SLWCS has been conducting research since its inception. Some of the research papers, presentations, posters and reports done by, for or about SLWCS are listed below.

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These reports, presentation and papers are listed chronoligically.

1. 9th June 2008 – PRESENTATION – “Ponds of Mercy - Can urban wetlands survive and flourish in Sri Lanka? – A preliminary discussion about the conservation and development of the Bellanwilla and Bandaragama Urban Wetlands - 14th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.” By Chandeep Corea (http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=df2b445c_183f4c594dc) (pdf)
2. 9th June 2008 – PRESENTATION – “A Fish Story from a Riverscape in the 1st Peneplane of the Eastern Knuckles – Riverscapes Conference.” – By Samantha Mirandu, Chandeep Corea and Ravi Corea
   (http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=df2b445c_221fs8vtpgq)
3. 9th June 2008 – PRESENTATION – “A GIS based socio-ecological assessment of the current human uses of the Flood Plains National Park (December 2005 – April 2006) – Riverscapes Conference.” – By Nishantha Dharmasiri, Zeenath Khalid, Chandeep Corea and Ravi Corea
   (http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dd4xpdh9_1cq7436dx) (pdf)
4. 9th June 2008 – PRESENTATION – “Kalpitiya-Kariative-Puttalam (KKP) & Seruvila-Allia-Ullakalie (SAU) Coastal Wetland Complexes – A Comprehensive GIS based assessment and suggstions for conservation actions – Riverscapes Conference.” – By Chandeep Corea (http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=df2b445c_132cs3sq8dz) (pdf)
5. 30th May 2008 – REPORT – “Project Progress Report - Preliminary field surveys to assess the status of the endangered Dugong (Dugong dugon) and to record sea turtle nesting, poaching, by-catch mortalities and other threats in the Kalpitiya-Karaitive Puttalam Coastal Wetlands Complex”. – By Chandeep Corea (pdf)
6. 16th April 2008 – PRESENTATION -  "GIS and Community Tools for Conservation and Development". -  By Chandeep Corea – for Senior Staff and researchers of Conservation International, Jakarta, Indonesia (pdf)
7. 28th April 2008 – PRESENTATION – "GIS Based Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilization Baseline Survey of Lunugala Area - UNESCO - GoSL Horizon Development Roundtables for Trincomalee and Badulla Districts”. - By Chandeep Corea, Samantha Mirandu, Chinthaka Weerasinghe, Ravi Corea (pdf)
8. 28th April 2008 – PRESENTATION – "GIS Based Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilization Baseline Survey of Seruvila Area - UNESCO - GoSL Horizon Development Roundtables for Trincomalee and Badulla Districts”. - By Chandeep Corea, Samantha Mirandu, Chinthaka Weerasinghe, Ravi Corea (pdf)
9. April 2008 – REPORT - “GIS Based Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilisation Baseline Survey of the Proposed Seruwila UNESCO World Heritage Site and Environment.” – By Chandeep Corea, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Samantha Mirandu and Ravi Corea (pdf)
10. April 2008 – REPORT - “GIS Based Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilisation Baseline Survey of the Proposed Seruwila UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Seruvila Division – Summary of Pertinent Information.” – By Chandeep Corea, Ravi Corea, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Samantha Mirandu (pdf)
11. April 2008 – REPORT - "GIS Based Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilization Baseline Survey of Lunagala Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka.” -  By Chandeep Corea, Chinthaka Weerasinghe, Lara Doherty, Ravi Corea and Samantha Mirandu (pdf)
12. April 2008 – REPORT – DRAFT – ““GIS Based Rapid Ecological and Resource Utilisation Baseline Survey of the Lunugala Division of the Badulla District – Table Summary.” – By Chandeep Corea, Ravi Corea, Lara Doherty, Samantha Mirandu, Upul Karunasinghe and Chinthaka Weerasinghe (pdf)
13. March/April, 2008 – PRESENTATION - "Community based Conservation and Development including GIS, PRA/RRA and research methodologies". – By Chandeep Corea - For Senior Staff and researchers of the Bengkulu, Natural Resources Agency, Indonesia.
