Posts tagged with ‘conservation’
Protecting Wilpattu
Friday, July 23rd, 2010, by Tom Armstrong
Wilpattu National Park, which was recently re-opened and is Sri Lanka’s biggest National Park, is under threat due to the unnecessary construction of two huge main roads within the park.
The park which was famous for it’s leopards was closed due to the civil war in Sri Lanka and has recently been re-opened only to find that this ambitious construction could be worse than anything it has seen before.
Please sign this petition and help ensure the national park is a safe haven for animals.
Thoughts on Ethical Conservation
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009, by Tom ArmstrongWe are delighted to welcome back Sidantha Kumara, one of our specialist nature & adventure guides, as our guest blogger. Here he shares his passionate views on the ethics of conservation. His views are directly influenced by his involvement in the Abode community tourism project in the knuckles mountains and from his general passion for social and environmental protection of Sri Lanka’s incredible natural and cultural wealth. 
His views are also influenced by his deep commitment to the human side of the conservation debate. Other similarly informed and opinionated people we work with have different views on this complex subject. Visiting Sri Lanka will likely raise many questions and debate about the conservation of such immense heritage and precious natural resources on all levels. For now though, over to Sid: (more…)