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Wetland dynamics: Links with spatial, ecological and socio-economic related issues in the western coastal belt of Sri Lanka by Nagabhatla, Nidhi, Finlayson, C. Max, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, Zomer, Robert J., Diphoorn, Luuk

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Vulnerability of regional crystalline rock aquifers to fluoride contaminaton: a case study from southern Sri Lanka by Rajasooriyar, L.D., Hiscock, K.M., Boelee, Eline

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Managing irrigation jointly with farmers history, present status and future: review of participatory irrigation management in Sri Lanka by Jinapala, K., Premadasa, L., Somaratne, Pallewatte G., Samad, Madar

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Managing irrigation jointly with farmers: history, present status and future: review of participatory irrigation management in Sri Lanka by Jinapala, K., Premadasa, L., Somaratne, Pallewatte G., Samad, Madar

“…Successive governments of Sri Lanka since independence have invested heavily in the irrigated agriculture sector to address the food security concerns of the country. …”
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Bulldozers against mosquitoes: Environmental management options for malaria control in North-Central Sri Lanka. [Abstract only]. by Boelee, Eline, Weerasinghe, A.K., Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Piyaratne, M.K., Perera , D., Amerasinghe, Felix P.

“…In Sri Lanka, malaria is a major public health problem. …”
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Developing effective water management institutions in river basins: case study of Sri Lanka, Deduru Oya Study by Jinapala, K., Somaratne, Pallewatte G.

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Developing effective institutions for water resources management: A case study in the Deduru Oya Basin, Sri Lanka by Somaratne, Pallewatte G., Jinapala, K., Perera, L.R., Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith, Bandaragoda, Don Jayatissa, Makin, Ian W.

“…The river basin studied in Sri Lanka was the Deduru Oya river basin in the North Western Province of the country. …”
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Accounting of agricultural and nonagricultural impacts of irrigation and drainage Systems: A report of research in Taiwan and Sri Lanka in 2003 by International Water Management Institute

“…Second, research is being conducted in Sri Lanka to assess more broadly the impact of water resource development. …”
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Small irrigation tanks as a source of malaria mosquito vectors: a study in north-central Sri Lanka by Amerasinghe, Felix P., Konradsen, Flemming, Hoek, Wim van der, Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Gunawardena, J.P.W., Fonseka, K.T., Jayasinghe, G.

“…Through a study of nine small irrigation tanks in north-central Sri Lanka, this report provides an assessment of the capacity of tanks to generate malaria and nuisance mosquitoes, factors that contribute to mosquito generation, and measures that could ameliorate the problem.…”
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Agro-well and pump diffusion in the dry zone of Sri Lanka: past trends, present status and future prospects by Kikuchi, M., Weligamage, Parakrama, Barker, Randolph, Samad, M., Kono, H., Somaratne, H.M.

“…The use of shallow wells, equipped with small pumps, to lift groundwater has spread rapidly in many agricultural regions of tropical monsoonal Asia. In Sri Lanka, the rapid and pervasive invasion of agro-wells and pumps drew the attention of policymakers and researchers, but many questions were left unanswered due to lack of research in the area. …”
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Institutions, impact synergies and food security: a methodology with results from the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka by Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria, Dinar, A., Neubert, S., Kamaiah, B., Manoharan, S., Abayawardana, Sarath, Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith, Silva, S. de

“…The methodology is applied to the Kala Oya Basin in Sri Lanka for evaluating the impacts of three development programs and 11 institutions on food security. …”
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National "Water for Food Conference" 2009: food for thought on Sri Lanka's water, food and environmental future. Editorial by Samad, Madar

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Risk factors in relation to human deaths and other tsunami (2004) impacts in Sri Lanka: the fishers'-eye view by Venkatachalam, A.J., Price, A.R.G., Chandrasekara, S., Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

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A social accounting matrix for a rural agricultural economy of Sri Lanka: An analysis of sectoral income flows by Wijerathna, Deeptha, Karunagoda, K.

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Towards a risk map of malaria for Sri Lanka: The importance of house location relative to vector breeding sites by Hoek, Wim van der, Konradsen, Flemming, Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Perera, D., Piyaratne, M.K., Amerasinghe, Felix P.

“…Background: In Sri Lanka, the major malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies breeds in pools formed in streams and river beds and it is likely that people living close to such breeding sites are at higher risk of malaria than people living further away. …”
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Dental caries and developmental defects of enamel in relation to fluoride levels in drinking water in an arid area of Sri Lanka by Ekanayake, L., Hoek, Wim van der

“…The study was conducted to assess caries and developmental defects of enamel in relation to fluoride levels in drinking water and the association between caries experience and the severity of diffuse opacities in children living in Uda Walawe, an area with varying concentrations of fluoride in drinking water in Sri Lanka. A total of 518 14-year-old children who were lifelong residents in this area were examined for dental caries and developmental defects of enamel. …”
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Anopheline (Dipters: Culicidae) breeding in a traditional tank-based village ecosystem in north central Sri Lanka by Amerasinghe, Felix P., Konradsen, Flemming, Fonseka, K.T., Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.

“…A 13-mo survey of immature anopheline mosquitoes breeding in surface water habitats was done at Mahameegaswewa village within the Huruluwewa watershed in north central Sri Lanka as part of a multidisciplinary study on malaria epidemiology. …”
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Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015 by Gunawardena, J., Muthuwatta, Lal P., Fernando, M. J. J., Rathnayake, S., Rodrigo, T.M. A. S. K., Gunawardena, A.

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Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015 by Gunawardena, J., Muthuwatta, Lal P., Fernando, M. J. J., Rathnayake, S., Rodrigo, T.M. A. S. K., Gunawardena, A.

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The Sri Lanka environmental flow calculator: a science-based tool to support sustainable national water management by Eriyagama, Nishadi, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Jinapala, K.

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