2004: Eco friendly Approaches Towards Sustainable Development 27th-28th February 2004

Forestry and Natural Resource Management

• A STUDY ON THE STATUS OF FURNITURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN MORATUWA AREA

  T. A. D. S. Jayapala Rathnayake, H. S. Amarasekera

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• SCREENING OF SELECTED FOREST TREE SPECIES OF SRI LANKA FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE

  W. A. J. M. De Costa, A. T. Ekanayake, K. G. R. Chinthaka, P. Surenthran

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• PREDICTION OF THE ERROR GENERATED BY SMALIAN'S AND HUBER'S FORMULAE IN VOLUME MEASUREMENTS OF Pinus caribaea (MORELET).

  S. Hewage, S. M. C. U. P. Subasinghe

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• COMPARISON OF THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY VARIATION OF Swietenia macrophylla, Khaya senega/ens;s AND Pau/ownia fortunei

  P. K. P. Perera, H. S. Amarasekara

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• STUDY ON VERIATION OF MODULUS OF RUPTURE AND MODULUS OF ELASTICITY WITHIN Eucalyptus grandis TREES GROWING IN DIFFERENT SITE CLASSES.

  N. D. Ruwanpathirana, H. S. Amarasekera, M. P. de Silva

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• TECHNOLOGY FOR MANUFACTURING NATURAL RUBBER LATEX BONOED COMPOSITES FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BASED ECO· MATERIALS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTE

  Shanthi Illangasinghe, M. G. M. U. Ismail

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• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STEM BIOMASS WITH HEIGHT AND DIAMETER OF Pinus caribaea IN THE YAGIRALA FOREST RESERVE

  Priyantha Rathnayake, S. M. C. U. P. Subasinghe

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• COMPARISON OF THREE NATURE TRAILS IN KANNELlYA MAS RESERVE FOR NATURE BASED TOURISM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BIODIVERSITY.

  H. M. S. D. H. Hthursingha, D. M. S. H. K. Ranasinghe

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• EFFECT OF"F'ORESTFIRE ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCnON··· IN THE PELWATTE AREA OF MONERAGALA DISTRICT

  M. M. D. S. N. Perera, D. Senaratna, R. T. Seresinhge

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• AN ANALYSIS OF AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM CASE STUDIES OF COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MAHAWELI SYSTEM H

  S. Thiruchelvam, H. M. Somaratne

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• CONTRIBUTION OF HOTELS AND TRAVEL AGENTS TOWARDS DEVELOPING ECO·TOURISM ACTIVITIES IN KANDY DISTRICT.

  S. N. Sepala Dahanayake, K. H. R. Wijayawardane

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• SOil ORGANIC MAneR AND NUTRIENT STATUS OF SOME VEGETABLE GROWING SOilS IN MATARA DISTRICT

  B. C. Walpola, S. D. Wanniarachchi

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• SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AS AN INDICATOR OF SOIL QUALITY: A STUDY IN SELECTED TEA PLANTATIONS IN GALLE DISTRICT

  S. O. Wanniarachchi, P. D. P. S. Perera, M. A. C. Dharshana, A. K. N. Zoysa

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• TANNINS IN SOME AGRO FORESTRY SPECIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

  Y. J. D. J. W. Seresinhe, Thakshala Seresinhe, K. K. Pathirana

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• SEASONAL VARIATION OF SOIL INORGANIC NITROGEN IN AN ULTlSOL AS AFFECTED BY LAND USE

  S. D. Wanniarachchi, G. J. P. Seneviratne

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• POTENTIAL EXPLOITATION OF Eucalyptus AND Pinus SOILS AS ALTERNATE SOURCES OF NURSERY MEDIA IN TEA - AN EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABLE NATURALRESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

  K. M. MohoUi, K. G. G. R. Rohan, U. A. Karunanayake, K. Athukorale

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• THE USE OF FORESTS BY RURAL COMMUNITIES AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO FOREST CONSERVATION PLANNING: A CASE STUDY IN THE KNUCKLES FOREST OF SRI LANKA

  Shalini Amarasinghe

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• STATUS OF BIODIVERSITY OF MAHAWELI RIVER AND ITS RIVER BANKS BETWEEN WATAWALA AND GINIGATHHENA

  K. L. M. Chandrakanthie, D. K. N. G. Pushpakumara, R. H. G. Ranil, O. M. M. Pradeepa, K. C. PKumara

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• WEATHER·CHANGING PATTERN OF THE RECENTLY EARTH·SLlP AFFECTED AREA OF PUWAKGAHAWELA

  A. W. Wijeratne, E. P. N. Udaya Kumara, A. D. Ampitiyawatta

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• IMPACT OF LAND USE CHANGES THE CATCHMENT ON THE QUALITY AND QUANT1TY OF WATER IN THE RAJANGANA RESERVOIR

  N. S. Abeysinghe, D. M. S. H. K. Ranaslnghe, R. Attygalle

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• FACTORS AFFECTING THE VEGETATION SUCCESSION OF MOIST·DECIDUOUS FORESTS AT SIGIRIYA SANCTUAR~SRILANKA

