IPS research on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture focuses on the role of coordinated policies and strategies aimed at safeguarding the continuity of Sri Lanka’s natural capital stock. These include innovation and adoption of right technical solutions, getting the structure of incentives right, and setting up effective institutions. The rising scarcity of land, issues of agriculture productivity, and food security, coupled with the risks and uncertainty associated with climate change impacts calls for an integrated approach that combines decisions taken at several areas of public policy.
ANALYSIS OF CINNAMON, PEPPER AND CARDAMOM VALUE CHAINS IN SRI LANKA
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Wickramasinghe, K. (2017), Climate Insurance for Tea in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Exporter, July – September 2017
Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Promoting Ecotourism in Sri Lanka, External Economic Review (no. 87/2016),Foreign Trade University Vietnam, 2016
Wickramasinghe, K. (2017), A Green Hospitality Industry for Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Exporter, Issue 96, April-June 2017 .
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Ganga Tilakaratna, Wimal Nanayakkara, Sunimalee Madurawala, Suwendrani Jayaratne and Kanchana Wickramasinghe
Intellectual Property Rights in Protecting New Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Traditional Knowledge: The Case of Rice in Sri Lanka
Dilani Hirimuthugodage, Parakrama A. Samaratunga
2016
Targeting and Distribution of Post-Disaster Aid: A Case of the Fishery Sector in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka
Asha Gunawardena
2010
Climate Change Issues in Sri Lanka ( January to December 2012 )
IPS Research Team
2013
Targeting and Distribution of Post-Disaster Aid: A Case of the Fishery Sector in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka
Asha Gunawardena
2010
Disaster Management Policy and Practice in Sri Lanka: Sharing Lessons among Government, Civil Society and Private Sector
IPS Team
2007
Rural Land Sector In Sri Lanka: Major Characteristics, Determinants and Implications For Land Policy
Parakrama Samaratunga and Dilhani Marawila
2006
Forward Contracts: A Market Based Alternative to Government Intervention in Agriculture Marketing in Sri Lanka
Ananda Weliwita and Roshen Epaarachchi
2003
Irrigation and Agriculture in Sri Lanka ( P/ C)
Edited by Ric Shand
2002
Policies and their Implications for the Domestic Agricultural Sector of Sri Lanka 1995-2000
Roshen Epaarachchi, Sanath Jayanetti and Ananda Weliwita
2002
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: Implications for Sri Lanka. ( P/ C) Prema-
Chandra Athukorala and Saman Kelegama
1996
Contract Farming and Export Horticulture: Can Agribusiness Revitalize the Peasant Sector in Sri Lanka?
David Dunham
1995
Increased Productivity and Commercialization of Non-Estate Agriculture. ( P/ C)
David Dunham
1992
Consolidation of Fragmented Paddy Land: Is it Really Necessary?
David Dunham and Nimal Fernando
1991
Mainstreaming Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: Towards A National Agenda for Action
Athula Senaratne, Nethmini Perera and Kanchana Wickramasinghe
2009
Conservation Vs. Conversion: Examining the Case of the Diyawanna Oya Wet Land Area in Sri Lanka
Manoj Thibbotuwawa, Thusitha Dilhani Marawila, Parakrama Samaratunga
2010
Impact of Migration and Remittances on Investment in Agriculture and Food Security in Sri Lanka
Parakrama A. Samaratunga, Roshini Jayaweera and Nethmini Perera
2012
Conservation Vs. Conversion: Examining the Case of the Diyawanna Oya Wet Land Area in Sri Lanka
Manoj Thibbotuwawa,Thusitha Dilhani Marawila, Parakrama Samaratunga
2010
Analysis of Shrimp Farming Industry in Sri Lanka
Sampath Jayasinghe
2001
Analysis of Unique Natural Environmental and Cultural Assets Threatened by Infrastructure Projects: The Case of Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project.
