The first international conference on tea cultural landscape was started in Nuwara Eliya under the leadership of Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi, Minister of Buddhist Governance, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
The aim is to gain a crucial approach to including Sri Lanka’s tea cultural landscape in the UNESCO Tentative List.
Professor Hartwig Bohne, Director of World Heritage Research Institute of Japan, Wataru Ono, and preachers from countries including UK, Korea, Spagain, China, India and Thailand were also together for this and Dr. Sagara Jayasinghe, Dr. Anura Pradeep, Dayathisara The conference included research papers and lectures of many representatives including Mr. Hewawasam, Mr. Dinesh de Alwis and Mr. Dayan Seneviratne.
Dr. Madhura Seneviratne, Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Nilan Kure, Director General of the Central Cultural Fund, Professor M. S. M. Aslam from the Faculty of Management at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and Dr. Sumedha Mathota, Director of the Central Cultural Fund (Development), along with officers from the Department of Archaeology and scientists from Sabaragamuwa University, were also present at the event.
