Planktonic diversity is an indicator tool to evaluate the health of aquatic ecosystems. A healthy ecosystem harbours well nourished flora and fauna. Limnological evaluation of a water resource illustrates the habitat ...

Inland fisheries in Sri Lanka, primarily within reservoirs and tank cascade systems, hold significant potential for sustainable fish farming and livelihood of peo- ple. This study employed images of the Lake Water Quality ...

Climate change poses a significant global challenge, impacting ecosystems and communities worldwide. This study investigated the valuable traditional knowledge held by elderly individuals (over 70 years of age) in the ...

Ma Oya, a significant stream in Sri Lanka, is a cultural and ecological en- tity. The study aimed to describe the environmental dynamics in Ma Oya river basin, during the North-East Monsoon (NEM) and South-West Monsoon ...

Sri Lanka has reported floods as the most threatening among other disasters like landslides, droughts, cyclones, tsunamis, etc. Aiming to manage the increasing trend of floods in Sri Lanka, a proper flood risk management ...

his study exemplifies the regionalization of Sri Lanka into meteorologi- cally homogeneous regions. The rain gauge stations established in Sri Lanka have not been continuously established across the country and are very ...

Drought is one of the inevitable recurrent phenomena of the climate. Farmers in Sri Lanka are exposed to severe droughts, resulting in many socioeconomic and environmental losses. Minor irrigation and rain-fed farmers ...

Abstract: Irrigation systems in Sri Lanka are not only important for agriculture and other livelihoods development, but also important as biodiversity refuges for many species. The Kubalgama tank is one of the irrigation ...

Abstract: Wildlife include animals and plants which owe their existence to natural phenomena or processes that occur autonomously. Anthropogenic activities such as poaching, wildlife trade, human animal conflict, and ...

bstract: Years of civil war and unsupportive infrastructure forced most of the cas- cade systems in the northern regions of Sri Lanka to be abandoned for decades. Ab- sence of anthropogenic activities, chiefly agriculture, ...