Sri Lanka suspends work on a controversial road project, amid concerns it could have an impact on a protected rainforest area. Sri Lanka suspends road work near Sinharaja forest - BBC News We've ...

Located in south-west Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic, and many are considered rare. The reserve is also ...

The ‘lungs of Sri Lanka’ are gasping for air. The Sinharaja Forest Reserve was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO ...

IUCN Sri Lanka will be working with the Forest Department to implement a proposed GEF-funded project to conserve the south-western rainforests of Sri Lanka. The project will benefit southern parts of ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today instructed to temporarily suspend road development work taking place near the Sinharaja Forest & World Heritage ...

Within the forest, there are 340 species of plants with timber value, with 192 being exclusive to Sri Lanka. Among these, 15 species are only found within Sinharaja.

The forest system has been instrumental in Sri Lanka being named among the 34 highest biodiversity hotspots in the world. Over 340 species of woody plants are found in Sinharaja, 192 of which are ...

Known as Panu Kota, a male elephant roams the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in southern Sri Lanka, and each time he draws close to a nearby village, his collar emits a beep that offers locational ...

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) was informed that Sri Lanka is among three countries in the world where the population density is more than 300 per sq.km and the forest population is ...

Sri Lanka suspends work on a controversial road project, amid concerns it could have an impact on a protected rainforest area.