The document discusses the importance of maintaining ecological balance within tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka. It begins by defining tank cascades and cascade ecology. It then explains key ecosystem principles and the various ecosystem services and functions provided by tanks cascades, including regulating services like drought/flood control; supporting services like nutrient cycling; provisioning services like food/water; and cultural services. The document emphasizes the need for restoration of tank ecosystems through participatory planning, awareness, training, and planting campaigns to sustain these services.
The importance of maintaining the ecological balance within tank cascades Dr. P.B.Dharmasena
1. Tank cascade systems – Unique to Sri Lanka
2. Cascade ecology – Effective not only within the cascade boundary
3. Ecosystem principles
4. Ecosystem services and functions - Benefits of ecosystems, regulating, supporting, provisioning, and cultural
Regulating services - Drought, flood, cyclone, epidemics
5. Supporting services - Nutrients, habitats, ecosystem sustainability
6. Provisioning services - Food, fruits and vegetables, timber fuel wood, etc., materials for cottage industries, animal feed, medicine, bio-pesticides
7. Cultural services - Recreation and mental and physical health, aesthetic appreciation, spiritual experience, agro-ecotourism
8. Restoration of tank ecosystems - Participatory planning, awareness, and training, planting campaigns
Sustainable Water Management in Cascade System: A model in Environmentally Se...Dr. P.B.Dharmasena
This document summarizes a presentation given at the International Water Conference in Sri Lanka on sustainable water management in tank cascade systems. Some key points:
- Tank cascade systems are a traditional Sri Lankan method of water resources management that store, convey, and utilize water across interconnected tanks and streams. This helps mitigate droughts and floods.
- The Village Tank Cascade System was declared a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by the UN's FAO for its sustainable practices.
- Challenges include high amounts of water lost to the sea each year, lack of coordination between water agencies, and ignoring traditional management systems.
- Tank cascades provide multiple benefits like food/water security, biodiversity,
Introduction
Origin of tank cascade concept
Tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka: Anatomy, distribution and definitions
Importance of cascade approach
Traditional tank-village ecosystem – adaptive capacity for the present situation
The lecture contains aspects such as Ancient Water Resources Planning, Water shortage, or water wastage in Sri Lanka?, Network of tanks and streams in the form of cascades, Tank-village Ecosystem, Patial desilting concept
This document outlines the objectives and content of a three-day training workshop on cascade water resources development and management. The training will explain key concepts including the nature and evolution of tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka, their important features, current status, and issues. It will also cover how to plan and manage water resources in cascades through community participation. One lesson will focus on agricultural ecosystems, comparing natural and agro-ecosystems, and describing the components, interactions, and sustainability of tank cascade-based agro-ecosystems. The overall goal is to equip participants with knowledge on developing and maintaining sustainable cascade systems.
Cascade Tank Water Quality Management: A Case Study in Thirappane Tank Cascad...Bilingual Publishing Group
This study investigated the water quality and farmers' willingness to rehabilitate ecosystem components in the Thirappane Tank Cascade System in Sri Lanka. Water quality was tested at 34 locations during the dry season. Results found water was suitable for irrigation but not drinking due to high nitrate and phosphate levels, indicating eutrophic conditions. A survey found the presence of ecosystem features, annual income, water quality satisfaction, and awareness influenced community support for rehabilitation. The study aims to inform sustainable management of the degraded tank cascade system.
