{"id":4979,"date":"2026-03-26T20:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:21:34","slug":"principles-and-practice-of-silviculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/2026\/03\/26\/principles-and-practice-of-silviculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles and Practice of Silviculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First-year students in Principles and Practice of Silviculture gained invaluable hands-on experience during recent field classes, expertly led by Snr. Prof. Hemanthi Ranasinghe. The sessions immersed participants in forest management techniques, tree planting demonstrations, site assessments, and sustainable silvicultural practices across key Sri Lankan woodland sites.<br>Through active fieldwork, students applied classroom concepts to real-world scenarios, learning about species selection, stand improvement, and ecosystem restoration. These outings sparked enthusiasm for forestry innovation and responsible land stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4985\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4986\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22-1-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22-1-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22-1-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/22-1.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/33-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4987\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/33-1-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/33-1-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/33-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/33-1-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/33-1.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-year students in Principles and Practice of Silviculture gained invaluable hands-on experience during recent field classes, expertly led by Snr. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/2026\/03\/26\/principles-and-practice-of-silviculture\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Principles and Practice of Silviculture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":4985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/11-2.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"pasindu","author_link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/author\/pasindu\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4988,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979\/revisions\/4988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}