Belipola

17/11/2023

Is it too late to save the forests of Sri Lanka? We explore Dr. Ranil Senanayake's Belipola Arboretum to find outThis video is made possible thanks to Skills...

13/11/2023

As of today, I DejanEarth DezRestoration will be resigning my responsibilities of management Belipola. It has been a serendipitous journey, one of ultra dedication to this fantastic institution of higher learning in applied Analog forestry and the sustainable management of ecosystems services over time.

Thank you everyone who has supported me and Belipola, to see it through in the manner it has been sustained for the the past 5 years. I am able to forward any queries about Belipola directly to Dr.Ranil Senanayake and the Belipola Trust.

I am personally available for business and any assistance in developing adaptive resilient ecosystem areas (AREA) such as Analog Forests and regenerative agricultural methodologies through the company EarthRestoration

18/10/2023

Take a listen to our partner network and their latest podcast episode related to Agriculture Technologies and Analog Forestry

Hello, we are Elzian Agro. We are a start-up that provides smart agronomy solutions to support mass cultivation farmers to monitor and automate their farmland.

03/10/2023

11/09/2023

Water from forests are conceived in the cool, dark cradle of the (virgin) forest, water ripens and matures as it slowly mounts from the depths. On its upward way it gathers to itself trace elements and minerals. Only when it is ripe, and not before, will it emerge from the womb of the Earth as a spring. As a true spring, in contrast to a seepage spring, this has a water temperature of about +4°C (+39.2°F). Here in the cool, diffused light of the forest it begins its long, life-giving cycle as a sparkling, lively, translucent stream, bubbling, gurgling, whirling and gyrating as it wends its way valleywards. In its natural, self-cooling, spi- ralling, convoluting motion, water is able to maintain its vital inner energies, health and purity. In this way it acts as the conveyor of all the necessary min- erals, trace elements and other subtle energies to the surrounding environ- ment.
Naturally flowing water seeks to flow in darkness or in the diffused light of the forest, thus avoiding the damaging direct light of the sun. Under these conditions, even when cascading down in torrents, a stream will only rarely overflow its banks. Due to its correct natural motion, the faster it flows, the greater its carrying capacity and scouring ability and the more it deepens its bed. This is due to the formation of in-winding, longitudinal, clockwise - anti-clockwise alternating spiral vortices down the central axis of the current, which constantly cool and re-cool the water, maintaining it at a healthy tem- perature and leading to a faster, more laminar, spiral flow.

---- An excerpt from 'The Water Wizard" by Viktor Schauberger

10/08/2023

Analog Forestry was founded in Sri Lanka by Dr.RanilSenanayake in 1980. In order to establish the worlds first Analog forest he always collaborated with international scientists, integrating progressive ideas for research restoration and diversification of plantation type agriculture.

Today, it is the same way more relevant than ever before, and that is why Analog forestry offers such great inspiration to anyone who is serious about the study of forests and forest ecology in the region

03/08/2023

A ‘viral’ video about forests and restoration of ecosystems in Sri Lanka. https://youtu.be/3DNT56Lbo7w

This video offers the world a fine historic, current, and futures perspective of Sri Lanka, as well as what Belipola thinks is a fine vision for its development.

Is it too late to save the forests of Sri Lanka? We explore Dr. Ranil Senanayake's Belipola Arboretum to find outThis video is made possible thanks to Skills...

30/07/2023

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Lore Station discussion about Analog Forestry and Ecological restoration.
On Monday, 31st of July 2023
From 6.30 pm onwards
Via Zoom

Please click the link below to join.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://learn.zoom.us/j/68172213082?pwd=V3k0dUlSSCs4anJvK3V6elI1S3ZnZz09

Meeting ID: 681 7221 3082
Passcode: h&Sw38%B

May this inspire you!

30/07/2023

Learning the 12 principles of Analog Forestry can help anyone to design a sustainable and productive farmland in no time.

28/07/2023

Belipola Analog Forest has a very useful library for students interested in forestry / sustainable development / sustainable agriculture as well as biodiversity conservation practices.

22/07/2023

We need more of these in all cities and villages across Sri Lanka 🙏🏽🌳🍃👍🏾

21/07/2023

Day visitors to Belipola are educated on the basis of natural farming happening inside the Analog Forest and how it benefits humans as well as the planet.