Publications

Selected Publications

Melvani, K., J.A. Moles and Y. Everett, 2024.Watershed rehabilitation with forest gardens in Monaragala District, Sri Lanka Tropical Forest Issues 62

Melvani, K. et al. 2021. Farmers’ values for land, forests and biodiversity underlie agricultural sustainability. Land Use Policy journal

Melvani, K. et al. 2020. Forest gardens increase the viability of farming enterprises in Sri Lanka. Agroforestry Systems, 1-20

Melvani, K. et al. 2020. Multiple land use practices and high agrobiodiversity foster resilient farming enterprises. Science of the Total Environment journal

Melvani, K. 2012. Handbook for Regenerative Agriculture, USAID, Sri Lanka

Melvani, K, and S. Pathmarajah. 2011, Bioremediation of Nitrates in groundwater, Journal of the Geo Informatics Society of Sri Lanka, University of Peradeniya, ISBN: 955-1308-15-5

Melvani, K, and J.A. Moles. 2010, Community based restoration of the Kalkanna Oya sub basin in the Lipton’s Valley – A Landcare Project, Journal of the Geo Informatics Society of Sri Lanka, University of Peradeniya, ISBN: 955-1308-14-8

Melvani, K, and Moles, J.A., 2009, Strategies for the Restoration of Forest Cover in the Paradeke Oya Watershed, Journal of the Geo Informatics Society of Sri Lanka and Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Melvani, K. 2006. Analog Forestry and its achievements in Sri Lanka; the ecological restoration of degraded land. Published in ‘Organic Farming: sustaining earth and people, Ed: Dr. Richard Thornton Smith. Centre for Organic Agriculture Development, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Moles, J. 2001. Cultural Solutions to Human Needs. Cultural Survival Quarterly 2001-10, Vol.25 (3), p.16

Everett, Y. 1997. Change in Forest Garden Vegetation in Landscapes of Highland Sri Lanka: What will Household Level Implications Be? in A. Wickramasinghe.(ed) Development Issues Across Regions: Women, Land and Forestry. Collaborative Regional Research Network in South Asia, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Senanayake, F.R. 1997. Analog Forestry Handbook. Falls Brook Centre.

Everett, Y. 1995. The Kitul Palm: Ethnobotany of Caryota Urens in Highland Sri Lanka. J. Ethnobiol 15(2)161-176.

Everett, Y. 1995. Forest Gardens of Highland Sri Lanka. In D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds) The Cultural Dimension of Development - Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. London ISBN: 1 85339 251 0- An Indigenous System for Reclaiming Deforested Land.

Everett, Y. 1993. Hierarchical Aggregation Patterns of Forest Gardens in Montane Landscapes in Sri Lanka. PhD Dissertation University of California, Berkeley.

Everett, Y. et al. 1988. Sri Lanka Forest Garden Development: A Case Study. in LS Davis (Ed) Winrock International.

Everett, Y. 1987. Seeking Principles of Sustainability: A Forest Model applied to Forest Gardens in Sri Lanka MS Thesis University of California, Berkeley.

Everett, Y. 1987. Seeking Principles of Sustainability: A Forest Model applied to Forest Gardens in Sri Lanka MS Thesis University of California, Berkeley.