First, protection of remaining critical forests, particularly central highlands, steep slopes, and headwater catchments: Some ...

COLOMBO – During the Ice Ages, there was a decrease in global sea levels, creating a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India, only to have the then-warmer interglacial periods reverse this, isolating ...

In 2024, the Sri Lankan government revoked the protected status of an ecologically important mangrove forest in Vidattaltivu, in the island’s north, to facilitate the development of an aquaculture ...