At least three wild elephants were found dead across Sri Lanka on Friday, officials said, a day after six young rescued ...

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 ...

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.

While the Forest Department has identified 389,562 ha of ‘open and sparse forests’ under its jurisdiction ... One of the main impediments in moving along the path of good forest governance in Sri ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 : ...