The climate of Sri Lanka has been fluctuating at an alarming rate during the recent past.
These changes are reported to have pronounced impacts on the livelihoods of the people in …

In the last fifteen years, tsunami science has progressed at a rapid pace. Three major
tsunamis: The Indian Ocean in 2004, the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, and the 2018 Palu tsunami …

Sri Lanka is at the forefront of global mangrove conservation. It is the first country to officially
protect all its remaining mangrove forests and has embarked on an ambitious plan to restore …

While mangroves are increasingly described as social-ecological systems (SESs),
performing SES research is so much more than merely documenting local resource …

Coastal landforms are constantly changed due to both natural and anthropogenic forces. An
attempt is made to analyze short-term coastal landform changes on the east coast of Sri …

Soil salinity is a serious threat to coastal agriculture and has resulted in a significant
reduction in agricultural output in many regions. Jaffna Peninsula, a semi-arid region located …

The detection of coastal vulnerability to erosion is crucial for decision-making regarding the
economy, ecology, health, security, among other issues. Most of the studies gather a large …

Abstract The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 revealed the inferiority of hard engineering
solutions in coastal protection and provided sound evidence over the potential of coastal …

Ethnobiological knowledge is an important part of people's capacity to manage, conserve,
and improve the governance of mangrove ecosystems. This paper assesses the …

Expansion of rotational timber harvesting of mangroves is set to increase, particularly given
greater recognition of the economic, societal and environmental benefits. Generic and …