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By Ifham Nizam
Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) Executive Director Hemantha Withanage has been elected the chair of Friends of the Earth International.
Withanage is the first South Asian to clinch the top post of the Netherlands based institution which has a membership of 75 countries.
The Lankan Environmental Scientist succeeds Karin Nansen of Uruguay, whose two terms as chair ended in June 2021.
Speaking to journalists, Withanage said, “I am honoured to be elected as the chair of the world’s largest grassroots environmental justice organisation which, for 50 years, has been leading the fight against polluters and natural resource exploiters for a just and equitable future. ....

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