Sri Lanka is working to protect all of its mangroves. Not only can mangrove forests capture carbon and protect against floods, they also act as nurseries for fish and marine animals.

The Sri Lankan government earlier this year transferred the administration of non-protected forests, known as “other state forests” (OSF), to regional authorities, with a view to releasing ...

Nestled in the eastern edge of Sri Lanka’s Uva province, Nilgala stands out as a landscape of remarkable ecological and ...

Sri Lanka becomes the first nation to comprehensively protect all of its mangrove forests, using a model that conservationists hope other nations will adopt.

The high biodiversity in tropical forests has both fascinated and puzzled ecologists for more than half a century. In the hopes of finding an answer to this puzzle, ecologists have turned their ...

It shows that forests are the preferred foraging sites for the island’s endangered Indian pangolins, ... Banner image of a pangolin in a southwestern forest in Sri Lanka, courtesy of Priyan Perera.

For example, there is no 29.6% forest cover in Sri Lanka. Forest is about land, which is now being used as political bribery. Reforestation in the country is not adequate.

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 ...

Sri Lanka is working to protect all of its mangroves. Not only can mangrove forests capture carbon and protect against floods, they also act as nurseries for fish and marine animals.