{"id":73,"date":"2015-08-12T09:34:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2016-07-14T18:51:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T18:51:45","slug":"pangolin-conservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangolin Conservation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/scales.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-481 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/scales.jpg\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"928\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/scales.jpg 466w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/scales-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Helping the Pangolins in Yagirala<\/h3>\n<p>The Pangolin Conservation Project was initiated by the Biodiversity and Sustainability Research Group of the Department of forestry and Environmental Science in 2014. \u00a0The primary focus of the project is to protect Indian Pangolin <em>Manis crassicaudata<\/em> from poaching and over-hunting. Pangolin Conservation Project has three focal areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protection<\/li>\n<li>Research<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Project location<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-482 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/08\/face.jpg\" alt=\"face\" width=\"253\" height=\"328\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>The Pangolin Conservation Project operates based on the Yagirala Conservation Education Center of the Center for Sustainability, located in the Yagirala Forest Reserve; a tropical lowland rainforest in the south-west of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<h3>What we are trying to achieve<\/h3>\n<p>The project has several long-term and short-term objectives<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gather information on the behaviour and ecology of Indian Pangolin<\/li>\n<li>Population and territory sizes in specific regions<\/li>\n<li>Prey preferences and feeding habits<\/li>\n<li>Population structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"menu-pangolin-menu\" class=\"menu\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-587\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-587\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/\">Pangolin Conservation Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-588\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-588\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-591\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-591\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/385-2\/\">Pangolins<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-589\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-589\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/the-indian-pangolin\/\">Know the Indian Pangolin<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-590\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-590\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/our-research\/\">Our Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-593\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-593\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/image-gallery-2\/\">Image gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-592\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-592\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/support-us\/\">Support Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-594\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-594\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/biodiversity-research-group\/\">Biodiversity and Sustainability Research Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"menu-yagirala-menu\" class=\"menu\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-783\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-783\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/biodiversity-research-group\/\">Biodiversity and Sustainability Research Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-784\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-784\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/pangolin-conservation\/\">Pangolin Conservation Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-785\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-785\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/yagirala\/\">Welcome to Yagirala Conservation Education Center !<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-786\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-786\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/yagirala\/contact-us\/\">Reservations<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-787\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-787\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/sustainability\/yagirala\/tour-packeges\/\">Tour Packeges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping the Pangolins in Yagirala The Pangolin Conservation Project was initiated by the Biodiversity and Sustainability Research Group of the Department of forestry and Environmental Science in 2014. \u00a0The primary focus of the project is to protect Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata from poaching and over-hunting. 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