Bhathiya Kekulandala

A team of dedicated technical staff from IUCN was involved in implementing this extremely important national task. The work spanned across several years, and involved a comprehensive literature survey of fauna and flora in Sri Lanka, data compilation and analysis of the status of species using IUCN global red list criteria and preparation of the digital database on the species assessed. Although the team faced several constraints in attending to this task, they were able to address these issues with the active support of the experts who assisted in reviewing the draft lists of threatened fauna and flora.

Adapting an indigenous water resource management system to new climatic realities Bhathiya Kekulandala1, 2, Asoka Ajantha1 and Buddika Hapuarachchi1 1Practical Action (Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan Programme), No 05, Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Kirulapana, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka. 2Corresponding author bhathiya.kekulandala@practicalaction.org.lk Submitted to 5th International conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change ABSTRACT Climate change is regarded as the overarching development challenge of century. Although Sri Lanka’s contribution to the global warming are negligible, it is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in terms of increase in the severity and frequency of disasters, variability and unpredictability of rainfall patterns, increases in average temperatures and sea level rise. Coastal communities in the North and east of Sri Lanka emerged from 30 year old civil war recently. Community infrastructure (Irrigation tanks, channels, roads) and social inst...

Title: Sustenance of forest dependent livelihoods of local communities in a changing and variable climate: Integrating local knowledge for adaptation options L. D. C. B. Kekulandala1, R. H. S. S. Fernando2 1 Practical Action, Sri Lanka, No 05, Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka 2 Centre for Applied Biodiversity Research Forest dependent communities around the world traditionally harvest numerous products from the forests. Although timber is the primary extraction, a variety of other products have also been harvested. Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) have been a valuable means of subsistence for traditional/indigenous communities. NTFP includes fruits, roots, leaves, yams, herbs and plants that collected from wild stocks (various ecosystems such as forests, mangroves, grasslands etc). Communities have been harvesting NTFP’s in a sustainable manner for centuries bounded by cultural norms and practices evolved over the years. However, growing population, high demand for...

... three publications (ie, Bossuyt et al. 2004; Bahir & Surasinghe 2005; Bambaradeniya 2006a). ... Bahir & Surasinghe (2005) only discuss the conservation status of Agamid lizard species, without including the distribution data of species. ...