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Journal of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka Volume 27. Issues 5 & 6 Journal of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka 1 2 OFFICE BEARERS 2016 Volume 27. Issues 5 & 6 Patron Journal of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka WNPS General Committee 2016 President Mr. Rukshan Jayewardene Vice Presidents Mr. Rahula Dassenaieke Mr. Ranil Pieris General Secretary Mr. Spencer Manuelpillai Hon. Treasurer Mr. Ishan Rajasuriya General Committee Members Mr. Vidya Abhayagunawardena Mr. Ravindralal Anthonis 1 Mr. Darrel Bartholomeusz Ms. Tami Flamer Caldera Mr. Jehan CanagaRetna Mr. Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne Loris - Vol. 27. Dr. [Ms.] Nirmali De Silva Dr. Tilak Jayaratne Issue 5 & 6, December 2016 Dr. Hemantha Perera Ms. Ayanthi Samarajeewa ISSN 0024-6514 Maj. Raajiv Dias Wanigasekera Mr. Rohan Wijesinha Immediate Past President Prof. Lakdas D. Fernando Hon. Editor – Loris Mr. Rohan Wijesinha Hon. Editor – Warana Mr. Vidya Abhayagunawardena Hon. Auditors M/s. Tudor V. Perera & Company, Chartered Accountant, De Mel Building, Upper Chatham Street, Fort, Colombo 01. WILDLIFE & NATURE PROTECTION SOCIETY of SRI LANKA #86, Rajamalwatte Road, Battaramulla. Tele. +94 (0) 11 288 7390 Fax. +94 (0) 11 288 7664 E-mail – [email protected] web – www.wnpssl.org https://www.facebook.com/wnpssl/ https://twitter.com/wnpssl The Editor invites contributions not only from members of the Society but also from the public, on matters relevant to biodiversity, natural history and nature conservation in Sri Lanka. LORIS is issued in volumes of six fascicles, the fascicles being issued in June and December each year. CONTRIBUTORS PLEASE NOTE The Society takes no responsibility for the views expressed by authors, which are their own and not necessarily those of the Society. Moreover, the Society publishes all contributions in good faith, assuming that such contributions do not infringe copyright. Hence, all contributors must forward, along with their contributions, a signed letter indemnifying the Society against any liability, loss, damage or expense of any kind (including legal expenses) which an author may incur by reason of any action suit proceedings brought against him or her for damages or any other claim based upon any violation of copyright by any person that may have been or may be claimed to have been infringed by the publication of the contribution(s) in question. Contributions not accompanied by such indemnity will, regrettably, not be considered. © 2017 Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka. Front Cover: Red Slender Loris. Nadika Hapuarachchi. Back Cover: Juvenile Rusty Spotted Cat. Rukshan Jayewardene Designed by Nelun Harasgama and Raghavan Prem Kumar. Printed by Ceylon Printers (Pvt) Ltd. 3 Responsible Banking in harmony with people and the planet This publication is presented to you with the intention of revealing greater insights to Sri Lanka’s rich biodiversity. Our earnest wish is that you may gain an even greater appreciation of the value of our biological resources and understand the role you could play in conserving and protecting this rich biodiversity. buy;a ffcj úúO;ajhlska fyì rgla jYfhka Y%Í ,xldfjys ffcj iïm;a ms<sn| wOHhkh l, yels ldrKd fndfydah' oekqñka ms˙mqka ,sms ksl=;=jla jk fuu iÛrdj Tn fj; ms˙Keófï wNsm%dhjkafka wmf.a fuu iajNdoyfï we;s jeo.;alu iy th /l .ekSug wmg .; yels mshjr flfiao hkak ;j;a úoiqka f.kyer mEughs' ,yq;ifapYs;s nrOikahd gy;Yaphpdq;fs; njhlh;ghd Mokhd tplaq;fis ntspf;nfhzuNtz;Lk; vd;w Nehf;fj;Jld; ,e;j rQ;rpif ntspaplg;gLfpd;wJ. vkJ caphpapay; tsq;fspd; ngWkjpia ,d;Dk; kfj;jhd mstpy; Nghw;wp> nrOikkpf;f ,e;j gy;Yaphpdq;fis NgZtjpYk;> ghJfhg;gjpYk; cq;fshy; tfpf;ff;$ba gq;fpid njspthf Ghpe;Jnfhs;s ,J cjtNtz;Lk; vd;gNj vkJ kdkhh;e;j MtyhFk;. A Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative by Nations Trust Bank Nations Trust Bank PLC - PQ118 Fitch Rating A(lka) Nations Trust Bank is a licensed commercial bank supervised by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka In this issue Message from Sponsor 6 Editorial 7 PROJECT TO CONSERVE CRITICALLY 9 ENDANGERED HOG DEER (Axis porcinus) IN SRI LANKA REFORESTATION OF A RAINFOREST (ROAR): 12 CRITICALLY ENDANGERED HOG DEER 09 Ecological Restoration of Diyakothakanda SITE RECORD OF THE NATIONALLY 15 THREATENED BLUE-EARED KINGFISHER (Alcedo meninting) WETLAND WALK 17 A DANCE WITH DRAGONS 20 CROCODILES: Our Living Dinosaurs 22 STATUS OF WETLAND TOURISM IN THE 28 MUTHURAJAWELA WETLAND SANCTUARY THE NATIONALLY THREATENED BLUE-EARED KINGFISHER 15 LOSS OF AN INSOUCIANT CONSERVATIONIST 31 THILO HOFFMAN – The last interview 33 “BUT THE BIRDS WILL NOT” 43 LESSONS FROM RANTHAMBHORE 44 LOST AND FOUND: 47 The Re-sighting of Comb Duck in Sri Lanka WORKSHOP ON THE POLICY FOR THE 52 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF Responsible Banking WILD ELEPHANTS A DANCE WITH DRAGONS 20 in harmony with THE SQUIRRELS THAT FLY 56 OUR UNIQUE BIO DIVERSITY NEEDS 59 people and the planet PRIORITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA This publication is presented to you with the intention of revealing greater insights to Sri Lanka’s rich