Dilrukshi Handunnetti

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Dilrukshi Handunnetti is a Colombo based journalist and lawyer. Trained as an investigative journalist, her reporting covers a range of topics. Dilrukshi has won local and international awards for excellence in journalism and collaborates across South Asia.

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Crackdown after Sri Lanka bombings may help in fight against blast fishing

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jun 2019

Deadlier than guns: Explosive bait haunts Sri Lanka’s elephants

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Jun 2019

CITES to move wildlife trade summit from Colombo to Geneva this August

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 13 Jun 2019

New rainforest gecko joins growing list of reptiles unique to Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 11 Jun 2019

Microplastics a key factor in Sri Lanka’s plunging fish stocks, survey shows

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 7 Jun 2019

For Sri Lanka villagers, monkey business feeds off human actions

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 31 May 2019
Cnemaspis nilgala is a gecko that is found only in the rocky outcrop of Nilgala and is named after this unique habitat. Image courtesy of Suranjan Karunarathne.

A new gecko emerges from Sri Lanka’s Nilgala savanna forest

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 23 May 2019

Wildlife trade summit may move to Geneva amid Colombo security concerns

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 May 2019

Extreme weather puts traditional livelihoods in peril in Sri Lanka, studies warn

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 17 May 2019

An urban ‘butterfly experience’ in Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 15 May 2019

Reptile haven of Sri Lanka yields up new species of rough-sided snake

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 11 May 2019

In Sri Lanka, a tiny new orchid bears an elephant’s name

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 1 May 2019

How India’s shrub frogs crossed a bridge to Sri Lanka – and changed forever

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 1 May 2019
Sri Lanka Green Pit Viper

Study documents how Sri Lanka’s protected reptiles are traded as pets

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka calls for increased protection for endemic lizards

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Apr 2019

A fishy translocation highlights dangers of ‘taxonomic inflation’

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 16 Apr 2019

Cloud seeding bears no rain in Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 12 Apr 2019

Putting policy into practice to clean up South Asia’s dirty air (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 26 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka’s biodiversity on show: Q & A with tourism and wildlife minister John Amaratunga

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka’s new ‘green tax’ not a hit with drivers or environmentalists

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 14 Mar 2019

Glyphosate’s kidney disease link: More science, less politics (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 5 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka to put its biodiversity in the spotlight at global trade summit

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 3 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka scientist blames industry as award for herbicide research is axed

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 28 Feb 2019

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