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Elephant Fencing Programme Accelerated in Anuradhapura
To promote the Human-Elephant Co-Existence (HECO-EX) model, ESCAMP targets to build 47 Village Fences by the end of the project, of which 22 Village Fences would be in the Anuradhapura District. Thirty Paddy Field Fences are also due to be erected in Anuradhapura according to the guidelines provided by ESCAMP. These guidelines include the following:
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022
A workshop was conducted by ESCAMP to mark International Women’s Day 2022 at Saptha Parisara Mandapaya in Sampathpaya, Battaramulla under the chairmanship of Project Director Mr. Anura Sathurusinghe. While over 50 working women participated in this workshop, two specialists made presentations based on ‘Gender Equality for a Sustainable Tomorrow,’ which was the theme of
Developing a Conservation Landscape Planning Policy Framework for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s soil, water and air as well as the diversity of plants and animals has placed this island as a unique habitat for humans as well as animals. This natural capital, like all other resources, needs to be conserved and scientifically managed for sustainability and of the country to thrive in the future. While
Developing a Conservation Landscape Planning Policy Framework for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s soil, water and air as well as the diversity of plants and animals has placed this island as a unique habitat for humans as well as animals. This natural capital, like all other resources, needs to be conserved and managed well in order for the country to thrive in the future. While it
Supporting livelihoods while solving the human-elephant conflict
At a time when Sri Lanka is moving away from use of chemical fertiliser, there is a great demand for organic fertiliser. The shortage of carbonic fertiliser in the market is causing a great difficulty to the farmers in rural areas of Sri Lanka, as the demand for organic fertiliser – including compost – is
අලි මිනිස් ගැටුම විසඳන අතරම ජීවනෝපායට සහාය වීම
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව රසායනික පොහොර භාවිතයෙන් ඉවත් වෙමින් පවතින මොහොතක කාබනික පොහොර සඳහා රට තුළ විශාල ඉල්ලුමක් පවතී. උච්චතම මට්ටමක පවතින එම ඉල්ලුම හේතුවෙන් දේශීය වෙළඳපොලෙහි කොම්පෝස්ට් ඇතුළු කාබනික පොහොර හිඟයක් ද නිර්මාණය වෙමින් පවතී. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ හැළඹවැව ග්‍රාමය කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය පදනම් කරගත් ගම්මානයක් වන අතර එම ගම්වාසීන් ඔවුන්ගේ වගාවන් සරු කරගැනීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය පමණට කාබනික පොහොර
ESCAMP supports Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Mentorship
The Forest Department, Ecosystem Conservation and Management Project (ESCAMP) with the collaboration of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is implementing a two year program aiming to address the current shortage of trained forest landscape restoration practitioners in the country. Under this capacity development program, it is expecting to train 300 senior level
Community village fencing accelerated in Anuradhapura
Thirteen villages have been identified for community-based village fences due to the on-going human-elephant conflict in the Anuradhapura District. Currently, community awareness programs have been conducted in 10 villages and 9 community based organisations have been established to maintain the village fences and sustain the effort made by ESCAMP. Construction of the fence at Helambawewa
Pilot landscape management project initiated in the Dry Zone
A pilot landscape management project was proposed in Hingurakgoda DS Division in the Hurulu-Kawudulla-Kantale landscape for testing and gathering first-hand experiences for landscape management. This proposal was submitted for World Bank feedback and launched in February 2021. The activities focused on the Kithul Uthuwa village in the Singhagama Grama Niladari Division in Hingurakgoda.
Preparation Of the Landscape Management Plan For Sinharaja Forest Range (SFR)
The Sinharaja Forest Range Landscapecovers 231,000 ha in the Ratnapura, Galle, Matara and Kalutara District of Sri Lanka. The task of developing a landscape management plan was taken on by a highly competent team of experts consisting of a Team Leader with technical knowledge of the subject, Land-use Specialist, Biodiversity Specialist, Sociologist, Environmental Economist, Agriculture