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    A Demographic Profile of Public Library Leaders in Sri Lanka
    (3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gamage, R.; Kumara, B.; Samaradiwakara, G.D.M.N.; Ananda Tissa, R.D.; Sunil, W.; Rathnayake, S.
    This study reuses data extracted from a previous report to create a profile of public library leaders in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, it was recognized that the country has a group of library leaders mostly in their early 40s, moderately educated, and ready for further advancement with proper guidance and policy implementation
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    A Criminological Study on the Nature of Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka
    (4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Ranaweera, K.G.N.U.; Buddhadasa, M.P.A.A.; Rathnayake, S.
    “Human Trafficking” means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Millions of men, women and children are victims of human trafficking for sexual, forced labor and other forms of exploitation worldwide. The main objective of the study was to investigate the nature of the human trafficking in Sri Lankan context. A purposive sample consisted 100 human trafficking victims selected through recorded complaints of Central Investigation Department (CID) were interviewed by using semi structured questionnaire. Results revealed that all were victims of “external human trafficking”. Majority of the sample (More than 75%) were victims of “forced labour” and they have been exploited in Singapore, Malaysia. Sri Lankan girls and women have been victims of “sexual exploitation” in Thailand and they were guaranteed to offer nursing and household works. Although there is a trend of Child trafficking it is not reported in Sri Lanka. Individuals with foreign agents were the traffickers and different victims of the same trafficker could be recognized. Unemployment, culture, short term hedonism, poverty and unawareness can be recognized as the main factors of creating “trafficking trends” in Sri Lanka. Legal empowerment and governmental intervention towards the foreign employment can be recommended as the preventive methodologies
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    Negative Environmental Impacts of Beach Tourism: With special reference to Unawatuna coastal area
    (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rathnayake, S.
    Beach tourism is one of the main environmental based tourism product since tourism started as an industry in Sri Lanka. There is a non-breakable bond between environment and tourism. Therefore it is important to identify impacts on the environment due to the tourism industry. The main objective of this research was to identify the negative environmental impacts of beach tourism. The research question was “what kind of environmental negative impacts can be seen in coastal areas due to beach tourism?” Unawatuna was selected as a study area because this coastal area was named as one of the best beaches in the world and highly engaged with tourism industry since the colonial period. Therefore many environmental negative impacts can be seen related to Unawatuna beach area. Field observations and interviews used as primary sources of data collecting methods. The sample was randomly selected at the site. Problems related to waste products and marine water pollution, negative impacts on coastal flora and fauna, exceeding carrying capacity, visual pollution, weakness of common facilities and coastal erosion are the problems related to study area. Establishing green hotels and green belts, developing visitor facilities, introducing the proper wastage management system and handling Environmental Impact Assessment Surveys before every development projects are some recommendations for avoiding negative impacts of beach tourism.