Sri Lanka

Conservation review of some natural forests in Sri Lanka

1993 Green, Michael John Beverley | Gunawardena, E. |

Accelerated conservation review of the natural and near natural forests in the wet and intermediate zones in Sri Lanka

1989

A draft project document developed by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Lands, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development. Includes letter from the Secretary of the Ministry to Martin Holdgate, IUCN Director General, as well as the IUCN report, "Sri Lanka: Forest sector development project. Environmental management component" from April 1989 resulting from the second IUCN mission to Sri Lanka at the request of the World Bank.

Insights into the biodiversity of the Sampur area in Trincomalee

2013 Wadugodapitiya, A. | Weeratunga, Vimukthi U. | Goonatilake, S. de A. | Chandranimal, D. | Perera, Nishan | Asela, C. |

This study documents the terrestrial and aquatic habitat types and floral and faunal species richness found in the Sampur area and current threats to biodiversity in the area.

Sustainable development of Delft Island : an ecological, socio-economic and archaeological assessment

2013 Goonatilake, S. de A. | Ekanayake, S. P. | Kumara, T. P. | Liyanapathirana, D. | Weerakoon, D. K. | Wadugodapitiya, A. |

This publication presents the findings of the physical, ecological, archaeological and socio-economic assessments of Delft Island; a map of Delft Island, illustrating its present land-use patterns, as well as areas that should, potentially, be earmarked for future development and conservation activities; and recommendations for the sustainable development of Delft Island, with a special emphasis on the development of tourism.

An appraisal of challenges in the sustainable management of the micro-target_idal barrier-built estuaries and lagoons in Sri Lanka

2012 Samarakoon, Jayampathy | Samarawickrama, Saman |
This study, based on a colloquium, field assessments of development activities and technical analyses pertaining to barrier-built estuaries and lagoons, was inspired by the positive response to a preceding report captioned ‘An Appraisal of Mangrove Management in Micro-target_idal Estuaries and Lagoons in Sri Lanka’.

An appraisal of mangrove management in micro-target_idal estuaries and lagoons in Sri Lanka

2011
This study was inspired by observations and experiences from post-tsunami (2004) mangrove planting and ‘restoration’ work in the country. Since the tsunami, IUCN Sri Lanka supported a number of initiatives for improving mangrove management in the context of the structure and functioning of the parent ecosystems – estuaries and lagoons.
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