DOES SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TAXONOMIC STUDIES HELP CONSERVATION OF NATURE?

I have been actively participating in a couple of Non Governmental Organization [NGO] in Protecting Environment since about 1986. Since then I've come across of many environmentalists and scholars of Nature Studies. Out of these people, I've got to know that only a handful of people DID something to protect nature, but non of the taxonomists have done anything good for environment except getting their post graduate degrees to join a mission abroad or to find better job opportunities using their study records.

After all these years I've come to a conclusion that it is not the scholar that helps nature, but it is the common citizen who is aware of environmental destruction who helps protect nature.

This is open for you ideas and lets make a change today to help protect nature.

Nayana Wickramasinghe

2014

It's really up to all of us to act NOW to prevent forest fire in Sri Lanka. The meteorological department of Sri Lanka has announced of serious droughts and added to this unconcerned people all over the island are setting fire to grasslands and it spreads to destroy the adjoining forests. The media of Sri  Lanka have just announces the fire as incidents only. Although they have the capability of making people aware of this devastating matter of destruction that affects future of every living thing in Sri Lanka, the politicians and the media are seemed to have deaf-ear.

If you are a serious person who think about the future of this beautiful island, please join us to acknowledge the authorities and general public to prevent setting fire to bush lands and grasslands.

Send your suggestion to freethinker@wildworldwatch.com
Thank you.

Nayana Wickramasinghe
Sri Lanka

Is Nature Conservation inactive in Sri Lanka?

In 80s there were full of activities and activists that called out loud to save Nature. But in late 90s it seemed to have no interest of the public in conservation of natural resources. Anyone has ideas what the reasons are?