The Sinharaja Forest Reserve in southern Sri Lanka will be expanded fourfold through the incorporate of surrounding forests into the protected area. The new reserve will span 36,000 hectares (88,960 ...

New information: The Centre and IUCN received reports in early 2000 from the Environmental Law Foundation of Sri Lanka that raised concerns over possible threats to the integrity of this site due to ...

Sinharaja Forest Reserve, which borders Ratnapura, Galle, and Matara districts, covers an area of 11,187 hectares. There are approximately twenty-two villages surrounding the forest, including the ...

A rare population of leucistic, or partially white, purple-faced langurs near Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja Forest Reserve has attracted ecotourism interest, even as monkeys in general are perceived by ...

Anyone stepping into Lankagama can observe large-scale sand and timber smuggling occurring in the surrounding forests, streams and places close to the Gin Ganga Sand mining continues in streams and ...

The Court of Appeal yesterday (20) granted leave to proceed with a petition challenging the controversial road expansion through the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, a UNESCO-designated protected area, ...

Dawn breaks gently over the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, and with it comes a rising chorus of birdsong that has, in recent weeks, drawn an unprecedented stream of visitors to the Kalawana–Kudawa entrance ...

A report on the state of conservation of this site was prepared in connection with the Meeting of the South Asian World Natural Heritage Site Managers, held in New Delhi, and Keoladeo National Park, ...