We are killing the very goose that lays the golden egg: our natural environment and its resources, by our short-sighted actions, warns Dr. Sriyanie Miththapala. In the last few weeks, the in...
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Counting elephants-The other side of the coin
Counting elephants-The other side of the coin By Srilal Miththapala There is considerable publicity about the proposed elephant census being planned by the Department of Wild Life Conservation...
The removal of buffer zones around national parks..
Fri, Jul 1, 2011, 08:42 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. July 01, Colombo: Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have raised concerns over the government's decision to remove the buffer...
Elephants In Tourism
The Less-Spoken Tale by Renton de Alwis February 3, 2011 @ 12:21 am Imagine a presentation on tourism for Sri Lanka without featuring an elephant or a herd of them in it. They are everywhere. In the...
The Pinnawala Incident-my views
It is reported that one of the bigger male elephants at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO) has died due to injuries caused by a mahout. I do not have first-hand information about what has...