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By Dr. Magdon Jayasuriya
An ancient irrigation canal has changed a dry forest to a wet forest in the remote hinterlands of the Somawathiya National Park. This ‘wet forest’ is recognized as a new forest type, not described or named by any vegetation ecologist in Sri Lanka.
On the trail of an ancient canal path our tractor commenced the long and arduous journey from the Wildlife Office at the...
A biological and ecological phenomenon, where the appearance of mass blooming of herbs around the Maussakele Reservoir near Maskeliya was reported in recent newspapers. The Sunday Observer (Spectrum) of April 30, 2017 published an article titled, “Blossoming in the reservoir bed of Maussekelle” by Mahil Wijesinghe. I visited this spot on May 1, with my family and some...