National Seminar on Our Biological Heritage

National Seminar on Our Biological Heritage
(Current status of species diversity in Sri Lanka)

Two seminars were conducted  in order to promote expert knowledge on identification of species to general public and school children in Sinhala medium. The major objective was to improve the awareness on Sri Lankan Fauna and Flora among young generation (School children, university students and other interested parties), so that they can be involved in conservation and management of our biological heritage. 

This seminar series was organized jointly by  Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Biodiversity secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, IUCN, Sri Lanka and Young Biologists Association.

Two seminars were conducted on following dates from 8.30 am – 4.00 pm at Forestry Auditorium, Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.

Workshop 1 - Vertebrates (29 Novmber 2005)

Fishes - Prof Upali Amarasinghe
Amphibians - Mr Kelum Manamendraarchchi
Reptiles - Mr Anslem de Silva
Birds - Prof Sarath Kotagama
Land Mammals - Dr Devaka Weerakoon
Marine Mammals - Ms. Anouk Ilangakoon

Workshop 2 – Invertebrates (13 December 2005)

Marine invertebrates - Dr Malik Fernando
Insect diversity - Dr Anura Wijesekera
Ants - Dr Shirani Dias
Bees - Dr. Inoka (WAIP) Karunaratne and Prof Jayanthi Edirisinghe
Corals - Mr Arjan Rajasooriya (Not contacted yet)
Spiders - Dr Channa Bambaradeniya
Butterflies - Mr Nalin Perera
Mollusca - Dr Kithsiri Ranawana

For details visit the web site: http://www.environmentlanka.com/biodiv/biological_heritage_workshop.php