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After a 15-year long legal battle, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has put a stop to a controversial road construction project ...
Addressing some of the most critical environmental challenges Sri Lanka faces today, renowned conservationist and orinthologist Prof. Sarath Kotagama recently delivered a thought-provoking speech on ...
In the soft first light of dawn, wildlife photographer Priyanath Kotalawela observed a golden silhouette gliding across the ...
Sri Lanka's highlands are situated in the south-central part of the island. The property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation ...
Becoming a guide when Sri Lanka had already lost the majority of ... but in a valley to my right is a patch of virgin forest bursting with pockets of orange, yellow and red. We pass Hindu shrines ...
"Sri Lanka is going backward ... is chanting in Sanskrit. He's a forest monk, who normally spends his time meditating under trees. A few months ago, he walked out of the forest and joined the ...
The cloud forests of Sri Lanka are otherworldly places. Covered by a tight-knit, towering canopy of trees, these tropical rainforests are dark and wet, with a constant drip of water – the result ...
Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation at the Forest Conservation Department, this year, the dry season started earlier in Sri Lanka, than during previous years. “Usually when there’s dry ...
I’m staying at Wild Coast Tented Lodge, a Relais & Châteaux retreat set on a sliver of dryland forest between Yala National Park and the vast Indian Ocean on Sri Lanka’s southern coast.
Colombo: Senior Sri Lankan officials on Wednesday held a preliminary discussion on launching a 1,000-acre forest plantation project in collaboration with the private sector, under the Clean Sri ...