  G. A. D. Perera

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• ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATION IN SOME SELECTED DRY FOREST SPECIES AT BUNDALA NATIONAL PARK, SRI LANKA

  R. A. S. W. Ranasinghe, G. A. D. Perera

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• EXTRACTION PATTERN OF SOIL MOISTURE IN BARE SOIL, TEA PLANTATION AND SOIL COVERED WITH FOREST SPECIES (Alstonia macrophytla wall)

  H. M. P. Pelris, K. D. N. Weeraslnghe

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• SOIL NUTRIENT STATUS OF MOIST·DECIDUOUS FORESTS AT SIGIRIYA SANCTUARY, SRI LANKA ACROSS A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF FOREST AGE

  E. M. S. Ekanayaka, G. A. D. Perera, G. Seneviratne

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• DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMUM IRRADIATION TIME TO ELIMINATE SEED·BORNE DISEASES OF RICE (Oryza sativa L.) AND MAIZE (Zea maize L. ).

  D. B. B. Weerathunga, S. L. Weerasena, R. Nanayakkara

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• AN ASSESSMENT OF DIVERSITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF KALAMETIYA SANCTUARY

  A. J. Y. N. lakmali, D. M. S. H. K. Ranasinghe, K. P. L. Nishantha

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• RESPONSE OF SELECTED FOREST TREE SPECIES IN SRI LANKA TO INCREASING AIR TEMPERATURE

  S. Arulmageswaran, W. A. J. M. De Costa, P. Surenthran

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• FRUTING PHENOLOGY OF EIGHT Shorea SPECIES IN SINHARAJA MAN AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE

  B. K. H. C. Munidasa, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke

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• EFFECT OF OIL PALM CULTIVATION ON GROUND WATER TABLE

  I. R. Palihakkara, D. M. S. H. K. Ranasinghe, K. D. N. Weerasingha

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• IMPACTS OF CARDAMOM CULTIVATION ON FLORAL DIVERS

  C. D. Kaluthota, D. M. S. H. K. Ranaslnghe

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• LEAF ADAPTABILITY OF lWO NON·TIMBER FOREST SPECIES Caryota urens L. AND Elettaria carrlamomum VAR. MAJOR PLANTED IN THE Pinus caribaea ENRICHMENT BUFFER ZONE IN SINHARAJA MAB RESERVE, SRI LANKA

  H. M. V. T. Welagama, K. U. Tennakoon, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, R. M. M. Bandara

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• COMPETITION AMONG LATE·SUCCESSIONAL TREE SPECIES ACROSS DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHIC POSITIONS OF A SRI LANKAN RAIN FOREST.

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

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• SEED ECOLOGY OF SOME SELECTED DRY FOREST SPECIES OF SRI LANKA

  K. M. G. JAYASURIYA, G. A. D. PERERA

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• DIVERSllY OF UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION IN THREE LOWLAND RAIN FORESTS IN SOUTHWEST OF SRI LANKA

  U. L. S. Sirisena, B. M. P. Singhakumara

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• A STUDY ON THE BUTTERFLY FAUNAL DIVERSITY IN VARIOUS FOREST HABITATS IN THE KNUCKLES FOREST RANGE

  V. A. M. P. K. Samarawickrama, D. R. N. S. Rajapaksha

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• DISTRIBUTION OF AMPHIBIANS IN THE ISOLATED FOREST PATCHES AND OTHER HABITATSOF THE HANTANA RANGE, PERADENIYA

  M. P. K. Samarawickrama, V. Chandrasegaran, K. B. Ranawana

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• BUTTERFLIES AND VERTEBRATE FAUNAL DIVERSITY OF THE AMBULUWAWA BIO·DIVERSITY COMPLEX

  A. M. O. B. Alahakoon, V. P. K. Samarawickrama

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• COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF MIXED-SPECIES BIRD FLOCKS IN WALAUWA TTA-WA TURANA SWAMP FOREST, KALUTARA DISTRICT, WESTERN PROVINCE OF SRI LANKA

  P. G. D. Ratnayake, M. S. J. Perera, U. K. G. K. Padmalal

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• HERPETO·FAU'NAL SURVEVOFTHE DEENSTON·NAVANAGALA NATURE TRAIL, THE KNUCKLES RANGE

  V. A. M. P. K. Samarawickrama, S. N. WJckramaratne

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• DIVERSITY OF AVIFAUNA IN DIFFERENT HABITATS OF THE WASGOMUWA NATIONAL PARK

  B. V. Perera, U. K. G. K. Padmalal, C. N. B. Bambaradenlya

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• DIVERSITY OF AVIFAUNA IN DIFFERENT HABITATS OF THE WASGOMUWA NATIONAL PARK

  B. V. Perera, U. K. G. K. Padmalal, C. N. B. Bambaradenlya

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• AN ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE REKAWA, USSANGODA AND KALAMETIYA INLAND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN SRI LANKA

  W. P. N. Perera, M. S. J. Perera, R. Rodrigo, N. Pelris, V. A. M. P. K. Samarawickrema, S. P. Ekanayake, C. N. B. Bambaradeniya

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• ANAEROBIC DIGESllON OF MARKET GARBAGE AND PADDY STRAW AS AN OPll0N TO PRODUCE EFFICIENT BIOGAS AND FERllUZER WHILE ACllNG AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY TECHNIQUE TO MANAGE SOLID WASTE.

