Untamed Wilderness of Sri Lanka

Panel Discussion on Wildlife Richness of Sri Lanka from Wildlife Conservation and Photographic perspectives. This program is hosted by America Sri Lankan Photographic Art Society in Los Angeles California, USA to promote and showcase the incredibly rich biodiversity of the pearl of Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, to the world.

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7.30am to 8.30am Local Time in Los Angeles 8pm to 9pm Local Time in Sri Lanka

Panelists:

Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya
Environmental Scientist
Former Director General at the Department of Wildlife Conservation in Sri Lanka

Mr.Chitral Jayathilake
Nature / Wildlife Conservationist, Photographer

Mr.Namal Kamalgoda

Nature / Wildlife Conservationist, Photographer

Meet our panelists:

Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya is an Environmental Scientist and has a PhD in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers University, in New Jersey, and was a Lead Environmental Specialist for the South Asia Environment and Natural Resources Unit of the World Bank. He has led Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation Projects in South Asian countries, strengthening the institutional capacity of the relevant statutory conservation organizations, including the Department of Wildlife Conservation in Sri Lanka.

Chitral Jayatilake

Vice President of the John Keells Group and Head of Nature Trails at Cinnamon Hotels.
Chitral has been an avid nature photographer for over 35 years and published four books celebrating the natural world in Sri Lanka. His passion to showcase what’s ours to the world has driven him to facilitate 21 documentary productions in Sri Lanka by Major networks, and his recent efforts brought the BBC Blue Planet II – team to Trincomalee filming sperm whales and this sequence was narrated by the greatest naturalist in the world, Sir David Attenborough himself.

Namal Kamalgoda

Former Director Surveillance at Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka Former Chief Investment Officer and Fund Manager Namal has been a wildlife enthusiasts, conservationist and avid Wildlife photographer who has been exploring and photographing the national parks and nature reserves of Sri Lanka for nearly 35