LESSONS LEARNT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE TANK CASCADESDr. P.B.Dharmasena
Presentation made at the Conference on ‘Cascade Ecology & Management – 2021’ held on 17-18 September 2021, Organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
LESSONS LEARNT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE TANK CASCADESDr. P.B.Dharmasena
Presentation made at the Conference on ‘Cascade Ecology & Management – 2021’
17-18 September, 2021
Organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The presentation introduced a new definition for tank cascade ecology
The importance of maintaining the ecological balance within tank cascades Dr. P.B.Dharmasena
1. Tank cascade systems – Unique to Sri Lanka
2. Cascade ecology – Effective not only within the cascade boundary
3. Ecosystem principles
4. Ecosystem services and functions - Benefits of ecosystems, regulating, supporting, provisioning, and cultural
Regulating services - Drought, flood, cyclone, epidemics
5. Supporting services - Nutrients, habitats, ecosystem sustainability
6. Provisioning services - Food, fruits and vegetables, timber fuel wood, etc., materials for cottage industries, animal feed, medicine, bio-pesticides
7. Cultural services - Recreation and mental and physical health, aesthetic appreciation, spiritual experience, agro-ecotourism
8. Restoration of tank ecosystems - Participatory planning, awareness, and training, planting campaigns
Sustainable Water Management in Cascade System: A model in Environmentally Se...Dr. P.B.Dharmasena
This document summarizes a presentation given at the International Water Conference in Sri Lanka on sustainable water management in tank cascade systems. Some key points:
- Tank cascade systems are a traditional Sri Lankan method of water resources management that store, convey, and utilize water across interconnected tanks and streams. This helps mitigate droughts and floods.
- The Village Tank Cascade System was declared a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by the UN's FAO for its sustainable practices.
- Challenges include high amounts of water lost to the sea each year, lack of coordination between water agencies, and ignoring traditional management systems.
- Tank cascades provide multiple benefits like food/water security, biodiversity,
Introduction
Origin of tank cascade concept
Tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka: Anatomy, distribution and definitions
Importance of cascade approach
Traditional tank-village ecosystem – adaptive capacity for the present situation
The lecture contains aspects such as Ancient Water Resources Planning, Water shortage, or water wastage in Sri Lanka?, Network of tanks and streams in the form of cascades, Tank-village Ecosystem, Patial desilting concept
This document outlines the objectives and content of a three-day training workshop on cascade water resources development and management. The training will explain key concepts including the nature and evolution of tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka, their important features, current status, and issues. It will also cover how to plan and manage water resources in cascades through community participation. One lesson will focus on agricultural ecosystems, comparing natural and agro-ecosystems, and describing the components, interactions, and sustainability of tank cascade-based agro-ecosystems. The overall goal is to equip participants with knowledge on developing and maintaining sustainable cascade systems.
Cascade Tank Water Quality Management: A Case Study in Thirappane Tank Cascad...Bilingual Publishing Group
This study investigated the water quality and farmers' willingness to rehabilitate ecosystem components in the Thirappane Tank Cascade System in Sri Lanka. Water quality was tested at 34 locations during the dry season. Results found water was suitable for irrigation but not drinking due to high nitrate and phosphate levels, indicating eutrophic conditions. A survey found the presence of ecosystem features, annual income, water quality satisfaction, and awareness influenced community support for rehabilitation. The study aims to inform sustainable management of the degraded tank cascade system.
LESSONS LEARNT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE TANK CASCADESDr. P.B.Dharmasena
Presentation made at the Conference on ‘Cascade Ecology & Management – 2021’ held on 17-18 September 2021, Organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
LESSONS LEARNT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE TANK CASCADESDr. P.B.Dharmasena
Presentation made at the Conference on ‘Cascade Ecology & Management – 2021’
17-18 September, 2021
Organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The presentation introduced a new definition for tank cascade ecology
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Why cascade systems again?
Drought and flood events can be expected more due to climate change
High prevalence of poverty in tank cascade areas
Mal-nutrition can be greatly reduced by tank fishery and animal husbandry
Better land use under cascade principles – addresses ecological issues such as clearance of village forests, unsustainable land use etc.
Improve living conditions
Health issues ? – drinking water, contamination of agro-chemicals and heavy metals leads to kidney failures, malaria etc.
