Aisha Uduman
@aisha_uduman
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Biologist | Marine Species at Risk 🐋 | MSc from @UBC on human - #leopard #coexistence in #SriLanka 🐆🇱🇰 | @NatGeoExplorers
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined October 2017
My 1st first-author paper is finally out!! Thank you to my co-authors, funders, amazing field team, and local partners and community members who helped make this work possible 🐆🐄
Out now! @aisha_uduman et al. investigated attitudes towards the Sri Lankan #leopard in two rural communities 🐆 Considering local attitudes can inform strategies to improve human–carnivore coexistence. Read the full article: https://t.co/tnXHv7TZnL
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When I see key persons involved in May 9 attack on peaceful protestors arrested, I will believe what the President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, says about the law being applied equally to all under him. Until then, what this is, is a crackdown on dissent.
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Twitter wants to know 'what's happening?' What's happening is that this country is watching helplessly as well-oiled state machinery blatantly ignores all violations committed by the govt. and systematically goes after prominent aragalaya protestors.
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Too many denied land and rights, too many denied freedom. Too unable to feed their families, too many died in queues, too many fought to protest over the last 100-odd days to bring this dynasty to it knees. I pray, I pray, never ever again. 2/
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Unbelievable, but ultimately not surprising what is happening to my motherland. You can only push people so far….power to the people standing up to these idiots in power, fleeing the country in the middle of the night, yet refusing to resign 🇱🇰
Many journalists had to flee Sri Lanka during Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s reign of terror as Defense Secretary while several others were killed, including a newspaper editor. Karmic forces at work now as he’s got to flee with no country wanting him. Retribution for Butcher of Beliatta.
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Whilst Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is known primarily for gorilla trekking, a variety of animals live in the park and we were fortunate enough to have some very special visitors at Singita Kwitonda Lodge this week!
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Our new research on one of Sri Lanka’s critical leopard populations in Wilpattu National Park. Great work to the team led by @Dinal_JSS ☝️🙏🐆
The study "Evidence for a critical leopard conservation stronghold from a large protected landscape on the island of Sri Lanka" was done to highlight density, abundance, sex-specific movement and spatial distribution of the Sri Lankan Leopard. -1/2 #conservation #Leopard #EFL
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Dear international media outlets, We #SriLankans know todays events caught your eye. Why? Because unlike the past month that was all about peaceful protesting, today there was violence. 1/6
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The only violence was perpetrated by your “supporters” - goons and thugs who came to your office first before going on to assault the peaceful protestors.
While emotions are running high in #lka, I urge our general public to exercise restraint & remember that violence only begets violence. The economic crisis we're in needs an economic solution which this administration is committed to resolving.
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Lawyers are forming human barricade to safe guard "GotaGoGama" protest site
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Places to donate to rations + food relief for vulnerable families, how to donate from overseas + how to start your own relief effort. Reply with any similar collections/drives you know of - https://t.co/8ZnIoanX86
#lka #srilanka #EconomicCrisisLK
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🇱🇰 Colombo: Defying national Protests, the Rajapaksa ruling dynasty declares a 36-hour nationwide curfew Saturday and deployed troops with sweeping new powers under a State of Emergency to halt protests against the Presidential family #GotaGottaGo #SkiLankaEconomicCrisis
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Heartbreaking to see my motherland falling apart like this. No power, no petrol/diesel, no foreign reserves, skyrocketing inflation and lack of basic food. Now, a 36 hour curfew and nation-wide ban on social media to quell protests. How does this end? 🇱🇰#SriLankaCrisis
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The procurement of bushmeat for consumption causes the death of many wild animals as bycatch, an array of ecological problems, various health risks as well as legal issues surrounding its procurement. So the true cost of bushmeat extends well beyond what you pay for a curry.
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Leopard in Tea Estate Leopard share their land inside tea estates and presence of leopards can be observed in many tea estates in Central hills. They are highly elusive and its very rare to be captured them by a camera. 📷 by Rohan Gunasekara @SriLankaTweet @AzzamAmeen
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Dreams do come true! I always wanted to build world class opportunities for Sri Lankans in marine conservation. Decades of dreaming coming true. But I need your help to spread the word so we can find someone whose dream we can support! Please RT
We are excited to offer a fully-funded PhD to a Sri Lankan student based at the Ocean University of Sri Lanka in collaboration with @univofstandrews @PlymUni and @OfficialZSL Learn more: https://t.co/BEXPnxf4rQ!
@ashadevos @ClareEmbling @dvharris1 @TomLetessier1
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New paper out in @ConLetters! Can protected areas conserve wildlife? We found a strong positive correlation between mammal taxonomic diversity and the proportion of a surveyed area covered by PAs at a global scale. https://t.co/9YJnvbM18W
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The establishment of protected areas (PAs) is a central strategy for global biodiversity conservation. While the role of PAs in protecting habitat has been highlighted, their effectiveness at...
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With the increase of cargo and cruise boat traffic the last several decades, ships have become one of the deadliest threats whales face in open oceans and coastal waters. https://t.co/m0QkANnu2u
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