Completed Projects
Our successful projects were preceded by painstaking ecological and socio-economic research to ensure that needs were assessed correctly and that the interests of humans as well as animals were addressed in a balanced manner. Upon completion the project sites are revisited for ongoing research not only to enhance the quality of our own activities but also that findings can be disseminated to the wider conservation community and general public.
- SEHP- Saving Elephants by Helping People
- Electrified Fences in Wasgamuwa
- Central Province
- This is the site of our pilot project comprising two solar powered electrified fences with integrated capacity building and community development activities. The site is now a base complex for our research and volunteer programs.
- Social Agro-Forestry Project
- Lahugala - Eastern Province
- A social agro-forestry project to stimulate the regeneration of degraded land thorough integrating cultivation of woody perennials with traditional annual crops. An initiative funded by the Canadian International Development Agency
- Biodiversity Research, GIS and Human Elephant Conflict Mitigation Programs
- Pottuvil and Lahugala - Eastern Province
- Assessment of Human Elephant Conflict in the North-West Region of Sri Lanka
- Covering parts of the North-Western and North-Central Provinces
- A SLWCS socio-economic research initiative to make an accurate assessment of the intensity of HEC in the area to assist the Department of Wildlife Conservation's efforts to resolve it.
- Sumatra Training Project
- Sumatra, Indonesia
- Training Officers of the Bengkalu Province Forest Department in Human Elephant Conflict Mitigation Techniques.
- Human Elephant Conflict Task Force Workshop
- Beijing China
- A workshop organized by the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group to exchange experiences and ideas relating to human elephant conflict mitigatgation in the asian region.
- Home-Garden Development Project
- Pottuvil – East Coast
- A project to provide supplementary nutrition and livelihood for people resettled inland following the 2004 tsunami. The construction of new settlements had resulted in large tracts of jungle being cleared and the home-gardens are meant to increase the green cover.
- Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilization Survey
- Seruvila (Eastern Province) and Lunugala (Uva Province)
- Surveys carried out on behalf of UNESCO to determine suitable conservation strategy.
- Post Tsunami Survey
- Eastern and Southern Coastline
- A GIS mapping and aerial assessment of the effects of the 2004 tsunami.
- Post Tsunami Boat Donation Project
- Southern Province
- A livelihood restoration initiative for the fishing community in the village of Kirinde.
- Wetland Conservation Project
- Bellanwila-Attidiya Sanctuary
- Western Province
- A study of the degraded urban wetland leading to the recommendation for public/private cooperation to establish an urban wetland sanctuary.
- Bandaragama Wetlands
- Western Province
- Initial studies were completed and the project is planned to be expanded.
- Flood Plains National Park
- North-Central Province
- The Technical Report - Socio- Economic Component funded by the IUCN-NC was completed in 2006
- Kalpitiya-Karaitive-Puttalam Coastal Wetland Complex
- West Coast
- A program to study the avifauna and marine/terrestrial biodiversity resulted in identification of the threatened status of Green and Olive Ridley turtle nesting sites and probable adverse environmental effects of the area being developed for tourism.
