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Manta ray struggles for survival
Overfishing threatens the magnificent and prized ‘Ali Maduwa’, writes Malaka Rodrigo� A giant “maduwa”, or manta ray, was netted last week by fisherman in Welipatanwila, Ambalanthota, on the South...
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CITES conference to adopt measures to combat overfishing, illegal logging and...
The 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) of CITES starts today. This meeting will be particularly important for Sri Lanka as there are few proposal for enlisting Manta Ray (Maduwa in Sinhala) and Sharks...
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Weni wel the local paracetamol in market hot water
Forest officials and experts have expressed serious concern over illegal and unchecked harvesting of weni wel, Sri Lanka’s age-old multi-cure herb, by racketeers and profiteers driven by the high...
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Lanka urged to vote for sharks, manta rays
As the triennial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora takes place in Bangkok, Malaka Rodrigo stresses on the need to save those species which...
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Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime – Day1
“The Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime” has been organized as a side event to the 16th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties. This is jointly organized by CITES Secretariat and Asian...
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Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime – Day2
The second day of the “Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime” as a side event to CITES COP16 was started at Queen Sirikit Convention Centre at Bangkok on 11.03.2013. The law enforcement officers and...
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Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime – Day3
“We need better intelligence and international corporation to curb Wildlife Crime” said the law enforcement officers participating the CITES-ADB Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime. Being the last...
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Blood ivory a topic at International Forum on Wildlife Crime
Suspect traffickers arrested, stock seized in Lanka vital as probe continues� Malaka Rodrigo reporting from Bangkok The poaching of elephants for tusks was another issue discussed at the many side...
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Lanka won’t reveal shark secret
Malaka Rodrigo �reporting �from Bangkok – Sri Lanka maintained total silence on how it voted as an important proposal to protect sharks and manta ray species was passed earlier this week at the 16th...
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Airport in Elephant Territory opens today
Sri Lanka’s second International Airport at Mattala/Hambanthota opens today. The airport has been shifted from Weerawila to Mattala due to protests by farmers and environmentalists. But the new...
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Rise for the Sparrow – where has gone our ‘ge kurullas’..?
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is indeed a special bird that was common decades ago. They were considered a good-will bird, so boxes, pots with holes were kept inviting them to nest near our houses....
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First ‘International Forest Day’ celebrates today
Today, 21st March, is the International Day of Forests. This date was agreed by the UN General Assembly in November last year so that every year there would be one day set aside to “celebrate and raise...
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A week with days to remind Water, Forest, Sparrows & Climate Change
Have you realized 5 international days that are having some Environmental Importance were fallen on last week..?? Yes, 23rd.March: Earth Hour & World Meteorological Day, 22nd. March: World Water...
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Eight new shrub frogs discovered from the Peak Wilderness
Sri Lanka’s fame as a global amphibian hotspot got a further boost last week with the discovery of eight new amphibian species. This discovery, takes the number of amphibians found in Sri Lanka to 119...
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Newly discovered Tarantula is part of north’s peace dividend
By Malaka Rodrigo. A tarantula almost as big as a dinner plate has been discovered in northern Sri Lanka by a team of researchers who named it after a keen police officer who helped track down live...
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Pangolins could be at higher risk, warn conservationists
By Malaka Rodrigo. Conservationists have called for the protection of pangolins, a type of ant-eater known as “kaballawa” or “eya” after it was named the animal at the highest risk in the National Red...
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Threatened species served up as delicacies for Chinese palates
Crocodile, tortoise and pangolins were being cooked in numbers at a restaurant in Hambantota and served up to Chinese workers at Hambantota Port who had flocked to the eatery to munch on the protected...
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The elusive New Year messenger
Today is Avurudu but have you heard the messenger of the New Year, the koha? �The song of the koha, or the Asian Koel, is a special part of the Avurudu season, like the Western cuckoo is termed the...
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Cricket in the Changing Climate
Sri Lanka has lost the ICC Champions Trophy Semi-finals and many called it is the rain that supported Indian bowlers making conditions difficult to bat. The final has been restricted to T20 match most...
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Indians here to help Lankan donkeys
A group of conservationists from India were here last week to look into the welfare of donkeys in Mannar. The group consisting of veterinary surgeons from the Donkey Sanctuary India – an international...
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