Biodiversity Day 2007 May 21, 2007

World Bio-diversity Day Program organised by the
Forestry & Environment Society and the Young Biologist Association on the 22nd May 2007
at University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Program
7.00 am – Bird watching Tour at SJP with Sobadini Kaluthota
7.45 am – Insects watching tour with Dr. Swineetha Karunarathne
8.30 am – Lower plants observation tour at SJP with Prof. Chandrani Wijerathne
9.15 am – Higher plants observation tour at SJP with Prof. BMP Singhakumara

Lecture Series
2.30 pm – Welcome Address by Dr. Hiran Amarasekara, Head, Department of Forestry &
Environmental Science
2.40 pm – Address by Prof. Naradha Warnasuriya, Vice Chancellor, University of Sri
Jayewardenepura
2.50 pm – Address by Prof. Ajith Abeysekara, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science
3.00 pm – Diversity of Higher Plants in Sri Lanka by Prof. BMP Singhakumara,
Department of Forestry & Environmental Science
3.30 pm – Diversity of Lower Plants in Sri Lanka by Prof. Chandrani Wijerathne, Head,
Department of Botany
4.00 pm – Diversity of Insects in Sri Lanka by Dr. Swineetha Karunarathne, Senior
Lecturer, Department of Zoology
4.30 pm – Diversity of birds in Sri Lanka by Ms. Sobadini Kaluthota, Department of
Forestry & Environmental Science

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