In a recent Sunday Times newspaper there was a news item stating about 200 International Scientists will meet in Sri Lanka in September 2019 to discuss saving living forms in the tropics” (the tropics is said to host about 80% of all species found on planet earth). What does this news mean to us, the people of tropical Sri Lanka and the people of Batticaloa district in particular? It means every time we enjoy a fish, crab or prawn curry