Role of wetlands and Earth’s survival
View(s):Following on this year’s World Wetlands Day theme ‘Conserving Wetlands for a Common Future’, this month’s Nations Trust WNPS (Wildlife and Nature Protection Society) lecture on February 20 at 6 p.m. at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH is titled ‘The Right to Survive: Wetlands and you’.
It will be presented by Nishantha Edirisinghe, Manjula Amararathna, and Dr. Chaturangi Wickramaratne with contributions from a group of young scientists – Ayantha Abeygunawardana, Bharatha Dissanayake, Kavindi Dilshara and Sathiska Chamikara Widanage.
The lecture explores why a paradigm shift is urgently needed to prevent wetlands from reaching a tipping point. The health of wetlands is crucial to the survival of life on Earth. Beyond water, climate regulation, biodiversity, and food, what other essential roles do they play?
The expert speakers are Nishantha Edirisinghe, Conservator General of Forests, responsible for managing and protecting Sri Lanka’s forests, Manjula Amararathna, Director of Protected Area Management at Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation and Dr. Chaturangi Wickramaratne, a Freshwater Ecology Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The lecture is open to all, entrance is free.
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