2000: Developments in Environmental and Forest Science in Sri Lanka 2000

Forestry and Natural Resource Management

• THE SERPENTINE VEGETATION OF USSANGODA (HAMBANTOTA DISTRICT) AND NICKEL ACCUMULATINa PLANT SPECIES

  A. S. Seneviratnel, H. G. Nandadasa, W. S. Fernando, H. H. V. M. Sanjeevani, R. L. H. R. Rajapakse

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• PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF SERPENTINE VEGETATION IN UDA WALAWE AREA

  S. N. Wickramaratne

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• BIOMASS AND NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION OF AN EARLY SUCCESSIONAL SHRUB SPECIES (Zizyphus oenoplia) IN AN UPROOTED RUBBER FIELD AT KAMBURUPITIYA

  K. K. I. U. Aruna Kumara, U. Wickramasinghe, R. Senaratne

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• SEEDLING SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF NINE LATE-SUCCESSESIONAL SPECIES ACROSS A TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENT IN SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST

  E. P. S. K Ediriweera, B. M. P. Singhakumara, P. M. S Ashton

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• STUDIES ON DORMANCY AND GERMINATION DYNAMICS OF Macaranga peltata(KANDA), AN EARLY SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES

  K. K. I. U Aruna Kumara, U. Wickramasinghe, G. A. Oayatillake, R. Seneviratne

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• EFFECT OF SHADE ON LlMONOID AND NITROGEN COMPOSITION IN SHOOTS OF Swietenia macrophlla.(KING)

  Rizana M. Mahroofl, Caroline Hauxwell, Jayanthi P. Edirisinghe

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• RELEASE OF MINERALISED NITROGEN FROM SOILS AFTER INCORPORATION OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURES

  K. A. Nandasena, R. P. U. G. Balasooriya

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• NITROGEN STATUS AND ITS SUPPLYING CAPACITY OF TROPICAL SOILS

  K. A. Nandasena

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• EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SALINITY LEVELS ON SEED GERMINATION OF SALT TOLERANT TREE SPECIES

  K. K. L. U. Aruna Kumara, U. Wickramasinghe, R. Senaratne

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• SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IN SOME HUMAN IMPACTED AREAS AT KAMBURUPITIYA FOLLOWING THE NILWALA PROJECT

  K. K. I. U. Aruna Kumara, R. P. U. G. Senarathna

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• MAJOR PLANT NUTRIENT LEVELS IN SOME WELLS ALONG A SOFT CATENA UNDER INTENSIVE VEGETABLE CULTIVATION

  A. N. Jayakody

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• PREDICTION OF INDIVIDUAL TREE DIAMETERS OF Pinus nigra var. maritima (Ait.) Melville (CORSICAN PINE)

  S. M. C. U. P. Subasinghe, T. A. R. Jenkins, G. J. Mayhead

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• ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES

  A. N. F. Perera, E. R. K. Perera

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• ECONOMICS OF A FIREWOOD PLANTATION IN BATIICALOA Casuarina equisetifolia

  T. Jayasingham

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• IMPACT OF GRAZING ON BOTANICAL COMPOSITION OF NATURAL HERBAGE AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS

  Thakshala Seresinghe, K. K. Pathirana

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• CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PEOPLE'S INDUSTRY

  A. Dissanayake

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• STATUS OF IMPORTED SAWN WOOD TRADE IN SRI LANKA

  M. G. Mohamed Tharlq, Hiran S. Amarasekera

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• HYDROLOGICAL MODELING USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; A CASE STUDY OF BATA RIVER BASIN

  Chandana Gangodagamage, S. P. Aggarwal

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• FOREST REGENERATION IMMEDIATELY, AFTER TRADITIONAL SHIFTING CULTIVATION IN THE NORTHERN DRY ZONE OF SRI LANKA

  G. A. D. Perera

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• PARTIONING OF FERTILITY AND COMPETITION EFFECTS OF A Gliricidia sepium X lea maise AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM ON SLOPING HIGHLANDS IN THE MID-COUNTRY WET ZONE OF SRI LANKA

  W. A. J. M. Costa, A. G. Chadrapala

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• A SURVEY OF THE MARKET AVAILABILITY AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MEDICINAL PLANTS AND CANE

