They remain critical in managing Sri Lanka’s remaining natural resources. Institutions like the Forest Department, along with environmental legislation such as the Forest Ordinance, are still key ...

In Sri Lanka, according to Mr. Jayewardene the percentage of forest lands goes up or down, depending on whose statistics they are. Pointing a finger directly at the Forest Department which is expected ...

The Conservator General of Forests K.M.A Bandara said that the media reports implying that Sri Lanka’s forest cover has decreased to 16% are false. He said this in response to a query made regarding ...

For example, there is no 29.6% forest cover in Sri Lanka. Forest is about land, ... which allows the Forest Department to hand over other state forest to Divisional Secretaries for development.

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President Maithripala Sirisena, while launching the National Tree Planting Month programme in October, pledged to protect Sri Lanka’s remaining forests and plant more trees with the aim of increasing ...

TIRUCHY: Forest department plans to send back a consignment of exotic turtles, mostly red-eared sliders, that was seized from a passenger at airport recently.

Historical Tropical Forest Reliance amongst the Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) of Sri Lanka: an Isotopic Perspective. Human Ecology , 2018; DOI: 10.1007/s10745-018-9997-7 Cite This Page : ...

IUCN reviewed the letter submitted by the Forest Department of Sri Lanka, dated 2 August 2000 in response to the observations and recommendations of the twenty-fourth ordinary session of the Bureau.

Pethiyagoda’s successes in rewilding Sri Lanka’s cloud forests caught the attention of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise in 2000, when he was named a Laureate.