Saving a sanctuary
As the world marks Environment Day on June 5, Yomal Senerath-Yapa visits the threatened Anavilundawa wetlands where the WNPs together with the Wayamba University and Wildlife Dept.
WNPS FILES SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE AGAINST WIND POWER PROJECT IN MANNAR ISLAND
WNPS files a fundamental rights application in the Supreme Court aimed at protecting the unique ecosystem of Mannar Island.
WNPS goes to Supreme Court against Adani’s Mannar wind power project
In a significant move aimed at protecting the unique ecosystem of Mannar island, the environmental protection organisation, Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), has filed
Adani wind energy project challenged in Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court
Adani Green Energy’s wind energy project, coming up in Sri Lanka’s northern Mannar and Pooneryn districts, has been challenged in the island’s apex court on grounds of potent
Empowering Communities: From Mangrove Restoration to Entrepreneurship in Anawilundawa
In a bid to bridge the gap between scientific conservation efforts and community prosperity, the Anawilundawa Assisted Natural Regeneration of Mangroves project has been making wav
The Asoka Barb Project: Towards Conservation of a Critically Endangered Endemic Species
Partnership between WNPS and National Zoological Gardens focuses on saving Sri Lanka's critically endangered endemic species, the Asoka Barb, through captive in-situ breeding progr
Leading Restoration: WNPS is at the forefront of conserving Mangrove Ecosystems
Collaborative efforts led by WNPS restore Sri Lanka's mangrove ecosystem, earning UN recognition for sustainable conservation.
Invasive Alert: Details of a preliminary investigation on Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
Reliable information has been collected from few shrimp farms and adjacent natural ecosystems on the presence of Black mussel Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) (Bivalvia; Mytilidae)
Horana Plantations and WNPS PLANT building ambitious 9km forest corridor
Horana Plantations and WNPS PLANT have just announced the launch of an exciting new conservation initiative in the hill country which hopes to build a nine-kilometer-long forest co
‘REWILDING’ – 25 years of Land Restoration on the borders of Wasgamuwa National Park
As forests continue to be cut, protected areas encroached on and many still deny that the Earth is warming, and the climate changing, we drift from certainty to insecurity.