Most importantly It is an answer to drought hazards
A rainwater harvesting technology;
A soil moisture and groundwater maintaining technology;
A soil erosion and siltation control technology;
A technology that ensured the maintenance of ecological balance;
A technology that promotes social cohesion and needs for community leadership;
A system that accommodates spiritual development which promotes egalitarian (equally treated) attitudes especially during droughts;
A system that nurtured the development of drought insurance through animal husbandry
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C sequestration in tea lands can be increased through: Agro-ecosystem approach; Crop diversification; Intercropping; Introduction of shade trees with optimum density; and Rehabilitation of old tea lands
C stock can be increased by 267 % by the year 2050 through Home Garden Intensification
If the proposed mitigation actions are implemented, the country will be able to achieve Net Zero by 2038.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptx
The importance of maintaining the ecological balance within tank cascades
1. The importance of maintaining the ecological
balance within tank cascades
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Short Course on Tank Rehabilitation and Cascade Development
CES, University of Peradeniya
30th May, 2022
2. The importance of maintaining the ecological balance
within tank cascades
• Tank cascade systems – Unique to Sri Lanka
• Cascade ecology – Effective not only within the cascade boundary
• Ecosystem principles
• Ecosystem services and functions - Benefits of ecosystems, regulating,
supporting, provisioning and cultural
• Regulating services - Drought, flood, cyclone, epidemics
• Supporting services - Nutrients, habitats, ecosystem sustainability
• Provisioning services - Food, fruits and vegetables, timber fuel wood
etc., materials for cottage industries, animal feed, medicine, bio-
pesticides
• Cultural services - Recreation and mental and physical health, aesthetic
appreciation, spiritual experience, agro-ecotourism
• Restoration of tank ecosystems - Participatory planning, awareness and
training, planting campaigns
CONTENT
3. Water Management Master Plan of Sri Lanka
Country level
Inter-river basin level
Inter-reservoir level
Sub-watershed
Village level
Field
level
Tank cascade level
7. River basins – Annual Water Losses to Sea
River Basin Basin
Area
(km2)
Length
(km)
Rainfall
(mil.m3)
Drainage to
Sea
Major
tanks
Minor
tanks
Cascades
(mil.m3) %
Deduru Oya 2,616 142 4,794 1,608 34.0 4 2,408 164
Kala Oya 2,772 148 4,424 587 13.0 3 1,015 91
Malwathu Oya 3,246 164 4,592 568 12.0 5 1,731 189
Yan Oya 1,520 142 2,269 300 19.0 2 80 746
Kelani Ganga 2,278 145 8,692 5,474 62.0 0 9 0
Gin Ganga 922 113 3039 1903 62.0 0 0 0
Kalu Ganga 2,688 129 10,122 7,862 77.0 0 3 0
Walawe Ganga 2,442 138 9,843 2,165 22.0 12 750 49
Mi Oya 1,516 109 2,176 338 16.0 1 750 47
8. How did they
locate ancient
reservoirs?
Kantale
Huruluwewa
Minneriya
Giritale
Parakrama Samudra
Maduruoya
Mapakadawewa
Udawalawe
Kalawewa &
Balaluwewa
150 m
contour
Nachchaduwa
9. Network of tanks and streams in the form of cascades
Vilachchiya
Kanadarawewa
Nachchaduwa
Huruluwewa
Kalawewa and Balaluwewa
12. Distribution of tank
cascades in Sri Lanka
Source: Dept. of Agrarian Development
Main factors:
1. Morphology (landscape)
• Lower elevation,
• Moderate undulation
2. Rainfall
• Bimodality
• 800 - 2000 mm/ year
3. Soil and geology
• Wanni and Vijayan complexes
• Regolith aquifers
• Low infiltration
• RBE – LHG and
some on RYP and IBL
13. Definition of the Tank Cascade
Hydrology based definition
• A ‘cascade’ is a connected series of tanks organized within a micro-
catchment (meso catchment) of the dry zone landscape, storing,
conveying and utilizing water from an ephemeral rivulet’. – Madduma
Bandara, 1985
Ecology based definition
• Tank cascade is an ecosystem,
where water and land resources
are organized within the micro-
catchments of the dry zone
landscape, providing basic needs
to human, floral and faunal
communities through water, soil,
air and vegetation with human
intervention on sustainable
basis’. – Dharmasena, 2017
14.
