Three Years After A Revolution, Sri Lanka’s Impressive Recovery
Faced with widespread food, fuel, and medicine shortages, commentators were quick to judge the country as a failing state.
Sri Lanka counts monkeys, peacocks and squirrels to tackle crop damage
Sri Lanka began a wildlife census on Saturday to count monkeys, peacocks and giant squirrels, aiming to manage their populations as farmers complain of agricultural losses. Agriculture accounts for 8% ...
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The vanishing trail of Sri Lanka’s iconic tuskers calls for urgent action
Among Asian elephants, only a fraction of males bear tusks, and Sri Lanka holds the lowest percentage, with just 7% of its total elephant population being tuskers. Tuskers are culturally ...
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Sri Lanka begins wildlife census to manage rising monkey, peacock numbers
DAMBULLA: As farmers lament agricultural losses, Sri Lanka launched a wildlife census on Saturday to count gigantic squirrels, peacocks, and monkeys in an effort to control ...