biodiversity. Our BACK FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION? 62 earnest wish is that you may gain an even greater appreciation of the value of our biological resources and understand the FIRST RECORD OF THE 63 DWARF FALSE CATSHARK role you could play in conserving and protecting this rich biodiversity. KUMANA NATIONAL PARK 65 buy;a ffcj úúO;ajhlska fyì rgla jYfhka Y%Í ,xldfjys ffcj iïm;a ms<sn| wOHhkh l, yels ldrKd fndfydah' oekqñka “A LIFER”: The Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher 70 MUTHURAJAWELA WETLAND SANCTUARY ms˙mqka ,sms ksl=;=jla jk fuu iÛrdj Tn fj; ms˙Keófï wNsm%dhjkafka wmf.a fuu iajNdoyfï we;s jeo.;alu iy th /l 28 .ekSug wmg .; yels mshjr flfiao hkak ;j;a úoiqka f.kyer mEughs' ,yq;ifapYs;s nrOikahd gy;Yaphpdq;fs; njhlh;ghd Mokhd tplaq;fis ntspf;nfhzuNtz;Lk; vd;w Nehf;fj;Jld; ,e;j rQ;rpif ntspaplg;gLfpd;wJ. vkJ caphpapay; tsq;fspd; ngWkjpia ,d;Dk; kfj;jhd mstpy; Nghw;wp> nrOikkpf;f ,e;j gy;Yaphpdq;fis NgZtjpYk;> ghJfhg;gjpYk; cq;fshy; tfpf;ff;$ba gq;fpid njspthf Ghpe;Jnfhs;s ,J cjtNtz;Lk; vd;gNj vkJ kdkhh;e;j MtyhFk;. “BUT THE BIRDS WILL NOT” 43 KUMANA NATIONAL PARK 65 A Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative by Nations Trust Bank Sponsored by Nations Trust Bank PLC Nations Trust Bank PLC - PQ118 Fitch Rating A(lka) Nations Trust Bank is a licensed commercial bank supervised by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka The General Committee of the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society extends its sincere gratitude to the Nations Trust Bank PLC for its generosity and commitment to Wildlife Conservation by being the primary sponsor of Loris for the next three years. We also thank all of its other sponsors whose support is vital for the publication of this journal. In addition, we would like to thank Nelun Harasgama Nadarajah and Raghavan Prem Kumar for their assistance in the setting up and design of this issue. Message from Sponsor Renuka Fernando Chief Executive Officer | Nations Trust Bank As a bank that has invested in Sri Lanka’s future, we Society of Galle, Wildlife and Nature Protection understand the importance of research and science Society, and Biodiversity Sri Lanka are in furtherance based education in empowering our citizenry to make of our environmental commitments. Thus, we find informed decisions. With Sri Lanka’s rich biodiversity our commitments on environmental education and ecosystems increasingly coming under threat complementary to these two key focuses of our from human activity and due to the complexity of CSR strategy and look to promote this element in our these interactions, research and evidence based partnerships. knowledge has become the need of the hour in making the case for conservation. Loris, has long been the leading magazine in Sri Lanka on biodiversity and has kept to its reputation It is with this intent of fostering research and with quality content in this current issue. We are knowledge dissemination that we have partnered confident that you will find the research most with the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society, one insightful and would use this knowledge to promote of the oldest nature protection societies established the conservation of species at risk. in the world, through our full sponsorship of their magazines “Loris” and “Warana/Waranam” for a With Warana/Waranam, being the first bilingual period of three years. This is in addition to our current magazine on nature to be published in Sri Lanka, sponsorship of the Wildlife and Nature Protection and copies of the publication being made available Society’s annual ten-part lecture series, featuring in the school library system, we hope that the leading biodiversity researchers, that we have come message of conservation reaches far and wide. I’m on-board to sponsor for the second consecutive year. also encouraged to see the involvement of young Through our Schools Empowerment Programme, we researchers from our university system contributing have invested in improving rural school infrastructure, to these publications, which augurs well for the whilst our partnerships with the Wildlife Conservation conservation efforts that are underway. 6 EDITORIAL In 1948, the people of Sri Lanka inherited a strong, His tenure of office was doomed from the start. independent and well-educated civil service that Politicians in Sri Lanka are too used to the privileges served the country well, implementing Government of office – most importantly the supposition that policy swiftly and efficiently, according to the rule of they are above the Law! Despite the immediate Law. Over the ensuing 69 years, particularly since improvement in the performance of the department 1972, that independence has been eroded to the and, as importantly, of the discipline of the visitors to point that no longer do civil servants see themselves the National Parks, the moment he made it clear that as independent administrators of National policy, but he was to be his own man and do the job that he was rather as sycophantic acolytes of whichever politician appointed to, to the scope that it was intended, political is placed in charge of that Ministry.
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