A5089985254- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Water resources management and optimization
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2021-2024
Participatory approaches within development programs involving common-pool resources are intended to revive a community’s role in managing these resources. Certainly, ensure the successful and equitable use of such resources, community participation is essential. However, many cases, attempts at applying participatory approach often fail genuinely engage all subgroups due assumptions homogeneity lack understanding deep socio-political divisions between people. As result, can be plagued by...
Abstract Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a serious social–ecological problem in Sri Lanka’s elephant range regions, as between 200 and 400 elephants have been killed annually over the last years, more than 1200 people died from consequences of encounters within decade. Crop foraging causes economic damage to farming households. The study aims understand factors driving vulnerability HEC among population. Employing cross-communal multi-item large-N field survey (N = 651), authors were able...
Abstract Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in Sri Lanka has escalated over the recent years, with, on average, 300 elephant deaths annually and human casualties of around 90 per year. Employing field-based qualitative methods, this contribution identifies causes contexts human-elephant those parts Lankan dry zone most severely affected. We have used field observations as well semi-structured interviews with experts affected villagers primary data collection techniques. The findings show that (a)...
Sri Lanka's vulnerability to climate change-induced natural disasters, particularly floods, under-scores the urgent need for an integrated approach disaster risk management (DRM) that ad-dresses interconnected challenges within water-food-land-energy nexus. The Deduru Oya basin, located in north-western region, exemplifies this vulnerability, with its predominantly intermediate climatic zone susceptible flooding. While focus has traditionally been on flood reduction, it is...