Surendranie Cabral-de Mel 🐘🐒

📢New publication alert! The 5th article from my PhD finally published in @ConservationSP 🐘 “#Attitudes towards causes of and solutions to conflict between humans and Asian #elephants” 🐘 doi.org/10.1111/csp2.1… @ILSE_UniSQ @nifslk #wildlife #conservation #coexistence #research

@UNDP in Sri Lanka, through its @BIOFIN - UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative together with WNPS and @LOLCHoldingsPLC, and under the guidance of the DWC has launched a livestock insurance initiative aimed at protecting the Sri Lankan #leopards

Bat boxes can become deadly roosts when the weather heats up, study finds abc.net.au/news/science/2… via @ABCaustralia

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹🦇🦇 Press release on the latest research on "Using #physiology to unravel the implications of #heatwaves for big brown #bats (𝘌𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴)" #Canada journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22…

@AmilaSumanapala @TharinduRane Congratulations!

#NewSpeciesAlert A new #species of #damselfly restricted to the Peak Wilderness Mountain Range #srilanka 🇱🇰 It is only found in montane forests between 850-1650 m. With this discovery, the diversity of Sri Lankan odonates increases to 133. worlddragonfly.org/article/tijo20…

Here we present a new species of damselfly named "Ceylonosticta sripadensis" from Peak Wilderness Mountain Range, Sri Lanka. Published in International Journal of Odonatology. researchgate.net/publication/39… #newspecies #odonata #srilanka #biodiversity #endangeredwildlife

විල්පත්තුව ජාතික උද්‍යානයට එල්ලවන විශාල පාරිසරික බලපෑම නොසලකා, පල්ලකණ්ඩල් සිද්ධස්ථානයේ මාසික දේව මෙහෙයක් පැවැත්වීම සඳහා එහි පාලනාධිකාරියට සහ බැතිමතුන්ට අවසර ලබාදීම සඳහා කැබිනට් පත්‍රිකාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරමින් සිටී. @DivainaCOM divaina.lk/provincial-new…

Sri Lanka’s #plant messiah spreads optimism for #biodiversity & #conservation Mr. Rohan Pethiyagoda's article on Dr. Himesh Jayasinghe's Discovery: Additions to the #Flora of #Ceylon news.mongabay.com/2025/07/sri-la… @nifslk 🌿

විල්පත්තුව ජාතික උද්‍යානයට එල්ලවන විශාල පාරිසරික බලපෑම නොසලකා, පල්ලකණ්ඩල් සිද්ධස්ථානයේ මාසික දේව මෙහෙයක් පැවැත්වීම සඳහා එහි පාලනාධිකාරියට සහ බැතිමතුන්ට අවසර ලබාදීම සඳහා කැබිනට් පත්‍රිකාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරමින් සිටී. @Mawbima bcrcsrilanka.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog-p…

නමුත් එම පොරොන්දු සියල්ලට පයින් ගසමින් අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන් ඇතුළු වර්තමාන රජය ග්‍රාමීය දුප්පත්කම පිටුදැකීම සඳහා නොදැනුවත්කම සහ මිත්‍යාව මත පදනම්වූ අලි-මිනිස් ගැටුම් අවුළුවන මග තෝරාගැනීම ජාතියේ අවාසනාවකි. bcrcsrilanka.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog-p…

The prolonged presence of large crowds in wildlife reserves has profound environmental consequences. As the number of participants grows, so too does the environmental impact ... #conservation #wildlife #Kataragama #Yala #kumana #SriLanka #hindu sundayobserver.lk/2025/06/29/imp…

I attended the Australasian Society for the Study of #AnimalBehaviour conference, held at the University of New England, Australia from 11-13th June. It was great to listen to some amazing research from weaver ants, jumping spiders to cockatoos & crocodiles. #wildlife #elephants

🌏It was great to see so many AWMS members present at the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) last week in Brisbane. The list included @SurenCabral, @Patt_Finnerty, @JordanOHampton, Ben Allen and Duncan Sutherland. An amazing event!

I attended the International Congress for #Conservation Biology #ICCB2025 held in Brisbane, Australia. It was a great opportunity to network with conservation scientists & practitioners and listen to their amazing work. #wildlife #biodiversity @ICCB2025 @Society4ConBio

Congratulations to Dr. Sanjay Molur for being awarded the #ICCB2025 Distinguished Service Award for his inspirational work for #biodiversity #conservation. @ICCB2025 @Society4ConBio

I had the opportunity to represent @unisqaus at the Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference #AWMS2024 held in Fremantle, WA, Australia, earlier this month. It was great to meet and network with fellow researchers working on wildlife in Australasia.

🔔Publication alert!🔔 Both in @ConBiology & open access 1. Deals with Adivasi/ Tea Tribe’s concepts of living around wild elephants in Assam conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… 2. Deals with global cases of cultural coexistence around wildlife conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… More details 👇🏻

Join us at our side event at #COP16Colombia with #CPWildlife on measuring progress towards managing human wildlife conflicts and ensuring the sustainable and legal trade in wild species. 📅21 October ⏰13:20 📍Blue Zone, Farallones – Youth Room, Plaza One #humanwildlifeconflict

We're thrilled to announce the winner of our Osman Hill Memorial Medal, Prof Anna Nekaris OBE. During her exciting career, Dr Nekaris has transformed scientific understanding of nocturnal primates, characterizing the biology of slow lorises and advocating for their conservation.