Forest and Environment Pre-Symposium Public Talks Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura Venue: Forestry Auditorium Session 2 – Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 4:00 PM “Express Pearl Ship Damage and Current Status” Speakers: – Mr. Hemantha Withanage – Professor Prasanthi GunawardenaRead More

Forest and Environment Pre-Symposium Public Talks Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura Venue: Forestry Auditorium Session 1 – Thursday, January 2, 2025 | 4:00 PM “Human-Wildlife Conflict: What is the Reality?” Speakers: – Prof Devaka Weerakoon (University of Colombo) – ⁠Dr. U K G K Padmalal (Open University) – Prof. Charmalie...Read More

The Center for Sustainability (CFS), part of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with North Manufacturing Private Ltd to restore one acre of forest in the Wanniyagama Reserved Forest. The MOU was signed on August 7th, 2024, at the Vice...Read More

On August 28th, 2024, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) and the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC entered into a significant partnership to launch a major restoration initiative in the Yagirala Forest Reserve. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed at the Vice Chancellor’s office, with Senior Professor Pathmalal Manage, the Vice Chancellor of the...Read More

Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival ‘Haritha Wasanthaya 2024’ annually organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science of Faculty of Applied Sciences was held on 25th April 2024 at the Department premises. Prof. Upul Subasinghe, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Prof. Daham Jayawardana, Head of the department of Department of Forestry and Environmental Science...Read More

GHG Training Course Organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Engineering, RUDN University, Russia. Course Coordinator: Senior Professor Hemanthi Ranasinghe Deputy Course Coordinator: Dr. Chamila Pathirana Prospective trainees: Industrialists in Russia Date : October 23-25, 2023 Venue :...Read More

The Center for Sustainability (CFS), which is part of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MAS Active to restore one acre of forest in the Ittapana Mangrove Conservation Forest. The MOU was signed on April 18th, 2023, at the Vice...Read More

Center for sustainability of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science has launched its Citizen Science Corner at Diyasaru Park as another activity aiming to science popularization. This collaboration of the Center for Sustainability of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science opening of the “Citizen Science Corner” at Diyasaru Park, Thalawathugoda aims to increase...Read More