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The Rubber Development Department and the Sri Lanka Survey Department have jointly initiated a programme to map rubber cultivation lands.
This mapping is being carried out using innovative geographic information system technology.
Under this program, it is expected to obtain the geographical coordinates of all small rubber lands by 2025.
After the mapping is done, the Rubber Development Department will issue a free QR code to farmers, and the Ministry of Plantations and Community Infrastructure says that it will be mandatory for farmers to provide the information contained in this QR code to traders when selling rubber products.
The European Union has introduced regulations (EUDR) to be followed when exporting rubber-related products and raw materials to their member countries, and one of its main requirements is to accurately map the areas under cultivation to ensure that rubber supply chains do not contribute to deforestation.
The European Union has imposed this directive with the aim of preventing deforestation and to prevent import and export of products related to global deforestation.
