{"cache_age":"3600","width":"920","description":"Sri Lanka is a biodiversity hotspot, because of that reason so many different sponge species can be observed around the Sri Lankan coastal waters. Due to overharvest and disease, wild sponge stocks worldwide are in decline. Farming sponges is a solution to overcome the market demand. Sponges have been commercially cultivated in many countries worldwide. But Sponge farming is a very new field to Sri Lanka. The project will be established in Northern region of Sri Lanka supporting the communities.","html":"<iframe src='https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/dy\/v2\/oembed\/?format=html&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalgiving.org%2Fprojects%2Fsustainable-sponge-farming-1%2F' style='width:920px;height:613px;border:0;'><\/iframe>","type":"rich","title":"Sustainable Sponge Farming on GlobalGiving","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/pfil\/49139\/pict_large.jpg","version":"1.0","height":"613"}