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After a lengthy delay, still no green light for Sri Lanka’s red list
Published on Mongabay on 9 July 2019 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/after-a-lengthy-delay-still-no-green-light-for-sri-lankas-red-list/ The rediscovery in recent years of species long thought to be...
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දෙවසරක් සපුරණ ‘ගෙවත්තේ ජෛව විවිධත්වය’ලිපි මාලාව
The column ‘Biodiversity of Home Gardens’ that I started on 2017 on Vidusara sinhala science weekly completes 2 years on this World Environment Day. We are so much concern about the beauty of the birds...
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Warrior of Wellassa rebellion lives on in tiny gecko
New Gecko Godagedaras’ Day Gecko – Cnemaspis godagedarai (c) Chen Lee While Keppetipola Disawe is the best-known chieftain who fought in the 1817 Wellassa rebellion against the British, another...
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අනුන්ගේ කැදැලිවල බිත්තර දමන, අවුරුදු නැතත් තවමත් ගී ගයන කොහා…
The Asian Koel is known as messenger of traditional Sinhala/Tamil new year celebrated on April, as the male Koel start singing its beautiful song coincide with new year season. Many believe the koel...
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Crackdown after Sri Lanka bombings may help in fight against blast fishing
Published on Mongabay on 26 June 2019 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/crackdown-after-sri-lanka-bombings-may-help-in-fight-against-blast-fishing/ Sri Lanka’s fight against the destructive practice...
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Hope rises for threatened Sinharaja jumbos with radio collaring
Geofencing project could save human and elephant lives. Published on SundayTimes on 28.07.2019 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190728/news/deep-in-sinharaja-hope-rises-for-threatened-jumbos-360224.html A...
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‘Made for mating’ giant moth causes stir
Published on SundayTimes on 04.08.2019 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190804/news/made-for-mating-giant-moth-causes-stir-361274.html A huge, butterfly-like creature sitting calmly inside a house in...
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Ranger’s death triggers call to recognise job risks in jungle
A wildlife ranger was tragically killed this week when an elephant whose gunshot wound he was trying to treat suddenly turned and attacked him. Wildlife Guard B.M.C.K. Basnayake was the second wildlife...
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Would CITES listing help threatened sea cucumbers due to overexploitation?
Published on Mongabay on 10.08.2019 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/08/sri-lanka-pushes-for-protection-of-sea-cucumbers-amid-overexploitation/ With fewer species of sea cucumbers being recorded in...
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Out of the blue, a visitor is blown in by the monsoon
Published on SundayTimes on 18.08.2019 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190818/news/out-of-the-blue-a-visitor-is-blown-in-by-the-monsoon-363649.html An unusually large bird found this week on Muthu Panthiya...
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World Wildlife Conference starts paying tribute to Sri Lankan victims of terror
Published on SundayTimes on 25.08.2019 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190825/news/world-wildlife-conference-pays-tribute-to-lankan-victims-of-terror-364936.html The 18th World Wildlife Conference convened...
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In Sri Lanka, the sweet smell of agarwood draws calls for trade protection
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/08/in-sri-lanka-the-sweet-smell-of-agarwood-draws-calls-for-trade-protection Published on SundayTimes on 23.08.2019 Agarwood, a resinous substance produced by tree...
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Humble Hunas highlighted in Parliament Hansard
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190825/news/humble-hunas-highlighted-in-hansard-364842.html Published on SundayTimes on 25.08.2019 The naming of six recently-discovered geckos after past Sinhalese warriors...
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Snakebite test cuts toxic remedy
This is an article published on SciDev.net exactly 5 years ago on 01.Sept.2014 https://www.scidev.net/south-asia/health/news/snakebite-test-cuts-toxic-remedy.html. Herewith re-posting the article on...
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‘White elephant’ concentration camp for problem jumbos
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190825/news/white-elephant-concentration-camp-for-problem-jumbos-364872.html published on SundayTimes on 25.08.2019 The proposed $5 million elephant holding ground inside...
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Researchers rewarded for published, locally-relevant projects
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190901/news/researchers-rewarded-for-published-locally-relevant-projects-366270.html published on SundayTimes on 01.09.2019 About 240 Sri Lankan scientists involved in 100...
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Sri Lankan lizards, tortoises get greater protection from wildlife trade
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190901/news/sri-lankan-lizards-tortoises-get-greater-protection-from-wildlife-trade-366240.html published on 01.09.2019 The World Wildlife Conference, known formerly as the...
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The Elephant Count 2019 Postponed
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190908/news/elephant-count-method-triggers-debate-on-reliability-367479.html published on 08.09.2019 The islandwide elephant survey planned for September 13-14 is likely to...
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Sri Lanka scales up its domestic campaign to protect sharks with a global push
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/sri-lanka-scales-up-its-domestic-campaign-to-protect-sharks-with-a-global-push/ published on MongayBay on 05.09.2019 With the killing of sharks and rays on the rise,...
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Environmentalists, conservationists gather for tropical biodiversity...
The 12th Asia-Pacific Chapter Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) got underway yesterday (Sept 10) at MAS Athena in Thulhiriya. Published on SundayTimes Online on...
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