Community based biodiversity conservation is a specific branch of conservation. Regulating bodies get together with the community based organizations and perform the projects. Mainly Department of wildlife conservation, Department of forest conservation and several non-governmental organizations conduct these programs. Deduru Oya development project is the largest irrigation project carried out in the north western province of Sri Lanka. In this project, Deduru oya environmental conservation and soil erosion prevention project was a community based tree re-planting program on the left bank of the canal. The project was organized and performed by wildlife and nature protection society (WLNPS) of Sri Lanka. Department of irrigation, School children, resident villagers and divisional secretaries were the target social groups of this project. The project was designed and planned for 3 years. (2011- 2013) Required financial support was provided by WLNPS and the work force was provided by the school children and the irrigation department. Due to heavy drought condition which affect the plant nursery and some activities of the department of irrigations caused severe damage to the success of the project. Lack of coordination among the participatory groups, negligence of the government institutes, lack of the experiences of the project coordinators were some of the reason s for the failure of the project. Recruiting project coordinators with science background, having enough data on the climate and the demography of the area, Emphasizing the importance of the objectives to general public and providing more benefits to the participating communities can be indicated as recommendations for the success of these kind of community based multi stake holder projects.

1. TREE PLANTING AT DEDURU
OYA LEFT CANAL BANK
PABASARA
GUNAWARDANE AS
2011164

2. CONTENTS
•Deduru Oya
•Project Description
•Key Activities
•Key Stakeholders
•Issues Faced
•Recommendations

3. CONTENTSDEDURU OYA
4thLargest River
2620km
2Catchment Area
30%For
cultivatio
n

4. DEDURU OYA
RESERVOIR
75Mn m3
Left Bank Canal
44k
m
Right bank Canal
33k
m

6. CONTENTS
Deduru Oya Environment
Conservation And Soil Erosion
Prevention Project 2011-2013
– Tree Planting on Left Bank

7. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Objectives
• To Prevent Soil Erosion And Reservoir
Sedimentation
• Environment Conservation
• To Improve Water Quality

8. PROJECT ACTIVITIES
• Establishment of a plant nursery
• Preparing the canal bank for planting(10km)
• Tree planting
• Monitoring

9. KEY STAKEHOLDERS
• Wildlife And Nature Protection
Society
• Department Of Irrigation
• Divisional Secretaries
• Minuwangete MV
• Residents Of The Village

10. • Financial Assistance
• Coordinating
• Monitoring
WILDLIFE AND NATURE
PROTECTION SOCIETY

11. • Verifying Land Ownerships
• Preparing Planting Sites
DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION

12. • Giving required community support
through Grama Niladharies
DIVISIONAL SECRETARY-
WARIYAPOLA

13. • Providing The Land For Plant Nursery
• Maintaining The Plant Nursery
• Preparing Plants For Planting
MINUWANGETE MAHA VIDYALAYA

14. • Lack of coordination
• Ignorance of the Irrigation Department
• Negligence of the importance
• Unusual extreme drought
PROBLEMS OCCURRED

16. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Recruiting project coordinators with science background
Having enough data on the climate and the demography
of the area
• Improving the communication
• Emphasizing the importance of the objectives to general
public
• Providing more benefits to the participating
communities

17. PERSONAL CONTACTS
• Mr. Shelton Siriwardane
Coordinating Secretary
Wildlife and nature protection Society
Sri Lanka
• Mr. W.N Dharmadasa
Principal
Minuwangete MV
• Mr. Kapila Hewagama
Regional Engineer
Deduru oya left bank
• Mr. Sajith Udara
Student (2012)
Minuwangete MV

18. REFERENCES
• Department of irrigations, Sri Lanka.(2011) Daduru Oya
Reservoir Project
www.daduruoya.blogspot.com/2012/03/deduru-oya-
basin.html (30.03.2015)
• Deduru Oya - first irrigation project to utilize SL(2012)
www.archives.dailynews.lk/2012/03/06/fea03.asp
• Sri Lanka Overview - World Bank(2012)

19. ‘Coming together is a
beginning;
keeping together is a
process;
working together is
success. ’
~Henry Ford
Thank You!