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Lectures

Past Lectures

	Bryozoans: A Story Beyond Their Beauty! . Thursday 14th March 2024 from 6:30p.m.

	Fog Interception . Friday 17th November 2023 6.30p.m.

	Developing A Giant Freshwater Prawn Culture - Based Fishery in Reservoirs of Sri Lanka . Thursday 12th October 2023 6.30p.m.

	Why the Leopard? - A landscape level conservation solution . Thursday 14th September 2023 6.30p.m.

	Pollination and Pollinators . Thursday 17th August 2023 6.30p.m.

	From Dunes to Genes : The resurrection of the "Hanuman Plover" -The fascinating story of the discovery of a new bird species . Thursday 13th July 2023 6.30p.m.

	Urban Gardening . Thursday 11th May 2023 6.00p.m.

	“Let the river run” – Riverine Ecology . Thursday 10th February 2022 7.00p.m.

	Member's Fellowship Meeting . Thursday 9th December 2021 7.00p.m.

	Aquatic Food Production-perceptions Of Its Impacts On Biodiversity & Conservation . Thursday 14th October 2021 2021 7.00pm

	Mangroves of Sri Lanka . Tuesday 07th September 2021 7.00pm

	Research & Conservation of Sea Turtles in Sri Lanka . Thursday 12th August 2021 7.00pm

	Mistries of the Somawathiya . Thursday 8th July 2021 6.30pm

	The 100th AGM . Monday 8th February 2021 6.30pm

	Green Chat with RJ Hidden Treasures . by Ravishka Jayasuriya Monday 12th October 2020 6.30p.m.

	Sinharaja - Sri Lanka's Crown Jewel . by Prof. Savitri Gunatilleke Monday 23rd March 2020 6.30p.m.

	Commercial Bivalve Farming in Sri Lanka . by Prof. W. M. T. B. Wanninayake Monday 24th February 2020 6.30p.m.

	Of Dung Beetles and Leopards . by Dr. Enoka P. Kudavidanage Monday 25th November 2019 6.30p.m.

	Beetles of Sri Lanka . by Dr. Chandima Dangalle Monday 28th October 2019 6.30p.m.

	Social Behaviour of Elephants . by Sumith Pilapitiya Monday 23rd September 2019 6.30p.m.

	Marine turtles . by Thushan Kapurusinghe Monday 26th August 2019 5.30p.m.

	Marine Stingers . by Mr. Malik Fernando Monday 29th July 2019 5.30p.m.

	Jellyfish of Sri Lanka . by Dr. Dileepa de Croos and Mr. Krishan Karunarathne Monday 25th March 2019 5.30p.m.

	The Natural History of Birds: Evolution and Status, from the Past to the Present . by Prof. Devaka Weerakoon Monday 25th February 2019 6.15p.m.

	Sri Lanaka Orchids and their Conservation . by Priyadarshana Imaduwa Monday 12th November 2018, 2018 5.30p.m.

	"Status of Coral Reefs in Sri Lanka" . by Arjan Rajasuriya Monday 15th October 2018 5.30p.m.

	Food Habits of Ancient Humans in Sri Lanka . by Sankha Randenikumaa Monday 17th September 2018, 2018 5.30p.m.

	"A collection of bird and animal photographs" . by Skanda de Saram Monday 20th August 2018, 2018 5.30p.m.

	"Secrets of the Slender Loris" . by Saman Gamage Monday 16th July, 2018 5.30p.m.

	Makings of a Biodiversity Hotspot. by Sandun Perera Monday 18th June, 2018 5.30p.m.

	In the Wilds of Sri Lanka. by Riaz Cader Monday 21st May, 2018 4.45p.m.

Annual General Meeting - 2018.
Monday 20th January, 2018 6.15p.m.

"Environment and Architecture".
Monday 20th November, 2017 6.30p.m.

Dugongs – Biology and Sri Lanka Conservation Issues.
Monday 18th October, 2017 6.30p.m.

"Water - Defining Human Habitations”.
Monday 21st August, 2017 6.30p.m.

"The Kala Oya Basin: Conservation Amidst a Sea of Development”.
Monday 19th June 2017 6.30p.m.

"The World of Orchids".
Monday 15th May 2017 6.30p.m.

"Birds".
Monday 20th March 2017 6.30p.m.

"Biodiversity and Conservation of Freshwater Fishes in Sri Lanka".
Monday 21st November 2016 6.30p.m.

"Bats of Sri Lanka".
Monday 17th October 2016 6.30p.m.

"Snow Leopards of Ladakh.
Monday 19th September 2016 6.30p.m.

"The Kingdom of the Bees and Apitherapy for humans and animals".
Monday 15th August 2016 6.30p.m.

"Ritigala: A Biodiversity Refuge in Sri Lanka.
Monday 16tht May 2016 6.30p.m.

"Marine Turtle Biology and Conservation Issues - including Coastal Habitat Preservation’.
Monday 21st March 2016 6.30p.m.

"ANTS’".
Monday 15th February 2016 6.30p.m.

"95^th Annual General Meeting’".

Mr Chris Corea on - “Mountain Gorillas encountered at Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda”

Monday 18th January, 2016 at 6.30 p.m.

‘Pangolins – elusive nocturnal creatures’
Dr. Priyan Perera
Monday 19th October 2015 6.30p.m.

‘JRed alert: Sri Lanka's vanishing biodiversity’.
Dr.Sriyanie Miththapala
Monday 21st September 2015 6.30p.m.

‘Responding to and understanding Forests: Analogue Forestry’.
Dr. Ranil Senanayake
Monday 24th August 2015 6.30p.m.

‘Jellyfish – Stingers and Non-Stingers’.
Dr. Malik Fernando
Monday 20th July 2015 6.30p.m

‘Birding up North’.
Dr. Chandanie Wanigatunge
Monday 15th June, 2015 at 6.30 p.m.

"‘A Glimpse of the Native Flora of Sri Lanka’’".
Dr. Jayaindra Fernando
Monday 16th March, 2015 at 6.30 p.m.

"Spiders of Sri Lanka’".
Mr. Ranil Nanayakkara
Monday 23rd February, 2015 at 6.30 p.m.

"94^th Annual General Meeting’".
Monday 19th January, 2015 at 6.30 p.m.

"Wild Cats of Sri Lanka"
Mrs. Anya Ratnayaka
Monday 17th November 2014 at 6.30pm.

"Honey Bees and bee-keeping"
Dr. Wasantha Punchihewa
Monday 20th October 2014 at 6.30pm.

"Underwater Life through the Camera"
Mr. Dharshana Jayawardena, Mr. Naren Gunasekera and Mr. Manjula Wijeyaratne
Monday 15th September 2014 at 6.30pm.

"Seahorses and other non-mammalian marine creatures"
Mr. Nishan Perera
Monday 21st July 2014 at 6.30pm.

"With flying penguins, sexy ornaments and a bit of science: five summers in the Great Alaskan Outdoors"
Dr. Sampath Seneviratne
Monday 16th June 2014 at 6.30pm.