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Publications
- “Climate Change, Local Institutions and Adaptation Experience: The Village Tank Farming Community in Dry Zone Sri Lanka” (with A. Senaratne), in Evans, A., K. Jinapala, (eds.), Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9-11 June, 2009. Vol 2: Water Quality, Environment and Climate Change, Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), 2010.
- “Ecotourism for Sustainable Forest Management in Sri Lanka,” Environmental Economic Policy Series No. 12, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2009.
- “Mainstreaming Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: Towards a National Agenda for Action” (with Senaratne, A. and N. Perera), Working Paper Series No. 14, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2009.
- “Social and Economic Impacts of Resettlement on Tsunami Affected Coastal Fishery Households in Sri Lanka” (with A. Gunawardena), in Fernando, P., K. Fernando, M. Kumarasiri, Forced to Move: Involuntary Displacement and Resettlement – Policy and Practice, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Centre for Poverty Analysis, 2009.
- “Cost to Government Healthcare Services of Treating Acute Self-poisonings in a Rural District in Sri Lanka, (with P. Steele, A.. Dawson, D. Dharmaratne, A. Gunawardena, L. Senarathna, D. de Sivac, K. Wijayaweera , M. Eddleston, F. Konradsen), Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol.87, No.3, pp.180-185, 2009.
- “Socio-economic Impacts of Forest Conservation on Peripheral Communities: Case of Knuckles National Wilderness Heritage of Sri Lanka”, (with P. Steele, and A. Senaratne), paper presented at "Governing Shared Resources: Connecting Local Experience to Global Challenges," 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons, Cheltenham England, July 14-18, 2008. Published electronically in the Digital Library of Commons (DLC) AIT Centre, Bangkok, Thailand http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/
- Book Review: “Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries: Policy Analysis and Case Studies” (by M. Munasinghe and P.Meier), in South Asia Economic Journal, 8:1, pp.139 – 163, 2007.
Reports
- “Commons Vs. Commons: Conflict between Private Micro-Irrigation Initiatives for Ground Water Tapping and Small Tank Irrigation” (with A. Senaratne), 2009, funded by IDRC / EEPSEA
- “Economic and Policy Analysis of Community Forestry Program of the Sri Lanka – Australia Natural Resource Management Project (SLANRMP)”, 2008 (with Athula Senaratne, David Young, the team leader and L.E. Jayawardene, the Forestry Consultant), funded by AusAid
- “Social Insurance and Social Assistance Post Tsunami” prepared for and funded by International Labor Organization (ILO), 2006 (with Nisha Arunatilake, Paul Steele and Ganga Tilakaratne)
Presentations
Community Forestry under Conditions of Low Forest Dependence
“Bazaar of Ideas: Side Event of the First Session of the Committee on Environment and Development of UNESCAP”.
Bangkok, Thailand
3-4 December, 2009.
Climate Impacts on Performance of Agricultural Exports of Sri Lanka: Analysis Based on the Tea Sector
“Third Annual Research Forum of the Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)”
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
2 October, 2009.
Community Forestry under Conditions of Low Forest Dependence: Experience from Dry and Intermediate Zones of Sri Lanka
“Community Forestry International Workshop” organized by the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Government of Nepal,
Pokhara, Nepal,
15–18 September, 2009.
Adaptation to Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, Forestry and Water: Major Gaps and Key Policy Challenges
Conference on “Global Climate Change and its Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry and Water in the Tropics”, organized by the University of Peradeniya
Kandy, Sri Lanka,
10– 1 September, 2009.
Economics of Managing Invasive Alien Species
“National Symposium on Invasive Alien Species”, organized by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in collaboration with University of Peradeniya and Institute of Biology (IOB)
Negombo, Sri Lanka,
21-22 May, 2009.
Issues and Challenges in Promoting Forest-based Ecotourism in Sri Lanka
“Asia-Pacific Regional Ecotourism Conference 2009”, organized by the Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
7 – 8 May, 2009.
Opportunities and Constraints of Community Forestry in Sri Lanka
“International Symposium on Developments in Forestry and Environment Management”, organized by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Kalutara, Sri Lanka,
27–28 December, 2008.
Socio-economic Impacts of Forest Conservation on Peripheral Communities: Case of Knuckles National Wilderness Heritage of Sri Lanka
“12th Biennial International Conference of International Association for Study of Commons (IASC) on Governing Shared Resources: Connecting Local Experience to Global Challenges”
Cheltenham, England,
14 – 18 July, 2008.
Natural Disasters and Socio-economic Security in Sri Lanka
International Conference on “Universalizing Socio-economic Security in South Asia”, organized by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, and the Institute of Human Development (IHD), New Delhi
New Delhi, India,
18–21 January, 2008.
Costs to Government Health Care Services of Pesticide Self-poisoning Treatments in Sri Lanka”
“Sixth Congress of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT)”
Bangkok, Thailand,
14–16 December, 2007.
Impact of Forest Conservation on Household Economy and Poverty: Case of Knuckles National Wilderness Heritage of Sri Lanka
International Conference on “Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms” organized by the Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Bangkok, Thailand,
3–7 September, 2007.
Economic Implications of Declaration of Knuckles Conservation Zone
“International Forestry and Environmental Symposium”,
organized by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
Wadduwa, Sri Lanka,
22–23 December, 2006.
Training
The Twentieth Research and Training Workshop
South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE),
Katunayake, Sri Lanka,
6-10 July, 2010.
WTO/ESCAP Sixth ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research,
Vientaine, Lao PDR
21 – 25 June, 2010.
Proposal Writing Workshop on Environmental Economics and Policy,
Organized by the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) in collaboration with the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka,
Kalutara, Sri Lanka,
30 March – 02 April 2010.
ESCAP/WTO ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research,
United Nations Conference Center,
Bangkok, Thailand,
22-26 June, 2009.
Post Graduate Diploma in Universalizing Socio-Economic Security for the Poor,
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands,
in collaboration with Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Ahmedabad,
and Centre for Development Studies,
Trivendrum, India,
January – March, 2007.
Introductory Course in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics,
South Asian Network for Development Economics (SANDEE)
Dhaka, Bangladesh,
5 - 26 May, 2006.
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