Malik Ranasinghe
1999
The Introduction of Effluent Charges as a Means for Controlling Industrial Water Pollution in Sri Lanka
Paul Steel and Rushdy Hassan
1998
A Strategy for Nature Tourism Management in Sri Lanka. ( P/ C)
Paul Steel, M Sivakumar and H.M.B.C. Herath
1998
Rural Land Sector In Sri Lanka: Major Characteristics, Determinants and Implications For Land Policy
2006
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Role of Social Protection in Disaster Management in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, 35/36 (1 & 2) June/Dec 2012/2013
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2013
“Environmental Orientation in the Hotel Sector in Sri Lanka”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Hospitality and Tourism Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28-29 October 2013
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2013
“Role of Social Protection in Disaster Management in Sri Lanka”, International Conference on Building Disaster Resilience 2013, 17-19 September, 2013
Ahungalla, Sri Lanka, Ed. M. Hall, D. Amaratunga, R. Haigh, B. Ingirige, K. Keraminiyage, U. Kulatunga, C. Pathirage. Salford: University of Salford, 2013
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2013
“Ecotourism as a Tool for Sustainable Forest Management in Sri Lanka”, Journal of Environment Professionals Sri Lanka, Vol. 1 : No. 2, pp. 16 – 25.
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2012
“Role of ICTs in Early Warning of Climate Related Disasters: A Sri Lankan Case Study,” Published electronically at the “Notes on ICTs, Climate Change and Development”
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2011
“Review of Climate Finance: Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global Development,” R. B. Stewart, B. Kingsbury, B. Rudyk, (Eds.), in Trade Insight Vol.7, No. 2. New York University Press, New York and London
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2011
“Public-Private Partnerships in Disaster Management: Case of Disaster Early Warning Network (DEWN), Policy Brief No2, December 2011, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo
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2011
Economics of Managing Invasive Alien Species in Sri Lanka, in Marambe, B., Silva, P., Wijesundara, S. and Atapattu, N. (Editors) (2010): Invasive Alien Species – Strengthening Capacity to Control Introduction and Spread in Sri Lanka. Biodiversity Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka. 191 pp.
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2010
“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.
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2010
“Ecotourism for Sustainable Forest Management in Sri Lanka,” Environmental Economic Policy Series No. 12, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2009.
Wickramasinghe, K
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“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.
Wickramasinghe, K
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.
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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
Wickramasinghe, K
2008
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.
Wickramasinghe, K
2007
“Commons vs. Commons: Managing Scarce Water Resources in Dry Zone Village Tank Systems in Sri Lanka, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia,” in Research Report No. 2010-RR13, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, Singapore.
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2011
“Mainstreaming Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: Towards a National Plan for Action”, Working Paper Series No. 14, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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2009
“Climate Change, Local Institutions and Adaptation Experience: The Village Tank Farming Community in Dry Zone Sri Lanka”. Proceedings of the Water and Food Conference of International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9-11 June Transaction Costs and Institutional Innovation: Sustainability of Tank Aquaculture in Sri Lanka” (with K.Karunanayake), In Promise, Trust and Evolution: Managing Commons of South Asia. (Eds.) R.Ghate, N.S. Jodha and P. Mukhopadhyay , Oxford University Press, UK, 2008
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2009
“Demand for Fish in Asia: A Cross-country Analysis” (with M.M. Dey et al). Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 52(3): 321 – 338, (2008).
Senaratne, A
2008
“Transaction Costs and Institutional Innovation: Sustainability of Tank Aquaculture in Sri Lanka” (with K.Karunanayake), In Promise, Trust and Evolution: Managing Commons of South Asia.
(Eds.) R.Ghate, N.S. Jodha and P. Mukhopadhyay , Oxford University Press, UK, 2008.
“Transaction Cost and Household Participation in Community-based Village Tank Aquaculture in Dry Zone” (with L.H.P. Gunaratne and K. Karunanayake). Tropical Agriculrural Research, Vol.20, pp. 73-88, (2008).
Senaratne, A
2008
“Comparative Study of Identification of Requirements and Constraints Faced by Sri Lankan Small Holder Organic Tea Production” (with M.T.A. Fahim et al). Proceedings of 8th Agricultural Research Symposium, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2008
Senaratne, A
2008
“Transaction Costs and Institutional Innovation: Sustainability of Tank Aquaculture in Sri Lanka” (with K.Karunanayake), SANDEE Working Paper 18-06, South Asian Network of Development of Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Kathmandu, Nepal, 2007.
Senaratne, A,
2007
“Disaggregated Projections on Fish Supply, Demand and Trade for Developing Asia: Preliminary Results from the Asiafish Model” (with M.M. Dey et al), Proceedings of the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, 21-30 July, 2004, Tokyo, International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade , Tokyo, Japan, 2004.