  J. Hettiarachchi, D. M. S. H. K. Ranasinghe

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• VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF Dipterocarpus zeylanicus BY CUTIINGS

  D. C. Kaluthota, D. M. S. H. K. Ranasinghe, K. K. D. S. Ranaweera

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• CONSIDERATIONS FOR SANITARY LANDFILLS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

  Nilanthi Bandara

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• EXCESS FLOURIDE IN WELL WATER IN MAHAWELI SYSTEM-H AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE

  J. P. Padmasiri

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• INVESTIGATION OF SULFUR COMPOUNDS IN SELECTED STAGNANT WATER BODIES

  K. I. A. Kularatne, K. R. R. Mahanama

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• STUDIES ON USE OF BACTERIAL POPULATIONS AS A BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BOLGODA NORTH LAKE

  W. M. P. Gunathllaka, S. Chandrani Wiejratne

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• THE CONTRIBUTION OF FOREST PLANTATIONS (TEAK) IN SRI LANKA IN ACTING AS A CARBON SINK TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE

  Samanmalee Abayasiri, D. M. S. H. K. Ranasinghe

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• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IDENTIFICATION AND POSSIBLE MITIGATING STRATEGY FOR BORALESGAMUWA LAKE

  S. P. Periyapperuma, Ajith de Alwis

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• PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS IN KANDY LAKE

  K. S. Mahalekame, Swarna Piyasiri

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• HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT IN THE MAHAWELI WILDLIFE REGION, SRI LANKA

  B. V. P. Perera

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• ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE MUTHURAJAWELA WETLAND SANCTUARY

  C. N. B. Bambaradeniya, S. P. Ekanayake, M. M. J. Fernando, B. Kekulandala, P. Samarawickrema, N. Ratnayake

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• A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY IN THE CANOPY OF Campnosperma zeyanica Thw, AT PEAK WILDERNESS SANCTUARY

  W. L. O. P. T. S. de A. Goonatilake, D. K. Weerakoon

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• THE ROLE OF ELEPHANT (Elephas maxim us) AS A SEED DISPERSAL AGENT

  K. A. P. Samansiri, D. K. Weerakoon

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• APPROACHING PROBLEMS OF LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY CHALLENGES IN SRI LANKA THROUGH BIOPROSPECTING AND BENEFIT SHARING

  K. N. G. Pushpakumara, H. B. Kotaqama

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• SOME STUDIES ON THE DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF LICHENS ON RITIGALA MOUNTAIN

  K. W. Gunawardana, S. C. Wijeyaratne

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• ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS OF PLANTING TEAK TREES IN ABANDONED PADDY LANDS A CASE STUDY FROM NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE

  Malik Ranasinghe

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• ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF GROWING GURICIDIA UNDER COCONUTS AS AN ENERGY SOURCE FOR DEN ORO THERMAL POWER PLANTS; AN EX-ANTE APPRAISASL

  M. T. N. Fernando, K. B. Dassanayake, P. G. Joseph

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• AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN SRI LANKA POTENTIAL FOR MICRO LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OPTIONS

  W. G. Somaratne

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• EVALUATION OF URBAN AIR POLLUTION COST A CASE STUDY IN THE COLOMBO CITY

  G. N. Chandrasiri, U. A. D. P. Gunawardena

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• A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF SALTTOLERANT TREE SPECIES

  K. K. L. U. Aruna Kumara, U. wickramasinghe, R. Senaratne

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• CONSERVATION OF COCONUT GENETIC RESOURCES IN SRI LANKA

  M. D. T. Everard, S. A. C. N. Perera

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• STUDIES ON THE PROPAGATION OF RED SANDAL WOOD (Pterocarpus santalinus Linn.~, AN ENDANGERED MEDICINAL TREE SPECIES

  K. C. E. Fernando, G. A. Oayatilake, R. Senaratne

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• OPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVET SECTOR IN ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENTIN SRI LANKA

  Thosapala Hewage

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• DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT

  D. M. S. Hemanthi, K. Ranasinghe

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• TIMBER RESOURCES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WOODEN PRODUCTS SECTOR IN SRI LANKA

  Hiran S. Amarasekera

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