Department of Forestry and Environmental Science

Awarding of University of Sri Jayewardenepura ‘s Certificate of Achievement as a Carbon Inset Institution and ISO 14064-2 Certification for its Forestry Project’s

Center for Sustainability of the DFES
Leading the way to a sustainable university…

University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN) crosses Ram Setu. First university from Sri Lanka to join SCCN.

Carbo Neutral USJ - Spearheaded by the Center for Sustainability of the DFES

University of Sri Jayewardenepura Becomes the First Carbon Neutral University in South Asia - USJ - University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is proud to announce that it has become the “First Carbon Neutral University in South Asia” by insetting its Greenhouse Gas emissions in accordance with The Carbon-Inset® Guideline.

දකුණු ආසියාවේ කාබන් උදාසීනකරණ සංකල්පය සම්පූර්ණ කළ ප්‍රථම විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය බවට නිල වශයෙන් පත් වීමට ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට අද හැකියාව ලැබිණි. ඒ, විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය මඟින්, පුත්තලම් දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ කරුවලගස්වැව ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයේ අක්කර දහසක භූමි ප්‍රමාණයක් තුළ දියත් කෙරෙනු ලබන වන ප්‍රතිස්ථාපන ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රමිතිකරණය යටතේ ISO 14064-2:2019 තත්ත්ව සහතිකය අද දිනයේ දී හිමි වීමත් සමඟ ය.

2022 වසරේ ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේ දී ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය ISO 14064-2:2019 ප්‍රමිතිකරණයට අනුව හරිතාගාර වායු විමෝචනය ශුන්‍ය කළ දකුණු ආසියාවේ පළමු විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය බවට පත් වූ අතර එයට අදාළ තත්ත්ව සහතිකය අද දිනයේ දී විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට හිමිවිය.

ජාත්‍යන්තරය තුළ සුවිශේෂී වැදගත්කමක් උසුලන මෙම ජයග්‍රහණය සමඟ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, දකුණු ආසියාවේ ප්‍රමුඛතම හරිත විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක් ලෙසත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සියළු විශ්වවිද්‍යාල අතරින් තිරසාර පරිසරයක් සඳහා කැපවුණු පුරෝගාමී විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය බවටත් පත්වනු ඇත. ඒ හා සමඟම තිරසාරත්වයට අදාළ ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම් තුළ ද විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට තවදුරටත් ඉදිරියට යා හැකිවනු ඇත.

Written by: Hansi Wijekoon
Designed by : Dumindu Sasanka

27th international Forestry and Environment Symposium held on 27-28 January 2023

Memorable moments from the Symposium Networking Soirée held on 27th January 2023

27th International Forestry and Environment Symposium
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Sessions – 27th International Forestry & Environment Symposium | University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Symposium Organizing CommitteeDepartment of Forestry & Enviromental ScienceUniversity of Sri JayewardenepuraGangodawilaNugegodaSri Lanka

One more day to go ….

Meet, Network and Enjoy ….
The Symposium Networking Soirée
27th January 6.30 pm onward at Golden Rose Banquette Hall, Boralesgamuwa 🥂(invitees only)

The Oldest and Most renowned Forestry & Environment Conference in South Asia

27th International Forestry and Environment Symposium- 27-28 January 2023 at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura

https://www.fesympo.sjp.ac.lk/

Field visit of the DFES 2nd year, Honors and MSc students - Wood science and timber technology

Wildlife Ecology (1st Year) field craft at Thanamalwila and Lunugamwehera National Park
14-15 January 2023
Day 02

Wildlife Ecology (1st Year) field craft at Thanamalwila and Lunugamwehera National Park
Day 1: Evening

Wildlife Ecology (1st Year) field craft at Thanamalwila and Lunugamwehera National Park
14-15 January 2022
Day 1

A workshop on “Trends in treatment of wood and wood based products” by the Timber Process Innovation Center of the DFES - on 10th January 2023

ප්‍රේමිය '23 Concert organized by the Students of Forestry and Environmental Science Society 05-01-2023

New Year kick off at the DFES…. Happy 2023 !!

Opening of the Dr. Suren Batagoda Center for Mangrove Conservation and climate Reliance - Departmentof Forestry and Environmental Science

ඉත්තපාන කඩොලාන සංරක්ෂණ සහ දේශගුණ ප්‍රත්‍යස්ථිතා ප්‍රවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානය විවෘත කිරීම Created by University of Sri Jayewardenepura (http://www.sjp.ac.lk/)

"Trees give peace to the souls of Humans.”

Come join with us tomorrow for a walk through the university while identifying the trees that are in the university premises. 🍃

🍁 Time - 4pm
🍁 Venue - Forestry Auditorium (F1)
🍁 Resource Person -
Dr.G.G.T. Chandrathilake
Senior Lecturer
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science
University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Join with us today ♥️

Citizen Science Corner by the Center for sustainability of DFES, USJ launched at Diyasaru Park

Citizen Science Corner by the Center for sustainability of DFES, USJ launched at Diyasaru Park - USJ - University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Center for sustainability of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science has launched its Citizen Science Corner at Diyasaru Park as another activity aiming to science popularization.

Citizen Science Corner at Diyasaru Park: Another Science Popularization Actiity by the Center for Sustainability of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science

Ordinary people around the world are increasingly engage in citizen science—participating in projects where volunteers and scientists work together to answer real-world questions. Regardless of the location and process, citizen science brings everyone into the important work of learning more about and protecting our planet.
As an institution committed to promote Science among the general public, the Center for Sustainability of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science recently opened the “Citizen Science Corner” at Diyasaru Park, Thalawathugoda. This features a uniquely designed digital interactive panel where visitors to the park and learn about Colombo wetlands, their functions, flora, fauna and many more! The visitors and nature enthusiasts can further record their observations of faunal species into the central database in the Citizen Science Corner. We welcome you to visit the Citizen Science Corner” by the CFS, USJ next time you visit Diyasaru Park.