14. March 2008 – PRESENTATION – “A Study of Mortality pattern and Health Hazards Facing by Wild Elephants in the Mahaweli Wildlife Region in Sri Lanka.” – By B. Vijitha Perera, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka (pdf)
15. February 2008 – REPORT - “Report to SCGIS as recognition of 2007 Software and Training Grant.” – By Chandeep Corea (pdf)
16. February 2008 – PRESENTATION – “Conservation GIS Center – Spatial Approaches to Conservation.” – By Chandeep Corea (pdf)
17. February 2008 – PRESENTATION – “Saving Elephants by Helping People – Spatial Approaches to Human-elephant conflict mitigation.” – By Chandeep Corea, Conservation GIS Short Course (pdf)
18. February 2008 – PRESENTATION – “Practical GIS Help – Support for Conservation GIS in Sri Lanka and Moving Forward.” – By Chandee Corea, GISSL , SCGIS – Conservation GIS Short Course (pdf)
19. 26th January 2008 – PRESENTATION - “A Land Use Approach to Elephant Conservation - Human-elephant conflict mitigation through research, sustainable development, and GIS tools.” – By Ravi Corea and Chandeep Corea – Born Free Foundation Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka (pdf)
20. 26th January 2008 – PRESENTATION - "Human Elephant Conflict in the North West Region.” - By Nishantha Dharmasiri - Born Free Foundation Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka (pdf)
21. 4th November 2007 – ARTICLE - “Kalpitya Karaitive Puttalam complex a Ramsar Wetland?” – By Nimashi Amaleeta of the Nation on Sunday (pdf)
22. 2nd September 2007 – ARTICLE - “Villages in, Elephants Out!” – By Nimashi Amaleeta of the Nation on Sunday (pdf)
23. September 2007 – PRESENTATION -“The Asian Elephant - Human Elephant Conflict.” – By Ravi Corea – AZAD 2007 (pdf)
24. 2nd July 2007 – REPORT - “An Assessment of the Ecology of the Sri Lanka Elephant with Emphasis on Human-Elephant Conflicts.”  – By Ravi Corea - Funding by the CERC Internship Program and Asia Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society and Defend the Elephants of Sweden. (pdf)
25. 2nd July 2007 – REPORT - “CERC Intern Reports - An Assessment of the Ecology of the Sri Lanka Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) with Emphasis on Human-Elephant Conflicts.” – by Ravi Corea (pdf)
26. July 2007 – REPORT - “Saving Elephants by Helping People – Establishing Alternative Incomes through Agriculture Diversification to Develop Economic Buffers for Communities with Human Elephant Conflict – Project Orange Elephant Interim Report.” – By Ravi Corea, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Chandima Fernando and Chandeep Corea (pdf)
27. June 2007 – PRESENTATION - “Use of GIS in Small Conservation Organizations - Human-elephant conflict mitigation through community integrated approaches.” – By Chandeep Corea – ESRI and SCGIS (pdf)
28. February 2007 – REPORT – “Lahugala "Saving Elephants by Helping People - Lahugala Extension Project - Phase 1, Electric Fence." - By Nishatha Dharmasiri, Chandeep Corea and Ravi Corea (pdf)
29. 12th January 2007 – REPORT -“Human-Elephant Conflict - An Assessment of the Potential Success of the Lahugala Electric Fencing Project.” – By Timothy Hancock (pdf)
30. 2007 – REPORT – “An Assessment of the Kalpitiya Karaitive Puttalam Coastal Complex with Recommendations for its water security issues.” – By Chandeep Corea, Chandima Fernando, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Ravi Corea, Zeenath Khalid (pdf)
31. 2007 – PRESENTATION – “An Assessment of the Kalpitiya Karaitive Puttalam Coastal Wetland Complex with Recommendations for its conservation and water security issues.” – By Chandeep Corea, Chandima Fernando, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Ravi Corea, Zeenath Khalid (pdf)
32. 2007 – REPORT – “ Wasgamuwa, "Saving Elephants by Helping People" - Field Scouts Program Final Report.” By Harsha Gamanpila, Chandeep Corea and Ravi Corea (in draft)
33. October 2006 – DRAFT REPORT - “Coastal Conservation by Helping People (CCHP):  Alleviating Poverty by linking sustainable livelihood development to participatory coastal and marine resources conservation in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.” – By SLWCS (pdf)
34. 5th February 2006 – REPORT - “Saving Elephants By Helping People – Report to the IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group.” – By Ravi Corea (pdf)
35. 2006 – PRESENTATION - “Impact of Tsunami on Protected Areas in Sri Lanka: One Year Later.” – By Ravi Corea, M. Sanjayan (Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy), Jedediah Brodie (Researcher, University of Montana), Chandeep Corea (Director, SLWCS) (pdf)
