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Pages in category "Sri Lankan environmentalists" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sri Lanka's central and southern parts are home to montane forests, sub-montane forests and to lowland rainforests. In contrast, sparse forests, mangroves, riverine dry forests and monsoon forests are located in the dry zone. These forest covers in Sri Lanka have been greatly reduced by legal and illegal forest clearing. [3]
Chethika Gunasiri is a Sri Lankan environmental scientist and researcher. She is well known for her sustainability related efforts especially related to Colombo Wetland Management Strategy. [ 1 ] She has often spoken about the importance of wetlands for a sustainable Colombo and she has raised awareness among public about the critical role ...
The Loris, found only in Sri Lanka and South India, is related to the Lemurs of Madagascar. The connection to India led to a commonality of species, e.g. freshwater fish, the now extinct Sri Lankan Gaur (Bibos sinhaleyus) and the Sri Lankan Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus). [5] The island was connected, off and on at least 17 times in the past ...
Mohan Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan physicist, engineer and economist with a focus on energy, water resources, sustainable development and climate change.He was the 2021 Blue Planet Prize Laureate, and Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore. [1]
The World Bank is likely to approve $700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka at its next board meeting on June 28, sources told Reuters, the biggest funding tranche for the ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is ...
Visualisation of average annual temperature anomaly in Sri Lanka, 1901 to 2020. Climate change is an important issue in Sri Lanka , and its effects threaten to impact both human and natural systems. Roughly 50 percent of its 22 million citizens live in low-lying coastal areas in the west, south, and south-west of the island, and are at risk of ...