• Community-based Forest Resources Management in Nigeria: Case study of Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, Mambilla Plateau, Taraba State, Nigeria 

  Borokini, T.I.; Babalola, F.D.; Amusa, T.O. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

  In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending on these ecosystems for survival. Their forest exploitation is considered a threat to conservation efforts, leading to constant conflicts ...
• Spatial Variability of Soil Characteristics along a Landscape Gradient in Bellanwila-Attidiya Area 

  Cooray, S.; Piyadasa, R.U.K.; Wickramasinghe, D. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

  Wetlands are comprised of unique components of soil, water and biodiversity which are interconnected. Although water and biodiversity components of wetlands have been somewhat investigated, a very few research have been ...
• Assessment of Hazardous Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in a Residential Area abutting a Large Petrochemical Complex 

  Mohan, S.; Ethirajan, R. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

  The results of VOC monitoring in a residential area abutting a petrochemical complex and the influence of causative parameters on the concentration is discussed in this paper. The monitored data reveals that about 21 ...
• Conservation Value of Forest Plantations: A Study of Four Timber Species in Sri Lanka 

  Wijesinghe, M. R.; de Silva, V. R. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

  This paper assesses the potential of forest plantations in Sri Lanka consisting of teak, mahogany and two species of eucalyptus, to facilitate the conservation of biodiversity using two taxonomic groups, the plants and ...
• Effect of Growth Rate on Wood Specific Gravity of Three Alternative Timber Species in Sri Lanka; Swietenia macrophylla, Khaya senegalensis and Paulownia fortunei 

  Perera, P.K.P.; Amarasekera, H.S.; Weerawardena, N.D.R. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

  With increasing private sector investments in commercial forestry, it is apparent that plantation forestry in Sri Lanka is moving in the direction of managing fast growing timber species for shorter rotations. However, ...
• Ethnobotanicals for Storage Insect Pest Management: Effect of Powdered Leaves of Olaxzeylanica in Suppressing Infestations of Rice Weevil Sitophilusoryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae 

  Fernando, H. S. D.; Karunaratne, M. M. S. C. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)
• Development of a Macroinvertebrate–based Index of Biotic Integrity (MIBI) for Colombo-Sri Jayewardenepura Canal System 

  Perera, L. G. R. Y.; Wattavidanage, J.; Nilakarawasam, N. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

  Macroinvertebrates have been identified as excellent indicators of stream/ wetland health as they respond rapidly to environmental changes and provide short to medium term pollution history records. Current study was ...
• A Tool for Sustainability: A Case for Biogas in Sri Lanka 

  de Alwis, A. A. P. (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012)

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