By:- Prabodha Agalawatte, Udara Rathnayake, Zeenas Yahiya, Lareef Zubair Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology, Digana Village, Rajawella, Sri Lanka. October 6, 2015. Summary The rainfall from January to March leading up to the 2015 Yala season was slightly lower than normal; the rain picked up in April and May exceeding normal values. Even though the rainfall remained below normal for the rest ...
Authors: Prabodha Agalawatte, Zeenas Yahiya and Lareef Zubair From the article published in groundviews.org : link The drought has followed the floods in mid-May in Sri Lanka, affecting 625,000 people directly along with agriculture, water supply, irrigation and nature. Here, we quantify this drought and show that it (a) is most severe in the Eastern and North-Central Provinces; (b) was ...
The tragic landslide occurred in Aranayaka Divisional Secretariat on 17th may 2016 at 5.17 resulted in a catastrophic situation, burying parts of three villages, namely Siripura, Elangapitiya and Pallebage. The land slide killing over 150 people and destroying a large number of houses and properties has been a devastating experience in the year 2016. FECT staff visited the land slide ...
A sustained program of research under AgMIP (Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Project) has led to the implementation for climate, crop, and economic models for rice agricultural systems in Sri Lanka. Research under this program included generating future climate projections, using them to drive crop models that feed into integrated climate–crop–economic models that in turn quantify climate impacts on livelihoods ...
A “Blue” Economy The document titled the “Future We Want” highlights the ocean’s contribution to growth, stating; “We stress the importance of the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and of their resources for sustainable development By Kanchana Wickramasinghe The development process known as ‘Greening’ has been the foremost topic of discussion for years, while ‘Blue’ seems ...
BY ZAHRAH IMTIAZ NO WATER Drought conditions prevail at the Yala National Park although rainfall has been reported in the surrounding areas. Foundation for Environment Climate and Technology (FECT), in its weekly predictions on weather, reported that up to 45mm rainfall is expected in the South-Western and Southern parts of Sri Lanka from 17-30 September. FECT reported rainfall last ...
By Nadia Fazlulhaq Ports, hotels will cause erosion near and far View(s): For Shanthi of the Sri Dharmaarama Road fishing village in Ratmalana and Kamala Fernando of Ransigamawella off Wennappuwa, the coming days are a struggle to protect their houses from the strong waves that are rapidly swallowing up the shore. Thousands of families living bordering the south-western coasts ...
View(s): An ongoing drought in several dry zone districts in Sri Lanka and predictions of an El Nino year paint a grim scenario for an island that has had continuous issues of flooding, drought and landslides in the past five years, a UN official said this week. Razina Bilgrami, Resident Representative, UNDP Colombo, speaking at Tuesday’s launch in Colombo of ...
Economic Development Ministry and UNDP Sri Lanka yesterday marked the official launch of its project under the Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Resilience Program, ‘Strengthening the Resilience of Post Conflict Recovery and Development to Climate Change Risks in Sri Lanka’. The occasion was graced by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Resident Representative a.i., UNDP Sri Lanka Razina Bilgrami, Ministry Secretary Dr. ...
COLOMBO, Aug 20 2013 (IPS) – Gulam Rasul, chief meteorologist at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, was sure early this month that the second leg of the annual monsoon due in the latter half of the month was going to be bad. “Normally it peaks towards late August,” Rasul told IPS. Even before peaking, the 2013 monsoon has been deadly. By ...
NOAA ESRL forecasts shows over 100 mm of rainfall for the next four days. Indian Meteorological Departments Regional Model Predictions for the February 5-7th
Flood Disaster in Sri Lanka There are reports that the Flooding in Sri Lanka has become the second most damaging natural disaster affecting Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami. The floods have been most devastating in the Eastern coastal zone. The citizen website Groundviews has an updated compilation and mapping of flood impact reports. Rainfall Estimates by Sub-Districts ...
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MacArthur Foundation, USA will fund the University of Peradeniya to offer an MDP program with a focus on sustainable development challenges in South Asia, emphasizing tropical coastal areas and small islands. The University will collaborate with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University, University of California, Davis, and the Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology, ...
