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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #108: අහස ‘මුර කරන’ තාරකා විද්යාඥයෝ
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I write about asteroid impact hazards and what can be done to protect our planet. I have covered similar ground in English in these two recent columns: 23 Dec...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #109: ළග ළග එන ‘කෘෂි රසායනික සුනාමිය’
This week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala) is about the rising exports of hazardous pesticides coming to the developing world from China. Similar ground was covered in English in The Coming Pesticide...
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Stopping the waves: How can natural barriers like mangroves protect coastal...
Arriving in the Philippines just two weeks after the super typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) hit the archipelago nation on 8 November 2013, I’ve been following many unfolding debates on disaster...
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Don’t exaggerate Lanka’s kidney disease, its discoverer pleads
Feature article published in Ceylon Today newspaper, 28 Dec 2013 Don’t exaggerate Lanka’s kidney disease, its discoverer pleads By Nalaka Gunawardene See also: Science and Politics of Mass Kidney...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #195: අපේ රටේ බලවත්ම පුද්ගලයෝ ජ්යොතිර් ඇදුරන්ද?
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), published on 23 November 2014, I ask whether astrologers are the most powerful persons in Sri Lanka. This is because all important decisions of the state,...
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Crying Wolf in the Global Village? Managing Disaster Early Warnings in the...
On 8 – 9 December 2015, I attended and spoke at the Asian Regional Workshop on “SHER (Science, Health, Environment & Risk) Communication: Role of S&T Communication in Disaster Management and...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #250: සුනාමි උවදුරකට හරි හැටි මුහුණ දීමට දැන්වත් අප සූදානම්ද?
Managing disaster early warnings is both a science and an art. When done well, it literally saves lives — but only if the word quickly reaches all those at risk, and they know how to react. We have...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #268: වකුගඩු රෝගය වාද පිටියක් නොව ජාතික ආපදාවක් ලෙස සලකමු!
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala, published in issue dated 15 May 2016),, I revisit a public health emergency that I have been writing about for several years: mass kidney failure for no known...
View Article[op-ed] Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: Never say ‘Never Again’?
Text of my op-ed article published in Weekend Express newspaper on 2 June 2017 In Sri Lanka, never say ‘never again’? By Nalaka Gunawardene Never Again! We as a nation collectively uttered these...
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I have written about disaster early warnings on many occasions during the past decade (see 2014 example). I have likened it to running a relay race. In a relay, several runners have to carry the baton...
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