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An exploratory study on adapting to climate change in coastal areas of Sri Lanka

2011 | Shanila Athulathmudali, Amila Balasuriya and Karin Fernando

This study focuses on the climate change influence on coastal areas in Sri Lanka, how their livelihoods are affected, climate change adaptations in coastal areas and the obstacles for these practices...

River sand mining - Boon or bane: A synopsis of a series of national, provincial and local level dialogues on unregulated / illicit river sand mining

2008 | Sri Lanka Water Partnership

This booklet aims to highlight issues involved in river sand mining. It also addresses environmental sustainability related threats to river basins and help raise public opinion to support in resolvin..

Analysis of Unique Natural, Environmental and Cultural Assets Threatened by Infrastructure Projects: The Case of Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project

1999 | Malik Ranasinghe

The study develops a framework to analyse a unique natural, environmental or cultural asset that is threatened by a proposal infrastructure development project. The framework consists of the theoret..

Strategies to combat climate change in Sri Lanka

2010 | Ministry of Environment

This is a set of documents deals with the potential impacts of already felt and future climate change and adaptation strategies for Sri Lanka 2011-2016 and also addresses information, education and co..

Climate change vulnerability data book: Maps and data by sector

2011 | Ministry of Environment

In 2009, responding to a request from the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated a Technical Assistance (TA) project titled “Strengthening Capacity for Clim..

Towards sustainable growth: the Sri Lanka experience

1994 | K.H.J.Wijayadasa

This publication contains a collection of 30 speeches made or papers read by the author on different aspects of environmental concern, especially environmental protection and management in Sri Lanka d..

Biodiversity and ecosystem services (Sector vulnerability profile series)

2010 | Ministry of Environment

This document deals with the potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity, conservation and maintenance of ecosystem structure and takes into account the most practical climate change adaptatio..

Agriculture and Fisheries (Sector vulnerability profile series)

2010 | Ministry of Environment

This document deals with the potential impacts of already felt and future climate change on agriculture, livestock and fisheries and takes into account relevant adoption measures in their respective s..

Health (Sector vulnerability profile series)

2010 | Ministry of Environment

There is evidence that climate change contributes immensely to the global burden of disease, deaths and disability. This document deals with possible impacts of climate change on these issues and how ..

Water (Sector vulnerability profile series)

2010 | Ministry of Environment

This document deals with the potential impacts of already felt and future climate change on rainfall regimes could imperil the island’s water resources that are almost totally dependent on rainf..

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