Federation of Wildlife Conservation devoted to care for wildlife and its habitats by fostering understanding and appreciation of nature. Series of formal and informal education settings are used to inform people about local, national and international environmental issues, which help to inspire in them an admiration of nature and make them aware of the issues that, threaten the natural resources and species around them. We share knowledge among

The aim is to develop skills, knowledge and values that promote behavior in support of sustainable environment conservation.

School Educational Programme offer interactive educational modules can be conducted indoor or in the school ground or local area of interest, such as nearby forest, seashore, riverside etc. The programme educate children how ecosystem functions and particularly how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystem in order to sustain healthy environment and encourage them to take part in conservation and to understand their contribution to protect the earth by adopting their lifestyle towards sustainable use of natural resources.

This is considered as an ideal way to integrate environment programme with school curriculum and for schools to embark a meaning full path for improving the environment of school and their local communities.

Support Higher Educational Institutions in the production and dissemination of public awareness materials and communication strategies that promote the research findings, field action projects and other activities that encourage proactive action for conservation of wildlife and wild habitats.

Industries / Small Business Awareness Programmes

Developing and disseminating of information regarding hazards to human health and threats to the environmental due to particular industry or small business.

Koskele is a protective plantation forest located in the Intermediate Zone (IMZ) of North Western Province of Sri Lanka. The forest plantation establishment aimed to replace forest loss through uncontrolled chena cultivation. The most common species are Mohogany( Swietenia mahagoni ),Teak( Tectona grandis ), Eucalyptus( Eucalyptus cinerea ) andmiscellaneous hardwood trees.

Taunga system was adopted to establish Jak (Artocarpus heterophyllus) under planted mahogany.

The forest is periodically in danger faced with acute livelihood crisis, caused timber smuggling, deteriorating law enforcement, agricultural encroachment, unmanaged exploitation for firewood and other basic needs, shifting cultivation and overdependence of the local communities on non timber forest . Products Because of the poor economic conditions of the people, forest laws and traditional methods of forest regeneration proved ineffective. Against this background, an intervention has been designed with three criteria, namely ecological viability, economic feasibility, and social desirability (social and political acceptability).

Awareness- raising workshops conducted to understand the links between poverty and environmental issues.

Reintroduction of timber, fuel wood and fruit species in the degraded places such as Teak, Mahogany, Jak, Mango, Woodapple, Neem & to restore forest habitat.

Farmer to farmer training and technology dissemination for improved agricultural productivity and to decrease pre- and post harvest losses.

Joint enterprise training on pottery, carpentry, joinery, craft making and silviculture for the youth.

Train women in small scale traditional food preparation (Kavum, cookies, sweets items), improve the local chicken, goat, sheep, cow and duck production and management of small business enterprises.

Planting materials of horticultural crops, milking cows and utensils for small scale food preparations were provided to the local community.

Opened retail outlets at the highway for the sale of their produces and processed products.

The local communities assist the Forest Department (FD) in managing and protecting degraded forests through a committee of villagers called the FPCs (Forest Protection Committee).

The beneficiaries’ (FPCs) requirements such as fuel wood, leaf manure, fodder, and NTFPs (non-timber forest products) are met from the forest.

8% of the earnings from the sale of NTFPs, remit for village development fund as well as for the help of FD in raising plantations, and in protecting and regenerating the forest.

Initiation of community development activities and livelihood improvement due to additional earnings from off farm activities and women empowerment.

Formation of SHGs (self-help groups) has perhaps been the most innovative contribution of this project.

The SHGs are also involved in setting up nurseries for medicinal and forest tree species, bee-keeping, and bamboo-based handicrafts.

Over the past three years, interventions by the FWC and FD – leading to a balance of the ecological, social, and economic needs of the area – have given concrete shape to the concept of sustainable