  O. M. S. H. K. Bandara, G. Y. Jayaslnghe, K. D. N. Weeraslnghe

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• IMPORTANCE OF VEHICLES EMISSION INVENTORY FOR ECO·FRIENDL Y ENVIRONMENT

  L. U. Prithika, J. M. S J. Bandara

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• ASSESSMENT OF PRESENT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND IMPACTS IN SArnCALOA MUNICIPALITY LIMITS

  G. Suthahar, N. J. G. J. Bandara

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• IMPACT OF SAND MINING ACTIVITIES ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER

  M. S. Ranasinghe, N. J. G. J. Bandara

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• PREDICTIve MODELS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) GENERATION AND COMPOSITION

  N. J. G. J. Bandara, P. J. Hettiarachchl

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• IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING SALT-AFFECTED LANDS IN HAMBANTOTA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA: AN INTEGRATED GIS AND REMOTE SENSING APPROACH

  C. Gunasena, S. Subasinghe

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• DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST MOUNTED TYPE SINGLE LEG SUBSOILER

  P. L. A. G. Alwls, K. H. D. Abeyrathna, L. W. S. Pemaslri, P. Palllyaguru

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• INVESTIGATION OF COST EFFECTIVE SEED PROPAGATION METHODS FOR THE MEDICINAL UANA Coscinium fenestratum Colebr. (Menispennaceae)

  R. M. M. M. Bandara, K. U. Tennakoon, C. V. S. Gunathilleke

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• STUDIES ON PROPAGATION METHODS OF KONTHALAUN (Xylocarpus rumphii)

  I. R. Palihakkara, D. T. L. K. Oeeraslnghe, G. A. Dayatllaka, D. L. C. Kumari

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• SEED GERMINATION OF MASBEDDA (Gymnema sylvestre), A RARE MEDICINAL PLANT AS AFFECTED BY pH AND ORGANIC SOLVENTS

  K. K. I. U. Arunakumara, S. Subasinghe, W. R. T. Rsanthi

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• IN· VITRO PROPAGATION OF BLACK PEPPER (Piper nigrum)

  S. Subasinghe, D. B. R. Swamathilaka, K. M. C. Fernando

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• SEED PROPAGATION OF RATH HADUN (Pferocarpus santalinus Linn.) AS EFFECTD BY METHOD OF SOAKING AND SCARIFICATION

  H. K. M. S. Kumarasinghe, S. S. Subasinghe, K. K. I. U. Aruna Kumara

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• GROWTH PERFORMANCES OF CASHEW NUT (Anacamium occidentale L) AND RANAWARA (Accasia auriculata L) UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SAUNITY

  I. D. Liyana Arachchi, S. Subasinghe

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• RISK ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION POTENTIALS IN EMBILlPITlYA AREA

  R. C. Watawala, J. A. Liyanage, A. P. Mallawatantri

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• A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE PRESENCE OF-HEAVY METALS IN AQUATIC PLANTS FROM A FRESHWATER WETLAND AT KELANIYA

  K. G. S. Nirbadha, J. A. Liyanage, M. D. Amarasinghe

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• AGRO CLIMATIC RISK ASSESSMENT IN HAMBANTOTA REGION

  M. H. J. P. Gunarathna, C. M. Navaratne, K. D. N. Weeraslnghe

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• RELEASE OF METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE GASSES FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LAND FILLS IN THE COLOMBO METROPOLITAN REGION.

  S. M. S. Ramya Kumari, N. J. G. J. Bandara

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• ESTIMATION OF LOCAL RECREATIONAL VALUE OF HAKGALA BOTANIC GARDEN

  C. T. Jayaratne, U. A. D. P. Gunawardene

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• SMALL HYDROPOWER PROJECTS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYDRO·GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

  D. K. N. G. Pushpakumara, M. I. D. H. Wijeyawlckrama, R. P. De Silva

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• EXTENDED COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF A BIOGAS GENERATION PLANT

  K. G. S. P. Karunarathna, U. A. D. P. Gunawardena

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• EtO FRIENDLY MINI HYDROPOWER PROJECT: A CASE STUDY OFSRlPADAGAMA

  P. M. P. C. GUNATHllAKE, S. THIRUCHELVAM

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• PROMOTION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA

  Mangala De Zoysa, Chamin Fernando

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• DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECO~BUSINESS DIRECTORY: APPROACHES AND CHALLENGES

  U. A. D. Prasanthi Gunawardena, A. P. de Alwis, A. M. I. U. Seneviratne

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• ES11MA110N OF GLOBAL WARMING DAMAGE COST DUE TO THE FOREST RRES IN THE IMBULPE DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT DIVISION, 2003 IN SRI LANKA

  E. P. N. Udaya Kumara, A. W. Wijeratne, S. R. C. Ranaweera, R. M. J. B. Ranatunga, H. P. Soyza

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