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Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Microplastic Pollution: A Silent Killer in the Making

I was only a few years old when Sri Lanka opened its economy in the late 70s. The influx of plastics into the island was among the few visible changes I remember…

Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi Prof. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi on 08/30/2023
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Human-Elephant Conflict Continues Unchecked

There are less than 500,000 wild elephants in the world. These comprise of just three families, the African Bush (Savannah) Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant; all are classified…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 08/12/202308/12/2023
Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Kandy

Macaque Havoc

The narrow, winding road at Kadugannawa is littered with small roadside shops selling corn, grapefruit and the local favourite polos and roti, coconut flatbread with a side of baby jackfruit curry. We…

Chamindhi Abeywarna Chamindhi Abeywarna on 08/03/2023
Colombo, Development, Environment, Politics and Governance

Saving the Leopard from Slipping into Extinction

In 2021, the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society (WNPS), Sri Lanka’s oldest such organisation (the third in the world), with the aid of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), persuaded the government…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 08/01/202308/02/2023
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Beating the Plastic Menace

Increased deforestation, greenhouse gas emission, coal mining, chemical waste and solid waste mismanagement are some of the grave global environmental issues faced at present. The government’s initiative to establish a Climate Change…

Sarah Muiz Sarah Muiz on 06/07/202306/07/2023
Colombo, Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance

Arming Farmers is Not the Answer to the Human-Elephant Conflict

Policymakers cursed with a lack of original thinking, especially with the possibility of elections in the offing, resort to knee jerk reactions to long standing problems rather than seek informed advice and…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 06/05/202306/05/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance

Don’t Blame the Monkeys

Animal rights activists and conservationists are up in arms about a plan to send 100,000 toque macaque monkeys to China on the request of a private Chinese firm. The government says the…

Jayantha Wijesingha Jayantha Wijesingha on 04/26/202304/27/2023
Development, Environment, Human Rights, Human Security, Issues, Mannar, Moving Images, Photos, Politics and Governance

Wind Farms : The Death of Mannar

How can the most ambitious renewable power project in Sri Lanka have this many detrimental impacts on the environment and the local communities of Mannar? Thambapawani, a derivation of the name after…

Buwanaka S. Perera Buwanaka S. Perera on 04/25/202304/26/2023
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Saving Forests with Corporate and Public Responsibility

We know this and we know that despite all of their expressed concerns and intentions that the policymakers have little thought of doing much to reverse this trend. Rather than bemoan this…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 03/21/202303/23/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Short Sighted Policies Destroying Sri Lanka’s Wildlife

In February 2023, the prestigious Forbes magazine proclaimed Sri Lanka as having the Top Wildlife Safaris Outside of Africa for the year 2023. “The nation has one of the planet’s densest populations…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 03/03/2023
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Deep Jungle Fever: A Symptom of a Greater Malady

The traditional conservation laws and policies of Sri Lanka are largely not working. If they were there would not be so much unrestrained destruction of wildlife and forests. These pieces of legislation…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 02/17/202302/18/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Conservation: Reaching a Point of No Return

Last year, Covid dominated all conversations and contributed to the further exacerbation of a multitude of existing man-made environmental and conservation disasters. “Sadly, conservation management decisions seem now to be made at…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 01/25/202301/25/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance

Vital Northern Mangroves Need Uncompromising Protection

Tashiya de Mel On the northern coast of Sri Lanka in the Mannar District is a place of extraordinary importance to conservation and to the economic wellbeing of the human populations who…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 12/22/202212/22/2022
Colombo, Development, Environment, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

Critical Zone: In Search of New Aesthetics

We are living in a critical zone. Have you ever thought of the critical nature of the zone that we live? Probably not; we take the earth that we live on for…

Godwin Constantine Godwin Constantine on 12/08/202212/09/2022
Colombo, Environment, Politics and Governance

Converting Conflict into Coexistence Between Humans and Elephants

Photo courtesy of Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne The situation of Asian elephants, Sri Lankan elephants in particular, is critical due to the increase in human-elephant conflicts. Even before the current economic crisis, Human-Elephant…

Anuradhi D. Jayasinghe Anuradhi D. Jayasinghe on 08/12/2022

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