The Sinharaja Forest Reserve in ... in 1988 because of its rich and unique plant and animal life. Over the years, however, this prime lowland rainforest and the areas surrounding it have faced ...

The latest among these is a road that will be constructed adjacent to the World Heritage Site of the Sinharaja Rainforest. The proposed road ... is the only home for many of the threatened endemic ...

COLOMBO — Monkeys were expected to be among the chief culprits identified as Sri Lanka carried out a nationwide survey on March 15 of crop-raiding animals ... near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve ...

The officers found four animals belonging to three amphibian species and ... “Sinharaja Expedition”, suggesting that the main focus of the visit was the Sinharaja rainforest. According to the ...

A rare new orchid species found in the UNESCO-declared heritage lowland rainforest Sinharaja has been named in honor of two pioneering forest ecologists, Nimal and Savithri Gunatilleke.