Dawn breaks gently over the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, and with it comes a rising chorus of birdsong that has, in recent weeks ...

Sinharaja Forest Reserve, which borders Ratnapura, Galle, and Matara districts, covers an area of 11,187 hectares. There are approximately twenty-two villages surrounding the forest, including the ...

The billboard indicating the presence of Sinharaja Forest Reserve and rules specified for visitors laid out by the Conservator General of Forests The Sinharaja forest is now under threat of ...

As Sri Lanka prepared for Avurudu festivities, an environmental research center in Deniyaya saw an unexpected visitor at dusk on April 8. Silently emerging from the shadows of the rainforest, the lone ...

A rare population of leucistic, or partially white, purple-faced langurs near Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja Forest Reserve has attracted ecotourism interest, even as monkeys in general are perceived by ...

The Sinharaja Forest Reserve in southern Sri Lanka will be expanded fourfold through the incorporate of surrounding forests into the protected area. The new reserve will span 36,000 hectares (88,960 ...

Environmental activist Nisantha Gajasinghe says Sinharaja Forest is home to flora and fauna unique to Sri Lanka. The forest system has been instrumental in Sri Lanka being named among the 34 highest ...

A report on the state of conservation of this site was prepared in connection with the Meeting of the South Asian World Natural Heritage Site Managers, held in New Delhi, and Keoladeo National Park, ...

Theirs maybe the final trumpet call Sri Lanka would hear from within the Sinharaja Rainforest, as they are a ‘unique pair’ within an already ‘unique’ area. The last of the two Sinharaja elephants, ...

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 ...