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 ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

But before you do, let me tell you some things you should know about this unique rainforest. Sinharaja Forest Reserve is located in the south-west of our country which is in the Wet Zone and it covers ...

For a small village near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka, “snow-white monkeys” have become a major tourist attraction, reports contributor Malaka Rodrigo for Mongabay. These white ...

My appeal is about the Sinharaja Forest Reserve on the World Heritage list. It was originally declared a forest reserve in 1875, designated a Biosphere Reserve in 1978, and a World Heritage Site in ...

He was greatly disturbed by the human invasion into the natural habitat of heritage sites such as the Sinharaja forest reserve. There have lately been several references to elephant attacks and those ...

The construction of a controversial road cutting through a section of the Sinharaja Forest – a world heritage site and the only primary rain forest in Sri Lanka was suspended yesterday amid ...

“This is why we are urging the government to declare all the rainforests, around the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, as protected areas. Road expansions should only take place after such a declaration.

A new animal species was discovered in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve this evening by Wildlife officials, the Sustainable Development and Wildlife Ministry said. The officials had rushed to scene ...

Sri Lanka's rich biodiversity hotspot,Kanneliya forest reserve is in danger due to felling ... rainforests in Sri Lanka other than the Sinharaja forest. Director, ECT, Sajeeva Chamikara told ...