36. 2006 – INCOMPLETE REPORT - “Saving Elephants By Helping People: International Elephant Foundation to support and operate Elephant Conservation and Education Programs.” By Ravi Corea, Chandeep Corea, Harsha Gamanpila, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Zeenath Khalid and Chandima Fernando (pdf)
37. 2006 – ARTICLE - “Wasgamuwa the best National Park to get to.” – By Chandeep Corea, Future Magazine (pdf)
38. 2006 – REPORT – “Flood Plains National Park - A socio-economic baseline survey.” - By Zeenath Khalid, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Chandeep Corea and Ravi Corea. (pdf)
39. September 2005 – REPORT - “SLWCS in Partnership with The Born Free Foundation – Assessment of Human Elephant Conflict in the North West Region of Sri Lanka.” - By Zeenath Khalid, Nishantha Dharamsiri, Ravi Corea and Chandeep Corea (pdf)
40. January to June 2005 – REPORT - “Saving Elephants by Helping People - A GIS Based Village Level Assessment of Human Elephant Conflict in the North West Region of Sri Lanka.” – By Zeenath Khalid, Nishantha Dharmasiri, Chandeep Corea and Ravi Corea (pdf)
41. 1st February 2005 – REPORT – “The reconstruction and rehabilitation of a fishing community impacted by the December 26th 2004 Tsunami - A Project Funded by the Abercrombie and Kent Global Foundation.” – By SLWCS (pdf)
42. 2005 – REPORT - “Flood Plains National Park (FPNP) Socio-economic Component.” – By Zeenath Khalid (Consultant Sociology) & Nishantha Dharmasiri, Secondary Investigator: Chandeep Corea.  Funded by IUCN Netherlands Committee. 2AS00046A (pdf)
43. 2005 – REPORT – “A preliminary study of forest termite diversity in central Sri Lanka (Himbiliyake Forest Reserve) using a new sampling technique.” – By David Green (pdf)
44. 2004 – REPORT - “2004 Annual Report – Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society – 10th Anniversary Commemorative Issue 1995-2005.”  (pdf)
45. April 2004 – REPORT - “Feasibility of Electric Fences to Keep Away Wild Elephants from Communities in order to minimize Human Elephant Conflict in area of high Human and Elephant Populations, Lahugala” - By Nishantha Dharmasiri (pdf)
46. 13th April 2004 – REPORT - “Identifying High Risk Areas of Elephant Presence through GIS.” – By Zeenath Khalid (pdf)
47. November 2004 –REPORT - "Biodiversity Conservation through Improved Home Gardens." – By  Nishantha Dharamsiri (pdf)
48. 2004 - REPORT - "Class Project - A Market Evaluation for Elephant Walk Thru" - MSc Students, Columbia University. (pdf)
49. 2004 – REPORT – “Class Project:  Using GIS to manage HEC.” - By Zeenath Khalid
50. December 2003 - REPORT - "Field Scouts Program - A Program Evaluation" by Rebecca Sievers, Columbia University, USA. (pdf)
51. October 2003 – REPORT – “Post Evaluation Report – “Thoughts and Perceptions” of Village Communities with regard to Solar Electric Fencing set up for protection of Pusseleyaya /Gamburuoya village against wild elephants.” – By Zeenath Khalid (pdf)
52. October 2003 – REPORT – “Prospects of Community Based Nature Tourism” In Veheragala-gama, Hibiliyakada & Irriyagas-ulpathe Villages of Wasgomuwa Region, Sri Lanka.” – By Zeenath Khalid & Nishantha Dharmasiri (pdf)
53. September 2003 – PRESENTATION - “Saving Elephants by Helping People (SEHP)”- Lessons in Community Integrated Elephant Conservation.” – By Chandeep Corea, Symposium on Human Elephant Relationships and Conflicts (Website Archive pdf) (Paper pdf)
54. 2002 - AUDIO VISION PRESENTATION - “World Ecotourism Summit 2002- Developing economic incentives for the economically and biologically sustainable use of biodiversity.” – By Ravi Corea (pdf)
55. November 2002 – VIDEO NARRATIVE – “International Elephant Symposium – Presentation - SAVING ELEPHANTS BY HELPING PEOPLE: The Conservation of the Sri Lankan Elephant and its Habitat in the New Millennium.” – By Ravi Corea (pdf)
56. 2001 - CASE STUDY - "Elephant Walk Thru - An Eco-Tourism venture in the Trees" - by Ravi Corea, Chandeep Corea, Dr. Bill Ritchie. (pdf)
57. August 1998 – REPORT -“Ecology of human-elephant conflict in Asia with emphasis on Sri Lanka” – By Ravi Corea (pdf)
58. PRESENTATION – “Developing a sustainable model for the conservation of the Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus).” – By Ravi Corea (pdf)
59. PRESENTATION – “Establishing Baseline Socio-Ecological Data for Habitat Planning – Designing Corridors and Managed Elephant use Areas for Community-based Elephant and Biodiversity Conservation.” – By Chandeep Corea (pdf)