Institute of Environmental Professionals, Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act, No. 1 of 2020.

This Act regulates the Institute of Environmental Professionals of Sri Lanka. The general objects for which the body corporate is constituted are hereby declared to be: a) to raise and uphold the dignity and reputation of environmental professionals in Sri Lanka; b) to disseminate environmental knowledge among the public; c) to foster communication between environmental professionals; d) to encourage and promote interdisciplinary research with a view of increasing scientific understanding of environmental issues; e) to provide an enabling platform to discuss environmental and development related issues; f) to encourage and to publish environmental publications; and g) to assist any, Ministry or Department of the Government or any Provincial Council pursuant to a written request made by such, Ministry or Department of the Government or any Provincial Council: (i) to conserve and enhance the natural and physical environment of Sri Lanka; (ii) to facilitate training programmes for environmental scientists and persons engaged in the conservation of the environment. The objects of the body corporate shall be carried out with no conflicts between the work of the body corporate and any work being carried out simultaneously by any Ministry or Department of the Government or of any Provincial Council.