Dr. Pethiyagoda appointed Senior Policy Advisor to Opposition Leader

Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda with Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa

One of Sri Lanka’s leading naturalists and a taxonomist on freshwater fish of Sri Lanka Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda has been appointed as Senior Policy Advisor to Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa.

Following the appoint Premadasa said: “Climate change is a real concern and for any policy its ecological impact has to be well understood, we believe his expertise will matter greatly in making balanced decisions.”

Dr. Pethiyagoda last month was awarded the Linnean Medal which is considered as the Nobel Prize for naturalists, at a ceremony in London. He was the first Sri Lanka to win the annual medal bestowed since 1888 to a botanist or a zoologist, or to one of each, in the same year.