15.
16. Cascade Ecology
• Ecology is the study of the relationships
between living organisms, including
humans, and their physical environment.
• Cascade ecology does not confine to the
cascade boundary.
• Ecological influence spreads radially.
• Studies should be extended to outside
areas of the cascade
• Influence is of multifaceted (social,
ecological, cultural)
• Cascade ecology knowledge is still like a
just born child
Ecological
nuclei
Knowledge on ecology will pave the way
to system resilience and sustainability
17. Definition of Tank Cascade Ecology
Tank Cascade Ecology is the study of the interactive
relationships between living organisms (flora and
fauna), including humans, and their physical
environment (soil, water and geo-morphology) within
the cascade boundary as well as its surrounding area
of influence.
Dharmasena. P.B., 2021
Area of influence depends on various factors such as
types of organism, human intervention, biodiversity
richness, surrounding environment etc.
23. What you can learn from this picture?
1. Population
2. Genetic
diversity
3. Interaction
24. How do we take care of ecosystems?
1. Knowledge on
ecosystems
• Investigation
• Awareness
• Training
25. How do we take care of ecosystems?
1. Knowledge on
ecosystems
2. Participation in
ecosystem
activities
• Collective
efforts
• Individual
behaviour
• Participatory
ecosystem
management
programmes
26. How do we take care of ecosystems?
1. Knowledge on
ecosystems
2. Participation in
ecosystem activities
3. Management of
ecosystems
• Planning
• Implementation
• Maintenance
28. Ecosystems in Sri Lanka
• Forest and related
ecosystems - tropical
forest types, riverine dry
forest, grasslands etc.
• Inland wetland
ecosystems - flood
plains, swamps,
reservoirs, wet villus
• Coastal and marine
ecosystems - mangroves,
salt marshes, sand dunes
and beaches, lagoons and
estuaries, coral reefs
• Agricultural ecosystems -
paddy land, fruit
cultivations, small crop
holdings or other field
crops, vegetables, export
crop plantations, home
gardens, chena lands
30. Property Agro-
ecosystem
Natural ecosystem
Productivity High Low
Species diversity Low High
Genetic diversity within species Low High
Plant life cycles present Few Whole, more
perennial
Competition Negative Tolerable
Flowering, plant maturing synchronized seasonal
Nutrient cycles open closed
Permanence Short Long
Human control High Low
Ecological maturity Early,
immature
Mature (climax)
Comparison of natural and agro-ecosystems
31. NUTRIENT CYCLING
Inputs:
Plant residue
Animal wastes
Animal residue
Atmosphere
Nitrogen fixation
Outputs:
Plants animals
grazing on plants
Denitrification
Run-off
leaching
NATURAL ECOSYSTEM
AGROECOSYSTEM
Using the soil as a
pool of nutrients:
Inputs:
Fertilizers
Crop residues
Atmosphere
Nitrogen fixation
Outputs:
Crops then
removal from
area
Erosion
Leaching
Run-off
Nutrients cycling
32. Special Features of Agro-ecosystem
• Productivity - the quantity of food, fuel or fiber that
an agro-ecosystem produces for human use.
• Stability - consistency of production.
• Sustainability - maintaining a specified level of
production over the long term.
• Equity - sharing agricultural production fairly.
• Independence – agro-ecosystem self-sufficiency.
38. • Natural components –
forest, shrub lands, natural
streams, habitats
• Human influence – tanks,
paddy fields, hamlets,
religious places
• Management – sharing
water, sharing lands,
conjunctive water use
• Sustainability – regulatory
measures, farming under
water stress, balance
between rain-fed and
irrigated farming
Tank cascade - based agro-ecosystems
Natural components, human influence, management, sustainability
39. Ecosystem Functions/Services
• Ecosystem Functions/Services are
the conditions and processes
through which natural ecosystems
and the species that make them up,
sustain and fulfill human life.
