Lanka Nature Conservationists

20/09/2026

Lanka Nature Conservationists Newsletter "සොබා අරණ"
September 2026 - Issue 6

19/09/2026

Lanka Nature Conservationists mediated in handing over educational material - posters and books on environmental protection, conservation and wildlife identification, given by the Environmental Ministry - to the Wildlife society of the Issipathana College.
This was done as a part of the LNC program for the involvement of youth in conservation.

28/08/2026

They call it “development.”
Wildlife calls it eviction. 🐾🌳

When forests are cleared for roads, buildings and expansion, animals don’t simply “move somewhere else.” They lose their homes, food, nesting sites, water sources—and often their lives.

Then, when frightened wildlife enters our towns and villages, we call it human-wildlife conflict.

But who entered whose home first?

Real development should make space for people and nature—not force one to disappear for the other.

🌿 Protect habitats.
🌿 Plan wildlife corridors.
🌿 Stop unnecessary deforestation.
🌿 Build without destroying every living thing in the way.

If we destroy their home, we cannot blame them for appearing at our door.

23/08/2026

LNC had an educational day and field tour of the Diyasaru Uyana wetland park, Thalawathugoda, yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Ishanda Senevirathna, joined us at our invitation and provided us with a lot of information about wetland habitats and inhabitants.

Around 40 particioants turned uo, and we had 4 children and a few youth as well.

12/08/2026

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🐘🌍 ලෝක අලි දිනය 2026 🌍🐘

අද ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් කතා කරමු…
හෙට ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් ජීවිතයක් ඉතිරි කරමු. 💚

අපේ රටේ වනාන්තරවල නිදහසේ සැරිසරන වන අලියා…
කාලයක් තිස්සේ මිනිසා සමඟ එකම භූමිය බෙදාගෙන ජීවත් වෙන දැවැන්ත ජීවියෙකි. 🇱🇰🐘

නමුත් අද ඔවුන්ට මුහුණදීමට සිදුව ඇත්තේ
⚡ විදුලි වැටවල්
🚂 දුම්රිය අනතුරු
🚗 මාර්ග අනතුරු
💥 හක්කපටස් සහ මිනිස් උගුල්
🌳 වාසස්ථාන අහිමිවීම
සහ මිනිස්–අලි ගැටුම වැනි බරපතළ තර්ජන රැසකටයි.

අලියෙකුගේ ජීවිතයක් කියන්නේ
එක් සත්වයෙකුගේ ජීවිතයක් පමණක් නොවේ.
එය අපේ වනාන්තරයේ, අපේ පරිසරයේ සහ අපේ අනාගතයේ කොටසකි. 🌿🐘

අද World Elephant Day දවසේ අපි එක දෙයක් මතක තබාගමු…

ඔවුන්ට අපේ ආදරය පමණක් නොව,
නිදහසේ ජීවත් වීමට ඉඩක්ද අවශ්‍යයි. 💚

🐘 Protect. Learn. Love.
🇱🇰 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අලි ඇතුන් රැකගමු.

🐘🌍 WORLD ELEPHANT DAY 2026 🌍🐘

Today, let’s speak up for them…
Tomorrow, let’s make sure they still have a life to live. 💚

The Asian elephant roaming freely through Sri Lanka’s forests has shared this land with humans for generations. 🇱🇰🐘

But today, they face countless threats, including:

⚡ Electric fences
🚂 Train collisions
🚗 Road accidents
💥 Hakka Patas and human-made traps
🌳 Loss of natural habitats
🐘 Human–elephant conflict

An elephant’s life is not just the life of one animal.

It is a part of our forests, our environment, and our future. 🌿🐘

On this World Elephant Day, let’s remember one simple thing…

They need more than our love.
They need the freedom and space to live. 💚

🐘 Protect. Learn. Love.
🇱🇰 Let’s protect Sri Lanka’s elephants.

26/06/2026

Planing of a seminar for selected Senior Students of Isipathana & for selected Senior Students from twelve schools from Colombo Education Region, on Protecting Environment & Biodiversity in Sri Lanka for present & future generations.
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A discussion was held at Isipathana College New Auditorium yesterday to finalise arrangements for this Seminar to be held on 29th September 2026.
The teachers were led by the lady Vice Principal & the LNC by GLS Perera, joined by Retired Maj. Gen. Ajith Rupasinghe, Lalith Gamage, Lucky Warnapura & Parakrama Fernando.
This meeting was the outcome of an earlier meeting LNC had with the Principal & staff of Isipathana.
After deliberations, it was decided to hold this Seminar on 29th September 2026 at the Isipathana College, from 9 AM to 12 Noon.
The President of LNC will brief it's ExCo at the next meeting of further arrangements.
A Media Coverage will be a dire necessity in this kind of events & Isipathana & LNC will be working together to fulfil this need too.
The following eminent professionals will be the main speakers at this Seminar.
1) Dr. Jagath Gunawardana. Environmental Lawyer.
2) Dr. Samantha Gunasekara - Chairman of MEPA.
3) Retired Group Captain. Nalin de Silva.

The following photos are from our last meeting at Isipathana College.

11/06/2026

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A devastating report reveals that Earth lost half of its wild animal populations in just 40 years, driven by unsustainable human consumption and habitat destruction.

A critical report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London has delivered a stark wake-up call, revealing that global wildlife populations plummeted by 50% between 1970 and 2010.

By tracking 10,000 distinct populations across 3,000 species, researchers created the Living Planet Index to measure the catastrophic scale of human impact on the natural world.

Freshwater ecosystems suffered the most devastating blow, with animal numbers crashing by 75% due to severe pollution, excessive water extraction, and river fragmentation by dams. Land and marine species have fared similarly poorly, with both groups seeing their populations tumble by 40% as habitats are cleared and species are overexploited for food.

The biodiversity crisis is fundamentally fueled by humanity's swelling ecological footprint, with global consumption rates requiring 1.5 Earths to sustainably support our current lifestyle.

However, this resource strain is heavily skewed; the report highlights that it would take four planet Earths to sustain the average consumption level of a United States resident, and 2.5 Earths for the United Kingdom [1]. While wealthier countries may point to local conservation gains, researchers warn they are simply outsourcing ecological damage by importing goods tied to deforestation and habitat loss in developing nations.

To curb this decline, experts insist on an immediate global pivot toward sustainable food production, resource equity, and aggressive habitat protection.

source: Carrington, D. ( September 30). Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF. The Guardian

07/06/2026

Lanka Nature Conservationists Newsletter "සොබා අරණ"
June 2026 - Issue 5