22nd January 2010, firstlanka.com
Rural farmers living close to forest areas inhabited by wild elephants are to be taught to manage human animal conflicts through a new model dairy pilot project.
Its promoters Exetel, an Australian IT firm that runs a Call Centre in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society, said they are to set up a model dairy farm in Wasgamuwa in Central Sri Lanka.
The 300,000 dollar farm will be used to demonstrate good livestock management practices among villages and assist in the supply of state veterinary services.
The farm is also expected to reduce human-elephant conflicts in the area, by introducing more compatible agricultural practices.
Agriculture is the country’s main rural industry, with most rural farmers surviving on the cultivation of cash crops such as sugar cane, which is also attractive as food to wild elephants. Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector loses about 10 million dollars a year due to crop damages caused by elephants.
Livestock and elephants can co-habit however, Exetel said, and could help ease the conflict, while providing farmers with an income.
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22 January 2010
27 November 2009
Sri Lanka, Ultimate Island Safari - A Photographic Exhibition
14th November 2009, www.dailymirror.lk
Photographic Exhibition by Chitral Jayatilake and Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
From Thursday 19th November to Sunday 15th December 2009, at the Alliance Française auditorium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
A photographic exhibition of le
opards, elephants, primates, birds and teeming bio-diversity to Blue and Sperm Whales. All photographed in one small, magical island. First staged in London in September 2009, Alliance Francaise is delighted to bring this exhibition to Colombo. Chitral Jayathilake and Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne are two of Sri Lanka's best known photographers who use their imagery to create livelihoods in tourism.
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne has had over fifteen books and over two hundred articles published. He frequently appears on TV programs on NatGeo, Discovery, Animal Planet, etc as well as on Radio. He has become a leading publicist for Asian Wildlife. An Imperial College (London) graduate in Civil Engineering and a British Chartered Accountant and then Banker, he is presently CEO of Jetwing Eco Holidays
Chitral Jayatilake, Manager - Nature Odyssey, Walkers Tours Ltd
Chitral for many years has been among the best known wildlife photographers in Sri Lanka having exhibited his work in numerous national exhibitions since 2001.
Chitral works for Walkers Tours in Sri Lanka, ( a division of John Keells Holdings) Chitral won his first award in photography from Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh aged just 17.
In 2003, following a joint exhibition with his late partner Dr.Ravi Samarasinha, Chitral published Wilds of Lanka.
In December of 2008, Chitral published his latest book titled
Moments of Truth in the Wilderness - published by Vijitha Yapa Publications. His work on this book was described by Dominic Sansoni writing his Foreword as a work replete with "Love, sensitivity and wit".
Photographic Exhibition by Chitral Jayatilake and Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
From Thursday 19th November to Sunday 15th December 2009, at the Alliance Française auditorium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
A photographic exhibition of le
opards, elephants, primates, birds and teeming bio-diversity to Blue and Sperm Whales. All photographed in one small, magical island. First staged in London in September 2009, Alliance Francaise is delighted to bring this exhibition to Colombo. Chitral Jayathilake and Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne are two of Sri Lanka's best known photographers who use their imagery to create livelihoods in tourism.Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne has had over fifteen books and over two hundred articles published. He frequently appears on TV programs on NatGeo, Discovery, Animal Planet, etc as well as on Radio. He has become a leading publicist for Asian Wildlife. An Imperial College (London) graduate in Civil Engineering and a British Chartered Accountant and then Banker, he is presently CEO of Jetwing Eco Holidays
Chitral Jayatilake, Manager - Nature Odyssey, Walkers Tours Ltd
Chitral for many years has been among the best known wildlife photographers in Sri Lanka having exhibited his work in numerous national exhibitions since 2001.
Chitral works for Walkers Tours in Sri Lanka, ( a division of John Keells Holdings) Chitral won his first award in photography from Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh aged just 17.
In 2003, following a joint exhibition with his late partner Dr.Ravi Samarasinha, Chitral published Wilds of Lanka.
In December of 2008, Chitral published his latest book titled
Moments of Truth in the Wilderness - published by Vijitha Yapa Publications. His work on this book was described by Dominic Sansoni writing his Foreword as a work replete with "Love, sensitivity and wit".
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