References
SOURCES, VIDEOS AND FURTHER READING
International Wetland Day, February 2018
- Vanishing wetlands
- About 40,700 hectares connected by canals: Colombo Metropolitan City, the first wetland city
- World Wetlands Day: Valuing natural capital for sustainable urban development
- Wetlands losing ground
- Understanding Colombo’s wetlands with IWMI, part 1 : Part - 01 | Part - 02
- Focus on Wetland Ecosystems A nature’s gift which does a great balancing act Celebrating World Wetlands Day - 2018
- Colombo’s wetlands at risk
- The Growing Importance Of Colombo’s Shrinking Wetlands
Birding at Thalangama
- SundayTimes.lk: The little known bird paradise
- Perera, Sandun. (2007). Bird communities as indicators of urbanisation pressure: A case study in lentic freshwater bodies and buffer habitats, along an urban-suburban gradient in Colombo, Sri Lanka. PDF file available on https://www.researchgate.net
- Ceylon Bird Club Birdwatching sites
- YouTube: Thalangama Lake Home for Native and Migratory Birds
- Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL). 2005. Student’s Wetland Pictorial Resource Book: Talangama Wetlands Tank. Colombo: (order hard copy here)
- ield Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL). 2016. Birds of Urban Wetlands in Colombo. (order hard copy here , or mail: fogsl1976@gmail.com)
The Thalangama wetland and its challenges
- National Wetland Directory of Sri Lanka
- GlobalForestWatch.org: Threats to the Talangama Lake Environmental Protection Area
- Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Proposed Project on Madiwela East
- From the City to Serenity
- YouTube: Sri Lanka Telecom Pura Varuna - Thalangama Tank
- Talangama Lake – Experience Nature without Leaving the City
- Teaching & Learning in Colombo’s Suburban Wetlands
- GlobalForestWatch.org: Threats to the Talangama Lake Environmental Protection Area
- SundayTimes.lk: Farmers wage Wetland battle/a>
- Island.lk: Eco-disaster confronts last beauty spot in Colombo district
- Island.lk: Wetlands losing ground