WNPS lectures go online
View(s):‘The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) monthly lecture will move to the online platforms until the social distancing rules are removed and public gatherings are allowed by the authorities. The society will commence the online lecture series from its May lecture ‘Unwinding the secrets of elusive Indian Pangolin’ by Dr Priyan Perera.
The lecture will be on Thursday, May 21 at 6 p.m. live online on Zoom and FB Live
Pangolin populations are considered to be declining across their range. Key threats include hunting and poaching for their meat and scales, illegal international trade, habitat loss and fragmentation. Pangolins are considered to be the most trafficked wild animals in the world as scales, meat and other derivatives have a high demand in East Asian markets.
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Dr. Priyan Perera is an environmentalist and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Forestry & Environmental Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dr. Priyan is also a member of the IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group, Zoological Society of London, London, UK.