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2004
“Changing Role of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) in Household Economy of Peripheral Villages: The Case of Sinharaja World Heritage in Sri Lanka” (with P. Abeygunawardena and M.W.A.P. Jayatilake), Environmental Management, Vol. 32, No. 5, 2003. 2003
Senaratne, A., “Three Decades of Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) in Sri Lanka: A Review of Institutional and Policy Issues”, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 21,
No.3, 2003.
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2003
“Swabhawika Sampath saha Parisara Arthika Vidyava” (in Sinhala), Natural Resource and Environmental Economics) (with Piyasena Abeygunawardena), Colombo, 2002.
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2002
Agricultural Pricing and Procurement Policy in South Asia, Policy Paper, Global Development Network, www.agripolicyoutreach.org
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2012
“Achieving Economic Efficiency & Equitable Distribution of Land use Through Reforms and/or Market Discipline”, in Kelegama, S. & Gunawardena, D. (eds.), Economic & Social Development Under a Market Economy Regime in Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo
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“Articulating and Mainstreaming Agricultural Trade Policy and Support Measures, “FAO, Rome
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2012
“Review of Twenty-first Century Macroeconomics Responding to the Climate Challenge,” (eds.) J. M. Harris and N.R. Goodwin, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham in South Asia Economic Journal, 2009 12, 1 (2011): 143-183
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2012
“Food Security Situation in Sri Lanka”, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India, Mimeo.
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‘Analysis of the Fisheries Sector in Sri Lanka’, Guided case studies in value chain development for conflict-affected environments, Micro Report No: 100, United States Agency for International Development
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2008
“The Stake-net Fishery Association of Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Why has it Survived over 250 Years and will it Survive Another 100 years?” (with P. Steele),in Jodha N., R. Ghate and P. Mukhopadhyay (eds). Promise, Trust, Evolution: Managing the Commons of South Asia, Oxford University Press, 2008.
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“Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) of Sri Lanka’s Land Policy Reforms: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment” (with D. Dharmaratne, D. Marawila, R. M Ranaweera Banda., P. Steele, C. Weerakkody), World Bank, 2008.
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“How the Current Situation of Land Grants and Permits Impacts on Poor Households and How Reforms of the Land Development Ordinance Could Benefit the Poor?” (with D, Dharmaratne, D. Marawila, R. M. Ranaweera Banda, P. Steele, C. Weerakkody), in Melis D.M., M. Abeysuriya and N. De Silva (eds.) Putting Land First? : Exploring the link between Land and Poverty, 6th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Sri Lanka, 2006.
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“Reducing Indoor Air Pollution in Sri Lanka : Is the Situation Improving”, (with R. M. Amarasekara, P. Steele and A.G.T. Sugathapala), Research Abstracts, Proceedings of the First National Symposium on Air Resource Management in Sri Lanka, Air Resource Management Centre, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, 2004.
Gunawardena A.,
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Producer Price Statistics for Staple Food Crops in Sri Lanka: The Case of Paddy
Dunham, David and Rushdy Hassan (1996),
1996
Contract Farming and Export Horticulture: Can Agribusiness Revitalise the Peasant Sector in Sri Lanka?
Dunham, David,
1995
Increased Productivity and Commercialisation of Non-Estate Agriculture
Dunham, David,
1992
Consolidation of Fragmented Paddy Land: Is it Really Necessary?
Dunham, David,
1991
The Introduction of Effluent Charges as a Means for Controlling Industrial Water Pollution in Sri Lanka
Steel, Paul and Rushdy Hassan (1998),
1998
A Strategy for Nature Tourism Management in Sri Lanka
Steel, Paul, M. Sivakumar and H.M.B.C Herath (1998),
1998
‘Forward Contracts: A Market Based Alternative to Government Intervention in Agriculture Marketing in Sri Lanka
Ananda Weliwita and Roshen Epaarachchi,
2003
Policies and their Implications for the Domestic Agricultural Sector of Sri Lanka:
Roshen Epaarachchi, Sanath Jayanetti and Ananda Weliwita (2002),
2002
Irrigation and Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Edited by Ric Shand (2002),
2002
An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Shrimp Farming Industry in Sri Lank
Jayasinghe, Sampath (2001)
2001