management, develop policies and programs for air quality management, promote and facilitate air quality research, provide advisory services for air quality management related activities, among others.
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