Missaka Hettiarachchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 157180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Missaka Hettiarachchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Missaka |
| FAMILY NAME | Hettiarachchi |
| SIGNATURE | HETTIARACHCHI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2132-8625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Overcoming lock-in of science-policy responses to reef heating
Marine heating is the long-term climate-induced warming of oceans. Marked by more frequent, longer and widespread marine heatwave events, the severity of marine heating is generating catastrophic impacts on reef peoples and ecosystems. Here, we examine the range of policy solutions proposed to address reef heating. We find that, until recently, science-informed policy solutions were dominated by recommendations for more ‘inclusive adaptation’ and…
Political dynamics and governance of World Heritage ecosystems
Power, politics and policy in the appropriation of urban wetlands: The critical case of Sri Lanka
Little is known about the drivers and governance strategies of appropriation of urban nature in the global south. We compare urban land-grabbing in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, with broader understanding of rural land-grabbing in the developing world. We show that the colonial legacy of appropriation and alteration of urban wetlands in Colombo has attained new heights in the neo-liberal period. This cyclical process has caused acute irreversib…
Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries
Song, A. M., S. D. Bower, P. Onyango, S. J. Cooke, S. L. Akintola, J. Baer, T. B. Gurung, M. Hettiarachchi, M. Islam, W. Mhlanga, F. Nunan, P. Salmi, V. Singh, X. Tezzo, S. J. Funge-Smith, P. K. Nayak and R. Chuenpagdee. 2018. Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries. Ecology and Society 23(2):17. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10076-230217
Environmental Change and Social Learning
Pervasive environmental change, and the failure of top‐down technical solutions to respond to such change, has triggered a paradigm shift in environmental management. A social‐ecological systems approach, which recognizes the social and institutional dimensions shaping ecosystem processes and dynamics, has emerged. Within this paradigm, the concept of social learning has gained traction, with a substantial effort devoted to understanding the way …
Forty-three years of Ramsar and urban wetlands
The Ramsar Convention is unquestionably the backbone of modern wetland management theory and practice. In the last four decades, it has mainstreamed wetlands in the environmental discourse and fostered the development of a comprehensive institutional framework for wetland governance. However, many of the wetlands that occur in human-dominated landscapes remain acutely threatened. The problem is most alarming in urban areas, especially in the fast…
Power, politics and policy in the appropriation of urban wetlands: The critical case of Sri Lanka
Little is known about the drivers and governance strategies of appropriation of urban nature in the global south. We compare urban land-grabbing in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, with broader understanding of rural land-grabbing in the developing world. We show that the colonial legacy of appropriation and alteration of urban wetlands in Colombo has attained new heights in the neo-liberal period. This cyclical process has caused acute irreversib…
Political dynamics and governance of World Heritage ecosystems
Forty-three years of Ramsar and urban wetlands
The Ramsar Convention is unquestionably the backbone of modern wetland management theory and practice. In the last four decades, it has mainstreamed wetlands in the environmental discourse and fostered the development of a comprehensive institutional framework for wetland governance. However, many of the wetlands that occur in human-dominated landscapes remain acutely threatened. The problem is most alarming in urban areas, especially in the fast…
Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries
Song, A. M., S. D. Bower, P. Onyango, S. J. Cooke, S. L. Akintola, J. Baer, T. B. Gurung, M. Hettiarachchi, M. Islam, W. Mhlanga, F. Nunan, P. Salmi, V. Singh, X. Tezzo, S. J. Funge-Smith, P. K. Nayak and R. Chuenpagdee. 2018. Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries. Ecology and Society 23(2):17. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10076-230217
Forty-three years of Ramsar and urban wetlands
The Ramsar Convention is unquestionably the backbone of modern wetland management theory and practice. In the last four decades, it has mainstreamed wetlands in the environmental discourse and fostered the development of a comprehensive institutional framework for wetland governance. However, many of the wetlands that occur in human-dominated landscapes remain acutely threatened. The problem is most alarming in urban areas, especially in the fast…
Environmental Change and Social Learning
Pervasive environmental change, and the failure of top‐down technical solutions to respond to such change, has triggered a paradigm shift in environmental management. A social‐ecological systems approach, which recognizes the social and institutional dimensions shaping ecosystem processes and dynamics, has emerged. Within this paradigm, the concept of social learning has gained traction, with a substantial effort devoted to understanding the way …
Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries
Song, A. M., S. D. Bower, P. Onyango, S. J. Cooke, S. L. Akintola, J. Baer, T. B. Gurung, M. Hettiarachchi, M. Islam, W. Mhlanga, F. Nunan, P. Salmi, V. Singh, X. Tezzo, S. J. Funge-Smith, P. K. Nayak and R. Chuenpagdee. 2018. Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries. Ecology and Society 23(2):17. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10076-230217
Power, politics and policy in the appropriation of urban wetlands: The critical case of Sri Lanka
Little is known about the drivers and governance strategies of appropriation of urban nature in the global south. We compare urban land-grabbing in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, with broader understanding of rural land-grabbing in the developing world. We show that the colonial legacy of appropriation and alteration of urban wetlands in Colombo has attained new heights in the neo-liberal period. This cyclical process has caused acute irreversib…
Political dynamics and governance of World Heritage ecosystems
Overcoming lock-in of science-policy responses to reef heating
Marine heating is the long-term climate-induced warming of oceans. Marked by more frequent, longer and widespread marine heatwave events, the severity of marine heating is generating catastrophic impacts on reef peoples and ecosystems. Here, we examine the range of policy solutions proposed to address reef heating. We find that, until recently, science-informed policy solutions were dominated by recommendations for more ‘inclusive adaptation’ and…
Political science (6 works) · Corporate governance (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental governance (2 works)