• Biophysical necessities for human
life provided by natural ecosystems
• Functions provide goods and
services
• Currently threatened by most
human activities
• Important (but new) conservation
tool
40. • Cover a wide range of
processes and scales
– Global scale
• Carbon sequestration
• Global warming
– Landscape scale
• Water purification
• Erosion prevention
– Community scale
• Crop pollination
• Pest control
– Field, plot or individual
person scale
• Local nutrient levels
• Disease and pest prevention
41. • The combined activity of soil
organisms results in ecosystem
functions that sustain life on the
planet. Ecosystem functions
that generate benefits to society
have been defined as ecosystem
services. The centrality of
belowground biodiversity to
global sustainability is because
soil organisms of different
types, shapes and colours are
responsible for different
ecological functions…
• Complex
• Dynamic
• Interact
• Multiple within an ecosystem
42. 1. Supporting
• Habitat
• Biodiversity
• Photosynthesis
• Soil formation
2. Provisioning
• Food
• Clean water
• Fish
• Wood
• Pollination
• Cool temperature
3. Regulating
• Control flooding
• Purify water
• Store carbon
• Clean air
4. Cultural
• Education
• Recreation
• Aesthetic
• Stewardship
43.
44. Distinguish: ecosystem services and
functions
• The terms ‘functions’
and ‘services’ can be
confusing.
• Usually, functions are
considered as the
biological processes
underpinning and
maintaining the
ecosystem, while
ecosystem services are
defined as the direct and
indirect contributions of
an ecosystem to human
well-being
45. Three steps to study an ecosystem
• Step 1:
Classification of
Services
• Step 2:
Identification of
species and
processes
• Step 3: Valuation
of services using
economic
evaluation
46. Step 1: Classification of Services
Different approaches
A) Approach - 1
– Supporting
– Provisioning
– Regulating
– Cultural
B) Approach - 2
– Regulation functions
– Habitat functions
– Production functions
– Information functions
C) Approach - 3
– Provision of production inputs
(inputs from environment)
– Sustaining plant and animal life
(life support services)
– Provision of existence value
(Amenity services)
– Provision of option value (future
services)
48. Approach – 2
Regulation functions, Habitat functions, Production
functions, Information functions
1. Regulation functions – Maintenance of essential ecological
processes and life support systems.
– gas regulation (UVB regulation, climate, air quality)
– climate regulation (maintaining favorable climate)
– disturbance prevention (Storm prevention, flood prevention)
– water regulation (drainage, natural irrigation)
– water supply (provision of water for consumptive use)
– soil retention (maintenance of arable land)
– soil formation (maintenance of productivity)
– nutrient regulation (maintenance of healthy soils)
– waste treatment (pollution control – detox)
– Pollination (pollination of crops)
– biological control (control of pests and diseases
49. 2. Habitat functions
– Refugium function (maintaining harvested species)
– Nursery function
3. Production services
– food – conversion of solar energy into edible plants and
animals, food and energy
– raw materials
– genetic resources (drugs and pharmaceuticals)
– medicinal resources (drugs and pharmaceuticals – and others)
– Ornamental resources (resources for fashion, etc)
4. Information functions
– Aesthetic value (enjoyment of scenery)
– Recreation (travel to natural ecosystems)
– Cultural and artistic information (use of nature as a motive)
– Spiritual and historic information (use for religious purpose)
– Science and education (use for schools)
50. Step 2: Identification
• Identify what species and
processes are required to
perform each service
– Depends on the ecosystem
– Scale issues
– Separability
Step 3: Valuation
• Value the importance of those services using economic evaluation
• E.g. the value of carbon sequestration
• Different methods for different services
56. Recreation and
mental and physical
health - Agricultural
landscapes
recreational
opportunities
Aesthetic
appreciation and
inspiration for
culture, art and
design
Spiritual experience
and sense of place -
Natural heritage,
spiritual sense of
belonging, traditional
knowledge, and
associated customs.
