Pangolin Conservation Sri Lanka

19/02/2022

Happy World Pangolin Day

27/12/2021

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC comes on board to fund the establishment of the new Mangrove Resource Center at Ittapana

12/12/2021

Underneath the Armor – The Story of Indian Pangolin
A scientific documentary based on 6 years of our research on Indian pangolins in Sri Lanka
Please contact the Center for Sustainability to order and support our conservation efforts on Indian pangolin.

Underneath the Armour - The Story of Indian PangolinReleasing soon .... A scientific documentary based on 6 years of our research on Indian pangolins in Sri...

11/12/2021

Indian pangolins are active in the night

Indian pangolins are nocturnal and are most active between 8pm and 4 am in the morning

11/12/2021

Indian Pangolin foraging behavior

Indian pangolins are specialized for an insectivorous diet. They use their sharp claws and long sticky tongue to exploit termites and ants.

08/12/2021

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Learn about pangolins, nature and sustainability initiatives by the the Center for Sustainability of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

04/11/2021

USJ enters the race to Net Zero….

As a state university committed for a better environment, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura recognize the climate impact of its daily activities. The Center for Sustainability of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science is leading the way through its “USJ Carbon Zero” project to make the University of Sri Jayewardenepura the first Carbon Neutral University in South Asia.

Accordingly, the university will voluntarily disclose its greenhouse gas emissions starting from 2019, according to the ISO 14064-1:2019 standard, and will face the third-party ISO 14064-1 audit on its GHG emission reporting on 22nd and 23rd of November 2021.

We request the USJ community’s support to achieve this remarkable feet.

08/06/2021

Pangolin in Narammala

15/05/2021

https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/6461?fbclid=IwAR06pR2j1Vztp4pp6FboVqvLQ0Z_qP_oRyxu13ExmkCQ7HmQwBzO6L8FZ3U

Record of the world’s biggest pangolin? New observations of bodyweight and total body length of the Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata Gray, 1827 (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae) from Mannar District, Sri Lanka Authors Priyan Perera Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sr...