New information: The Centre and IUCN received reports in early 2000 from the Environmental Law Foundation of Sri Lanka that raised concerns over possible threats to the integrity of this site due to ...

Silently emerging from the shadows of the rainforest, the lone elephant stepped gently onto the rain-soaked earth, leaving deep footprints in the muddy ground. It paused to feed on a banana tree ...

Like with Sri Lanka’s langurs ... Reports of white monkeys in the forest of Sinharaja go back centuries, and elders in rural communities still recount sightings of pale-colored langurs.

It is a spectacular sight and the usually silent Sinharaja forest erupts into a cacophony of bird calls ... Bird watching is becoming popular around the world and Sri Lanka can easily be promoted as ...

endangering numerous endemic and rare aquatic species found in Sri Lanka. Currently, a large portion of the forest system in Sinharaja has been fragmented due to hotel construction activities and ...

At its twenty-fourth extraordinary session in November 2000, the Bureau had requested that the Centre and IUCN monitor developments with regard to the resolution of the dispute over land reclaimed by ...