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T1 Designing an optimum protected areas system for Sri Lanka's natural forests. Volume 1
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 
K1 protected area
K1 natural forest
K1 forest conservation
K1 forest cover destruction
K1 forest ecosystem
K1 forest exploitation
K1 forest management
K1 forest policy
K1 forest protection
PB UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
YR 1997
FD 1997
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7481
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7481
NO Sri Lanka is a small but biologically diverse country that is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot of global importance for plants. Many plants and animals are endemic to the island, 26% in the case of flowering plants and from 45% to 76% for certain taxonomic groups of animals. Much of this diversity is found in the south-west wet zone which occupies one-third of the country. Closed canopy normal forest covers 24% of the country but it is least extensive in the wet zone where human population pressures are highest. The over-riding objective of this National Conservation Review (NCR) of remaining natural forest in Sri Lanka is to define a national system of conservation forests in which watersheds important for soil conservation and hydrology are protected, forest biodiversity is fully represented and cultural, economic and social needs are met.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026