RT Report T1 Sri Lanka post-tsunami environmental assessment A1 United Nations Environment Programme, PB United Nations Environment Programme SN 92-807-2653-6 YR 2005 FD 2005 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9298 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9298 NO The Tsunami disaster of the 26th December 2004 was the worst natural calamity to have befallen Sri Lanka since historical times. It caused the loss of tens of thousands of lives, property and livelihood damage costing many millions of rupees as well as severe damage to the natural and built environment in most of the country's coastal zone. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026