Tourism -Farm
tourism allowing
urbanites to
reconnect with
nature.
Cultural services
57. Participatory planning
• Field visits to identify tank ecosystem
components
• Discussion with village champions
(experienced adults who have special
skills)
• Social mapping with selected active
villagers
• SWOT analysis (Strength,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Threats)
• Assessment of restoration needs
• Participatory tank restoration planning
• Identification of risks and assumptions
• Identification of training needs
Restoration of tank ecosystems
58. Awareness and training
Restoration of tank ecosystems
• Field visits to tank cascade systems
• Awareness on the importance of
tank cascade systems and
ecosystems
• Field identification of regulating
services
• Field identification of supporting
services
• Field identification of provisioning
services
• Field identification of cultural
services
• Training on tank ecosystem
restoration
59. Planting campaigns
• Planning planting
programmes
• Identification of list
of plant species
• Collection of plants
from available
agencies
• Establishment of
village nurseries
• Awareness for school
children
• Conducting planting
campaigns
Restoration of tank ecosystems
60. Contemporary risks to cascades and probable impacts
• Land use changes - Increasing demand for land, encroachment,
destruction of ecosystems, mismanagement of land resource
• Soil erosion and sedimentation - Soil erosion from tank catchments,
sediment flow into tanks, tank capacity reduction, change in tank
geometry
• Depletion of groundwater - Groundwater movement in the cascade,
changes in the system water balance, causal factors for groundwater
depletion
• Water pollution - Soil erosion, use of chemical fertilizer, application
of agro-chemicals, threat to human health
• Threat to bio-diversity - Floral diversity, faunal diversity, Issues
threatening the biodiversity
• Human - elephant conflict - What is human elephant conflict and
why does it happen?
– The best solution: Let them to enjoy their resources,
– Other solutions: Traditional bio-fence with Palmyra trees; Bee hive fence;
Electric fence; Siren drone
61. Decline in forest
cover in Tank
cascade system areas
- 1992
1. Land use changes
Increasing demand
for lands due to:
• Population
increase
• Increased value of
lands
• Commercial
cultivation
• Development
activities
62. Decline in forest
cover in Tank
cascade system
areas - 2010
1. Land use changes
Increasing demand
for lands due to:
• Population
increase
• Increased value of
lands
• Commercial
cultivation
• Development
activities
65. Destruction of
ecosystems
• Biodiversity
reduction
• Loss of
ecosystem
services and
functions
• Loss of flora
and fauna
species
• Drought and
flood due to
ecological
imbalance
Home garden 148
Forest 76
Kattakaduwa 77
70
34
9
23
10
21
13
Ecosystem biodiversity
1. Land use changes
66. 1. Land use changes
Mismanagement of
land resource
• Land suitability for
crops – ignored
• Soil conservation –
not adopted
• Irrigation planning
without considering
drainage
• Use of agro-
chemicals and
chemical fertilizer
• Traditional
practices – given
away
67. 2. Soil erosion and sedimentation
Soil erosion from tank catchments
Land use Soil loss
(t/ha)
Runoff
(mm)
Chena cultivation 11.73 388
Field with
conservation bunds
8.33 124
Scrub vegetation 0.25 7
Forest 0.04 7
Example: Maha 1989/90 season
Source: Dharmasena, 1994
68. 2. Soil erosion and sedimentation
Sediment flow into tanks – Results of a tank
sedimentation survey
Tank Year Catchment
(ha)
Capacity
(ha.m)
Sediment
(ha.m)
% silted
Paindikulama 1984 123 30.2 9.7 24.3
1987 123 28.0 11.9 29.8
1990 123 25.8 14.1 35.3
Siwalagala 1990 62 19.9 8.6 30.2
Marikaragama 1986 70 36.2 9.6 21.0
1990 70 35.3 10.5 22.9
Source: Dharmasena, 1992
69. 2. Soil erosion and sedimentation
Tank capacity reduction
