Mangroves are an extremely important coastal resource both economically and
environmentally. In most o f natural mangrove areas (large and undisturbed mangrove areas) it is observed that there is distribution pattern. The ...
Zircon is considered as a low quality gemstone, with various colour varieties, which is used to traditional heat treatment by Buttala - Okkampitiya gem traders for enhancing its quality and colour. Yellow and pastal green ...
Gracilaria verrucosa and Gracilaria edulis, economically valuable red algae species,
present in the coastal line of Sri Lanka in the Trincomalee, Kalpitiya and Puttalam
lagoon.
Utilization of seaweed is poor in Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lanka has a high agriculture potential and most of the agricultural practices are
carried out in the dry zone. In the dry zone, agricultural practices are based on
conventional type monocrop cultivations with the use ...
Furazolidone is a banned synthetic nitrofuran derivative. This is used both
therapeutically and prophylactically as an antimicrobial agent, which is effective in
treating especially bacterial and fungal infections in ...
The presence of mineral deposits along the Highland Complex (HC) -ViJayan
Complex (VC) boundary o f Sri Lanka has not yet been thoroughly studied. This study
was carried out to identify the economically important mineral ...
Lakes are considered as natural resources and in environmental literature, it is a common
property resource, accessible to everyone. Therefore lakes face special pollution
problems. Most notably, they serve as sink of ...
Textile industry is one o f the most income generating as well as polluting industries in Sri
Lanka. The study was carried out to identify the methodologies available for waste treatment in Textile industry through analysis ...
The Petroleum Refinery is the single crude oil refining unit in Sri Lanka located at
the Sapugaskanda owned by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. The refining process of
the crude oil and produce the valuable petroleum products ...
Soil fertility is very important for sustainable agriculture. But modem agricultural
practices cause soil fertility losses and also soil degradation. So that the agroforestry
concept helps prevent soil degradation and ...
Preliminary study o f Foraging Ecology o f Crested Drongo in the mixed-spices bird flocks was carried out in the Sinharaja World Heritage site The crested Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus lophorhinus belong to the Family Dicruridae, ...
Tobacco has become a highly profitable commercial crop in Sri Lanka recently.
Farmers in many parís of the country are now rapidly moving towards cultivating
tobaceo in their lands by replacing traditional food crops. ...
All the cement raw materials contain constituents other than the main
constituent. Sometime these unwanted minerals or impurities cause problems
in cement manufacturing process. They cause negative effect on the ...
The traditional gem minerals of Sri Lanka usually take only the high quality gems
for selling and throw away the other remains. However, among these discarded
stones, low quality corundum, spinel, zircon, tourmaline, ...
The management of a catchment area is a vital aspect in conserving water, forest
and soil resources in a particular area. The catchment area selected for this study is
located at Icepeella, Wellawaya shows potential ...
Urban waste management is one of the most complex environmental problems in Sri Lanka.Large quantities of wastes are generated day by day and there decomposition rate is low under anaerobic conditions. Landfill bioreactor ...
Solid waste management (SWM) is an integral part of the urban environment. It is
importan! to plan the urban infrastructure to ensure a safe and healthy human
environment while considering the promotion of sustainable ...
Carbon dioxide and certain other trace gases, including methane (CH4), nitrous oxide
(N2O) chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and tropospheric ozone (O3), are accumulating in
the atmosphere as a result of human activities. ...
During tile last few decades, landslides occurred with increasing frequency in the slopes of the hill country by causing severe damages to life and property. Badulla district is taken as one o f the most landslide affected ...
This report ofiers the research findings of a laboratory-based study on the removal of
toxic Cr (VI) from synthetic wastewater using most abundant lignocellulosic agricultural waste,coir dust.
The efficiency of the removal ...