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August 13, 2025 · 9:21 pm

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 →

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January 14, 2025 · 8:19 pm

An Elephantine Blockage in Sri Lanka! … & An Elephantine Problem!

Wasantha Chandrapala, in Daily Mirror, 12 January 2025 The Tempitiya-Mahaoya road in Ampara has been closed for traffic and pedestrian movement for the past three days due to an injured wild elephant frequenting the road. Residents of the area said … Continue reading →

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March 24, 2025 · 6:19 pm

Face-to-Face in Sri Lanka: Elephants & Humans

Zinara Rathnayake, in an Item in the New Lines Magazine that is reprinted in The Island, 23 March 2025 In Makulpotha village, 89 miles northwest of Colombo, Punchibanda woke up to the trumpet of an elephant while he was sleeping … Continue reading →

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July 31, 2025 · 9:57 am

The Ten Most Attractive Islands in This Our World

Item conveyed to TPS by Charles Schokman & Victor Melder & bearing this title “Sri Lanka ranked the Most Beautiful Island in the World” Colombo, July 29 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka has been crowned the Colombo, July 29 (Daily Mirror) … Continue reading →

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March 24, 2025 · 6:46 pm

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 →

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December 12, 2025 · 7:20 pm

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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December 14, 2025 · 6:57 pm

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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February 22, 2026 · 12:20 pm

“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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November 1, 2023 · 7:20 pm

“Corridors of Time” Painting Exhibition at Lionel Wendt, Colombo

Corridors of Time – Artistic Narratives of Heritage and Nature …. at … the  Harold Peiris Gallery at the Lionel Wendt,  Col-7 ,,, Opening: 2nd November 2023 @ 6pm …. continuing from 3rd-5th November …  with Paintings from Royden Gibbs & … Continue reading →

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June 3, 2024 · 12:57 am

An Indian Performer Skips across Sri Lanka’s Wild Life Terrain

SEE YOU TUBE Presentation by Shakthi Mohan// Nriti Shakthi of India … entitled “Dance across the World” Dive into the enchanting world of Sri Lanka with Shakti Mohan in the first episode of our brand new series, Dance Across the … Continue reading →

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