Sri Lanka - Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL)

BirdLife Affiliate

Founded in 1976
Members: 5667
Staff: 3

Department of Zoology, University of Colombo, Colombo, LK, 03

fogsl@slt.lk

http://fogsl.cmb.ac.lk

Key Activities

Important Bird areas programme - Phase II
National Bird ringing Programme
Studies on Ecology and Distribution of some selected Endemic bird species
Studies on Ecological evaluation of Wetland avifauna
Post tsunami rehabilitation programme
Environment Education programme
Product development Programme for “Bird Friendly Hotels”
“Fog Kids” programme for children

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