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Turbines at Mannar are A Threat to Vital Bird Corridor
Dilum Alagiyawanna, in Daily Mirror, August 2025 Local-based renewable projects, unlike Adani’s mega 5.2 MW high-efficiency turbines, show that cleaner energy is possible, without harming Sri Lanka’s sensitive bird habitat. The Central Asian Flyway is one of the most significant … Continue reading
Unique to Sri Lanka: The Golden Palm Civet or Hotambuwa
News Item in the Sunday Observer, 17 March 2025 In our forests there’s a very special animal that you might not know about—the Golden Palm Civet paradoxurus zeylonensis. It is also known as the pani uguduwa, sapumal kalawaddha or ranhothambuwa, … Continue reading
Some Rare Books on Sri Lanka on Sale
Judy Pietersz Dear Prof. Roberts, It was indeed a great pleasure talking to you this morning. Your kind gesture in offering to assist by circulating this information among your network of academics in Australia is greatly appreciated. I’ve attached here … Continue reading
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Seabird Migration Routes Discovered by Lankan Scientists
Ifham Nizam, whose article in the ISLAND is entitled “Arctic link discovered: Lankan scientists trace 8,000 km seabird migration route” Sri Lankan scientists have uncovered a remarkable long-distance migration route used by seabirds, linking the island’s shores with the Arctic—an achievement … Continue reading
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SeaHorses Off Sri Lankan Shores: Rare Finds
Ifham Nizam, in The ISLAND Newspaer, 12 December 2025, where the title reads: “Rare Seahorse discovered in Sri Lankan waters sparks urgent conservation debate” … with the photos below being ‘generic imports’ because the bloody ISLAND photo was not cooperative … Continue reading
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“Traditional Wisdom, Society and Science in a Changing Climate” –A LECTURE Just held
Nations Trust WNPS Monthly Lecture …. https://island.lk/wetlands-of-sri-lanka/ ** The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) markeded the World Wetlands Month with a timely and insightful dual lecture featuring two of Sri Lanka’s leading authorities on wetland conservation. The February monthly … Continue reading
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Key Issues in the Human-Elephant Confrontation in Lanka’s Dry Zone
Kamanthi Wickramasinghe in The Daily Mirror, March 2026 … where the headline is different. Unlike sky rise buildings that dominate the skyline in Colombo, it is electric fences of various shapes and sizes that dominate much of the landscape in … Continue reading
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