About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/19c5ed9d490869ff9d33f75cd5a326e443984ed32e5cf6a998c769ab

Facets (new session)
Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/19c5ed9d490869ff9d33f75cd5a326e443984ed32e5cf6a998c769ab Goto Sponge NotDistinct Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	schema:NewsArticle
schema:articleBody	Sri Lankan authorities Wednesday agreed to save the world's only known wild specimen of a species of tree that was due to be chopped to clear the way for a four-lane expressway. The Sri Lanka Legume (Crudia zeylanica) -- a flowering tree from the legume family whose pods are not known to be eaten by humans -- was first classified in 1868 and last found in 1911. In 2012 it was declared extinct until the surprise discovery in 2019 of a lone tree near Colombo. But the eight-metre (26-foot) plant was set to be felled this month to allow the construction of a motorway, sparking uproar from environmentalists as well as politicians and the country's influential Buddhist clergy. On Wednesday, Wildlife and Forest Conservation Minister C. B. Rathnayake said construction workers were told to spare the plant. "The tree will not be cut and the work will go ahead by passing it by," Rathnayake told reporters in Colombo. Giving a major boost to efforts to save the plant, a group of Buddhist monks last week "ordained" it, tying a saffron robe around the trunk and declaring it a "sin" to cut it down. Buddhism enjoys widespread respect in the island nation of 21 million people, where it is the majority religion, and the clergy a major backer of the controversial government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. A top forestry expert welcomed the government decision and said the case underscored the need for proper environmental impact assessments before undertaking major construction. "We now have a chance to study this tree as well as its environment and step up conservation," said Hiran Amarasekera, professor in Forestry and Environment Science at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. aj/stu/je
schema:headline	Sri Lanka saves last legume from expressway axe
schema:mentions	Ordination Joule Legume Forestry Colombo Axe Controlled-access highway Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Extinction Buddhism Saffron Species Sri Lanka Sin President of the United States Crudia zeylanica Lone Tree Monument Hiran Chatterjee
schema:author	http://data.cimple.eu/organization/1f0054d541e000623a2c1e561a247c073ef6328e8be9ffafda7b3fcd
schema:datePublished	2021-02-17 (xsd:date)
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning	other political leaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment	negative sentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score	79 (xsd:integer)
http://data.cimple...tology#hasEmotion	happiness

Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023

Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE Content Formats:

RDF

ODATA

Microdata

About

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 11 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software