Sri Lanka, Oct. 16 -- Environmental degradation transcends national borders and requires effective international legal frameworks to ensure accountability for ecological destruction caused by multinational corporations, Attorney-at-Law Ravindranath Dabare has said.

Speaking on behalf of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Friends of the Earth International and the global campaign, Mr. Dabare stressed that environmental protection required stronger international mechanisms, particularly when domestic legal systems failed to deliver justice to affected communities.

He said ecosystems, oceans and biodiversity constituted a shared global heritage, warning that environmental destruction caused by transnational corporations affected ...