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Episode 40 – Rekawa Sanctuary
A tiring but beautiful day On August 11, 2020, I was appointed as an Assistant Director of the Sri Lanka Scientific Service. I first got to work in the tourism sector. But by then I had just eight months to deliver my baby. Therefore, I had to take maternity leave. With that came the corona […]
Dimuthu
Episode 39 – Anganmadilla National Park
Enjoying the beauty of Mahaiyawa. I joined the Department of Wildlife Conservation on January 10, 2007 as a Wildlife Guard. I have been working as a Wildlife Ranger in Angammadilla National Park since 1st February 2022. During my seventeen years of service, I work tirelessly to improve my knowledge of wildlife conservation at the […]
Dimuthu
Episode 38 – Victoria-Randenigala-Rantambe Sanctuary
My experience at the Victoria – Randenigala – Rantambe Sanctuary I joined the Department of Wildlife Conservation in October 1997 as an Assistant Director of the Sri Lanka Scientific Service. First, I went to India and studied a 9-month training course at the Dehradun institute in Uttarakhand. After the training course, I was assigned […]
Dimuthu
Episode 37 – Elahera – Girithale Sanctuary
Thieves were fierce I joined Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1997. I worked as an Assistant Director until 2000 in Horton Plains. Then I worked as the Assistant director of the Eastern region until 2002 and as the Assistant Director of the Central region in 2003. In January 2024, I got a promotion as […]
Dimuthu
Episode 36 – Somavathiya National Park
Somavathiya National Park, is located centrally bordeing the Kaudulla National Park, Flood plain Valley National Park and Trikonamadu National Park while surrounding the historical Somavathiya sacred site.Somavathiya National Park with an area of 37645 hectares located in Trincomalee and PolonnaruwaDistricts, was upgraded to a National Park on...
Dimuthu
Episode 35 – Mahakanadarava Sanctuary
Only one child saved from a whole family I joined the service in the beginning of November 1998 as a Wildlife Ranger in the Department of Wildlife Conservation. I was 20 years old then. First, I reported for duty at the Beat office at the Anuradhapura Division which was located in Anuradhapura Kachcheri. As a […]
Ishara
Episode 34 – Anawilundawa Sanctuary
How Anavilundawa became a Ramsar Wetland In the year 2001, we proposed to make the Anawilundawa Sanctuary, a Ramsa Wetland. The RAMSA declaration aims to safeguard wetland ecosystems in a variety of ways. The only Ramsar wetland in Sri Lanka was Bundala Wetland till 1991. Other than that, no other wetland was included on the […]
Ishara
Episode 33 – Senanayake Samudraya Sanctuary
Starting of the Sri Lanka’s first wildlife boat service I joined the Wildlife Department on June 3, 1996, as a Class 3 Wildlife Ranger. At first, I was in charge of the Kataragama site for about 6 months, and then in January 1997, I was appointed as the in charge of the Meegala site on […]
Ishara
Episode 32 – Horowpothana National Park
The first elephant census in Sri Lanka While there have been several regional studies about the number of wild elephants residing in Sri Lanka, there has never been an island-wide elephant census covering the whole island. Thus, it was decided to carry out such a census in August 2011. I began this survey shortly as […]
Ishara
Episode 31 – Hikkaduwa Marine National Park
How Hikkaduwa Sanctuary became a National Park Hikkaduwa area is declared originally as a sanctuary. Then it was declared as a nature reserve and followed as a National Park. Hikkaduwa National Park was established as a full Marine National Park in 2002. Before 1998, Hikkaduwa had more than 180 coral species belonging to 60 Genus. […]
Ishara