National Land Use Policy of Sri Lanka.

The National Land Use Policy will provide an appropriate policy framework, to ensure proper land use, food security, economic development and the maintenance of the productivity of the land at a higher level. The Policy goal is rational utilization of lands as a resource, in the national interest, in order to ensure food security, a high quality of life, equity and ecological sustainability. The Policy will also focus on the rational allocation of land, improvement of productivity and guiding the conversion of agricultural land to other uses. The Policy further consider the concept of land resources in relation to all environmental and natural resources; such as climate, soil, water, forest, minerals, bio-diversity, marshy lands and wetlands. The text is designed in 7 parts and the last part refers to three issues of Land and People; Agriculture and Food Security; and Land and Nature.