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Dr. Sharaniya Vijitharan

Position
Adjunct Faculty
Unit
Natural Resources and Management, Department of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
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+94 77 041 7759
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QUALIFICATION
AREA OF EXPERTISE
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Aug 2020 to July 2023).
  • M.Sc in Disaster Management, Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka from 2016 – 2018.
  • B.Sc in Environmental Science, Department of Bio-science, Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, from Nov 2010 – April 2015.
  • Forest Environmental Biology and Management
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Disaster Management
  • Sustainable Development for Environment
  • Plantation Forestry and Environment
  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  • Forestry and REDD+
  • Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Resources Management
  1. Vijitharan, S. (2025). Climate Change-induced Extreme Events and Management Strategies in the Context of SDG 2030. Climate Change: Conflict and Resilience in the Age of Anthropocene. Springer (Accepted, In press for publication).
  2. Vijitharan, S. (2025). A meta-analysis of Google Earth Engine in different scientific domains. Google Earth Engine and Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation. Elsevier (Accepted, In press for publication).
  3. Sasaki, N. and Vijitharan, S. (2024). Nature-Based Carbon Capture through Forest Management in the Mekong Region of Southeast Asia. In Han, P. and Nepal, R. (EDS) Energy Transition and Carbon Neutrality in ASEAN – Developing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies. World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/13725
  4. Vijitharan, S. (2024). A Review on Traditional Knowledge: A Sustainable Solution for the Climate Crisis. In: Mukhopadhyay, U., Bhattacharya, S., Chouhan, P., Paul, S., Chowdhury, I.R., Chatterjee, U. (eds) Climate Crisis, Social Responses and Sustainability. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58261-5_10
  5. Vijitharan, S., Tsusaka, T. W., and Sasaki, N. (2024). Evaluating REDD+ Progress and Results-Based Incentives in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Analysis across Southeast and South Asian Countries. Trees Forests and People, 16, 100574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100574
  6. Vijitharan, S., Sasaki, N., Tripathi, N.K., Pramanik, M., and Tsusaka, T.W. (2024). Assessing carbon emission reductions and removals in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka: REDD+ project contributions to sustainability. Next Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxsust.2024.100035
  7. Vijitharan, S., Sasaki, N., Venkatappa, M., Tripathi, N.K., Abe, I, and Tsusaka, T.W. (2022). Assessment of Forest Cover Changes in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka: Implications for Establishment of Subnational Forest Reference Emission Level. Land. 2022; 11(7):1061. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11071061
  8. Musfira, A. F., Shafana, A. R. F., Musthafa, F. N., Vijitharan, S., and Iqbal, N. (2022). Digital competence and ICT literacy of schoolteachers: In the context of schools in Nintavur, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S2), 977–991. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS2.5124
  9. Vijitharan, S., Sasaki, N. and Venkatappa, M. (2021). Applications of Google Earth Engine for Mapping and Assessing the Changes in Dry Monsoon Forest: A Case Study in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka. Joint International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management (SFEM) by Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, held 29th November 2021. pp. 07.
  10. Vijitharan, S., Venkatappa, M. and Sasaki, N. (2021). Assessment of Forest Cover Change using the Phenology-based Threshold Classification and Google Earth Engine. Geo for Good Summit 2021 organized by Google Earth Outreach, held 16th – 19th November 2021.