New paper out in Conservation Letters! Can protected areas conserve wildlife? We found a strong positive correlation between mammal taxonomic diversity and the proportion of a surveyed area covered by PAs at a global scale.conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Dreams do come true! I always wanted to build world class opportunities for Sri Lankans in marine conservation. Decades of dreaming coming true. But I need your help to spread the word so we can find someone whose dream we can support! Please RT

Leopard in Tea Estate Leopard share their land inside tea estates and presence of leopards can be observed in many tea estates in Central hills. They are highly elusive and its very rare to be captured them by a camera. 📷 by Rohan Gunasekara Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 Azzam Ameen #lka

The procurement of bushmeat for consumption causes the death of many wild animals as bycatch, an array of ecological problems, various health risks as well as legal issues surrounding its procurement. So the true cost of bushmeat extends well beyond what you pay for a curry.

Places to donate to rations + food relief for vulnerable families, how to donate from overseas + how to start your own relief effort. Reply with any similar collections/drives you know of - tinyurl.com/econcrisisreli… #lka #srilanka #EconomicCrisisLK tinyurl.com/econcrisisreli…

🇱🇰 Colombo: Defying national Protests, the Rajapaksa ruling dynasty declares a 36-hour nationwide curfew Saturday and deployed troops with sweeping new powers under a State of Emergency to halt protests against the Presidential family #GotaGottaGo #SkiLankaEconomicCrisis

Heartbreaking to see my motherland falling apart like this. No power, no petrol/diesel, no foreign reserves, skyrocketing inflation and lack of basic food. Now, a 36 hour curfew and nation-wide ban on social media to quell protests. How does this end? 🇱🇰#SriLankaCrisis

Lawyers are forming human barricade to safe guard "GotaGoGama" protest site

The only violence was perpetrated by your “supporters” - goons and thugs who came to your office first before going on to assault the peaceful protestors.

Dear international media outlets, We #SriLankans know todays events caught your eye. Why? Because unlike the past month that was all about peaceful protesting, today there was violence. 1/6

Our new research on one of Sri Lanka’s critical leopard populations in Wilpattu National Park. Great work to the team led by Dinal Samarasinghe ☝️🙏🐆

Whilst Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is known primarily for gorilla trekking, a variety of animals live in the park and we were fortunate enough to have some very special visitors at Singita Kwitonda Lodge this week!

No idea who took this picture What a capture.

Unbelievable, but ultimately not surprising what is happening to my motherland. You can only push people so far….power to the people standing up to these idiots in power, fleeing the country in the middle of the night, yet refusing to resign 🇱🇰

Too many denied land and rights, too many denied freedom. Too unable to feed their families, too many died in queues, too many fought to protest over the last 100-odd days to bring this dynasty to it knees. I pray, I pray, never ever again. 2/

Twitter wants to know 'what's happening?' What's happening is that this country is watching helplessly as well-oiled state machinery blatantly ignores all violations committed by the govt. and systematically goes after prominent aragalaya protestors.

When I see key persons involved in May 9 attack on peaceful protestors arrested, I will believe what the President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, says about the law being applied equally to all under him. Until then, what this is, is a crackdown on dissent.