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Sn Lankan Veddah's community is a community which had strong
relationship with the environmental resources of Sri Lanka for thousands of
years so that it is been recognized as a very specific social community globally.
The rights o f the Veddah community are currently threatened directly and
indirectly due to developmental processes and activities o f the major
community. This study is mainly focused on social, economical and cultural
transitions and their subsequent problems. Rathugala aboriginal community is
a community' displaced due to the Senanavaka Tank project and separated
from their homeland and resettled in another area and which is considered as a
highly unmerited veddah community.This study was focused to identify the
conflicts between indigenous people and environment conservation strategies
in Rathugala which is situated in Province o f Uva in Madulla DS division. Its
geographical coordinates are 7° 19' North and 80° 47’ East. It belongs to the dry
zone in Sri Lanka. Using the random sampling technique, a study population
was selected consisting of 50% of the total 110 veddah families in the area. In
addition, 20 families were randomly selected out of the agricultural
community in the area for the comparative analysis. The study was carried out
using primary and secondary data and the data were collected using
questionnaires, interviews and observations. GIS was applied for
identification of spatial variation and statistical analysis of data was carried
out using the Minitab 17 version
