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Two leading professors to talk on Sinharaja
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Nimal Gunatilleke
‘Sinharaja: From a Timber Reserve to a Biological Treasure Trove -What Next?’- This will be the title of the Public Lecture by Profs Savitri & Nimal Gunatilleke, Professors Emeriti, University of Peradeniya, in the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society series on March 21, at 6p.m. at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH. The lecture is open to both members and non-members, entrance is free.
Savitri Gunatilleke
Profs Savitri and Nimal Gunatilleke, retired professors in botany at the University of Peradeniya have been conducting long-term biological and ecological research in Sinharaja, and several other forests in Sri Lanka over several decades. In recognition of their research endeavours, they have been awarded the UNESCO’s Sultan Quaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation in 1997. Prof. Savitri Gunatilleke had been selected as an honorary fellow of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation in 2016. It is the highest award given by the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in recognition of long and distinguished service to tropical biology. Prof. Nimal Gunatilleke holds a titular award of ‘Vidya Nidhi’ (Science and Technology, 2005) received from the President of Sri Lanka. They are both Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka.