The tragedy of the natural history museum, London

F NAGGS - Megataxa, 2022 - biotaxa.org
The remit of the Natural History Museum, London, encompasses the whole of the natural
world and places it at the forefront of global concerns about human impact on the biosphere …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for a critical leopard conservation stronghold from a large protected landscape on the island of Sri Lanka

DJS Samarasinghe, ED Wikramanayake… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The decline and extirpation of large carnivore populations can lead to cascading effects in
natural ecosystems. An understanding of large carnivore population densities, distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating REDD+ progress and results-based incentives in Sri Lanka: A comparative analysis across Southeast and South Asian countries

S Vijitharan, TW Tsusaka, N Sasaki - Trees, Forests and People, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of REDD+ progress in South and
Southeast Asian nations, investigating the intricate relationship between specific conditions …

The hidden diversity and inland radiation of Sri Lanka's ground-dwelling geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

AAT Amarasinghe, S Karunarathna… - Systematics and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Cyrtodactylus has recently been classified phylogenetically into several clades,
subclades, groups, and some into Sri Lankan Cyrtodactylus. Certain complexes from the …

[PDF][PDF] TAXONOMY, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONSERVATION OF Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (DERANIYAGALA, 1953)(REPTILIA: SCINCIDAE) WITH DESIGNATION …

DA Danushka, SA Kanishka, J Hallermann… - Russian Journal of …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus is an endemic species of litter-skink distributed throughout the
wet zone of Sri Lanka (elevations from 15 to 800 m asl). The recent resurrection of …

Lygosoma megalops Annandale, 1906 (Squamata, Scincidae): a junior synonym of Lankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860)

AAT Amarasinghe, AD DANUSHKA, AS KANISHKA… - Bionomina, 2022 - mapress.com
Abstract Annandale (1906) described Lygosoma megalops, now in the genus Lankascincus,
based on two syntypes collected from Kitulgala and Puttalam in Sri Lanka. These syntypes …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainable use of natural capital: the inconvenient imperative

DK Weerakoon - University of Colombo Review, 2021 - account.ucr.sljol.info
Sri Lanka is a small continental island with an extent of 65610 km2 of which inland waters
make up 2905 km2. Further, Sri Lanka has a maritime area of 517,000 km2 which is almost …

ASSESSING THE RISKS OF LAND USE CHANGES DUE TO TOURISM GROWTH: A CASE STUDY IN ELLA, SRI LANKA

D Liyanage - 2024 - repo.lib.sab.ac.lk
This study aims to analyze the land use change from 2010 to 2024 and to identify
destination risk due to tourism growth. Secondary data were used to create maps of Landsat …

[PDF][PDF] Trees, Forests and People

S Vijitharan, TW Tsusaka, N Sasaki - researchgate.net
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of REDD+ progress in South and
Southeast Asian nations, investigating the intricate relationship between specific conditions …