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 ...

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 ...

The forest, in southern Sri Lanka, is a World Heritage Site and home to species such as the badger mongoose and purple-faced leaf monkey. Officials said they would conduct an on-the-ground report.

The Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the unique remaining virgin tropical rainforest in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated as a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage ...

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 ...

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.

Environmental activist Nisantha Gajasinghe says Sinharaja Forest is home to flora and fauna unique to Sri Lanka. The forest system has been instrumental in Sri Lanka being named among the 34 highest ...

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 ...

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 ...