• Tank water storage -
reduced
• Paddy cultivation –
affected
• Dead storage –
disappeared
• Invasive weeds – covered
the water surface
• Fish population – affected
• Rain-fed farming -
increased
73. Geometry of water body affects the loss
y = 59.471x-1.3351
R2
= 0.786
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0
0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5
Capacity/area (m)
Percent
water
loss
2. Soil erosion and sedimentation
Change in tank geometry
Tank water loss
is high if the
capacity/ water
spread area ratio
is low
74. 3. Depletion of groundwater
Groundwater movement in the cascade
75. 3. Depletion of groundwater
Groundwater movement in the cascade
Source: Muditha Perera, 2016
76. 3. Depletion of groundwater
Changes in the system water
balance:
• High surface evaporation
from tanks due to large water
spread area and invasive
aquatic weeds;
• Quick surface runoff from
chena in the tank catchments
lowers the subsurface water
movement;
• Silted up tanks cut off the
groundwater flow along the
cascade;
• Increased use of groundwater
through agro-wells
77. 3. Depletion of groundwater
Causal factors for
groundwater depletion:
• Extensive use of groundwater
for farming
• Forest removal of tank
catchments for rain-fed
farming (chena)
• Changes in the water balance
due to soil erosion and
sedimentation
• Changes in rainfall behaviour
due to climate change
78. Water is a very limited resource
0.03%
4. Water pollution
83. USE OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER IN SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES
Country Use in farm lands
(kg/ha)
Sri Lanka 284.3
Bangladesh 164.5
Pakistan 163.3
India 153.5
Bhutan 9.0
Nepal 7.7
4. Water pollution
84. 4. Water pollution
Water Pollution in tank cascade systems:
• Soil erosion from tank catchments –
tank water is polluted with eroded
sediments due to absence of godawala,
perahana and iswetiya
• Chemical fertilizer applied in upstream
cultivated lands – N, P, Cd dissolved in
water flowing into tanks
• Eutrophication affects aquatic life
• Weed infestation increases
evaporation
• Human health issues
• Agro-chemicals in water especially with
hard water
• Threat to human health
85. 5. Threat to biodiversity
Tank and environs
Cultivation
areas
Natural/semi-
natural areas
Habitat
Gasgommana
Kattakaduwa
Other
associated
area
Tank
water
body
Tank
bund
Chena
Home
gardens
Paddy
fields
Forests
Scrublands
Number of Flora
species recorded
201 153 68 40 153 55 42 17 123 32
Biodiversity in Tank cascade systems - floral diversity
in Kapiriggama tank cascade (2013-2015)
86. 5. Threat to biodiversity
Animal Group
Recorded Faunal Species
Total Endemic Migrant/ Exotic Domestic
Land snails 7 3 1 0
Dragonflies 20 1 0 0
Butterflies 46 1 0 0
Crabs 1 1 0 0
Fishes 25 4 3 0
Amphibians 13 1 0 0
Reptiles 26 3 0 0
Birds 117 8 14 0
Mammals 29 2 0 4
Total 284 24 18 4
Biodiversity in Tank cascade systems - faunal diversity in Kapiriggama tank
cascade (2013-2015)
87. 5. Threat to biodiversity
Issues threatening the
biodiversity:
• Agricultural expansion into
non-target areas;
• Spread of Invasive Alien
Species (IAS);
• Unsustainable biomass
extractions and loss of
vegetative cover;
• Pollution and siltation of
water bodies; and
• Lack of awareness among
communities
88. 6. Human – elephant conflict
What is human elephant
conflict?
Human elephant conflict
occurs when elephants and
people live together in an
area where they share the
same resources. Therefore,
they compete for the same
food, space and water.
Why does it happen?
HEC occurs when people
change elephant habitat into
people habitat by clearing land
to grow crops, building villages
and adding roads.
89. 6. Human – elephant conflict
The best solution:
Let them to enjoy their
resources
Other solutions
• Traditional bio-fence
with Palmyra trees
• Bee hive fence
• Electric fence
• Siren drone