Official IUCN publications

An introduction to the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems

2016

This introductory guide draws on a number of key IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) papers, case studies and background documents to provide a practical introduction to the RLE. It targets those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the RLE as a risk assessment tool and those who wish to learn more about its possible applications in implementing conservation action.

Medium to long-term multi-stakeholder strategy and action plan for management and conservation of the Kelani River Basin, 2016-2020. Map compendium of the Kelani River Basin

2016 Edussuriya, C.H. | Pathirage, Sandamali |

Medium to long-term multi-stakeholder strategy and action plan for management and conservation of the Kelani River Basin, 2016-2020. Preliminary perception survey on water safety in the Kelani River Basin

2016 Mallawatantri, Ananda |

Medium to long-term multi-stakeholder strategy and action plan for management and conservation of the Kelani River Basin, 2016-2020. Natural resource profile of the Kelani River Basin

2016 Mallawatantri, Ananda |

Medium to long-term multi-stakeholder strategy and action plan for management and conservation of the Kelani River Basin, 2016-2020. Final report

2016 De Silva, Kushani | Mallawatantri, Ananda | Rodrigo, Ajith |

Sustainability of small grants

2015 Ekaratne, Kumudini | Mallawatantri, Ananda | Vidanage, Shamen P. |

IUCN Sri Lanka is the National Secretariat of Mangroves for the Future (MFF) regional initiative that is being implemented in the country since 2008. MFF Sri Lanka implemented over 82 small grants to date and as an innovative step, decided to allocate resources to better understand the post-project sustainability of MFF projects. Fifty nine (59) projects have been implemented during 2009-2012 of which 54 were evaluated.

Physical assessment of the Brahmaputra River

2014 Mahanta, Chandan |

The Brahmaputra River is one of the largest river systems in the world, yet it is also one of the most under-investigated, underdeveloped basins. This study analyzes available climatic and hydrologic data to carry out a physicalassessment of the basin. The analysis also looked at possible climate change impacts on temperature, evapotranspiration, rainfall, and river flows in the basin.