EXPANSION WITHOUT EXTINCTION: HOW CAN BIODIVERSITY BE PRESERVED IN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

Theme 4: Water Management and Environment

Refereed Publications

Dilhan, M. A. A. B.; Yakandawala, D.; Gunatilleke, C. V. S.; Bambaradeniya, C. N. B. 2002. The structure and composition of a scrubland vegetation in the lower Walawe basin irrigation extension area in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Science), 30:125-145.

Conference Proceedings
Dilhan, M. A. A. B.; Yakandawala, D. M. D.; Gunatilleke, C. V. S.; Bambaradeniya, C. N. B. 2003. The structure and floristic composition of three vegetation types in the lower Walawe basin irrigation extension area in Sri Lanka. Seminar on Ecological Research in Tropical Rain Forests. Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Dilhan, M. A. A. B.; Yakandawala, D. M. D.; Bambaradeniya, C. N. B.; Gunatilleke, C. V. S. 2003. Comparison of floristic composition and diversity of three vegetation types in the lower Walawe basin. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka. 8:147

Dilhan, M. A. A. B.; Yakandawala, D. M. D.; Gunatilleke, C. V. S.; Bambaradeniya, C. N. B. 2002. Structure and composition of secondary vegetation in an abandoned shifting cultivation in the Lower Walawe basin irrigation extension area. In Proceedings of the annual symposium, Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, pp. 45-46

Dilhan, M. A. A. B.; Bambaradeniya, C. N. B.; Gunatilleke, C. V. S.; Yakandawala, D.; Amerasinghe, F. P. 2001. The structure and composition of natural vegetation types in lower Walawe basin irrigation extension area. In proceedings of the seventh annual forestry symposium. Dept. of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka. 12 pp.

International Ecoagriculture Partners. 2003. Proceedings of the Ecoagriculture Partners Strategic Planning Workshop, Gland, Switzerland February, 2003.

Molden, D.; Tharme R.; Abdullaev I.; Puskur R. 2005. Approaches to maintain biodiversity in irrigated landscapes. In proceedings of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Conference, Beijing, China, 2005. 9 pp.

Molden, D.; Fujimoto, N.; Tharme, R.; Amerasinghe, P. 2006. Managing paddy fields for ecosystem services: some insights from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. Technical Paper. Fourth World Water Forum, Mexico City, Mexico. 15 pp

Molden D.; Tharme R.; Abdullaev I.; Puskur R. 2004. Water, food, livelihoods and environment: maintaining biodiversity in irrigated landscapes. In Rhodes, C.; Scherr, S.J.(Eds.). Proceedings of International Ecoagriculture Conference and Practitioner’s Fair, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2004. 36 pp.

Other
Dilhan, M. A. A. B. 2005. Vegetation structure and floristic composition in the irrigation extension area of the lower Walawe Basin, Sri Lanka. Unpublished Master of Philosophy thesis. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 156 pp.

Bandara, D.P.M.C. 2005. An assessment of bats and small mammals in the Lower Walawe Irrigation Extension Area. Technical report. 31 pp

Hitinayake, H.M.G.S.B.; Wijegunasekera, H.N.P.; Wanigasuriya, S.T.K.K. 2003. Assessment of biodiversity associated with agroecosystems in the Lower-Walawe Irrigation Extension Area (LWIEA). Technical report. 65 pp.

IUCN Sri Lanka, IWMI. 2006. Assessment of natural resources dependencies and livelihoods in the Walawe Left Bank Irrigation Upgrading and Extension Project area. Final technical report. Environmental Economics Programme, IUCN Sri Lanka and IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 54 pp.

Kiribandage, J.; Somaratne, P.G.; Tharme, R. E. 2005. Social mobilization for stakeholder capacity building – biodiversity enhancement in the Walawe Left Bank area. Report on proceedings of a social mobilization workshop under the Walawe Biodiversity Project. IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Singhala and English)

Smakhtin, Vladimir; Weragala, Neelanga. 2005. An assessment of hydrology and environmental flows in the Walawe River Basin, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. v, 13p. (IWMI working paper 103) http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/working/WOR103.pdf

Yapa, W.B. 2003. An assessment of bats and small mammals in the Lower Walawe Irrigation Extension Area. Technical report. 37 pp.

CD-ROM .2004 Groundtruthed SRS data, including imagery, for project area of Walawe Catchment, Rehuna Basin, IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Microsoft Access database of socio-economic data at household level, Walawe Left Bank area.

Microsoft Access database of biodiversity data, Walawe Left Bank area. List of geo-referenced biodiversity refuges and Biodiversity Park within the development area