Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja rainforest reserve to be quadrupled in size

Mongabay
Dec 17, 2019, 1:02 am386 pts
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka plans to quadruple the size of the protected area inside its last viable rainforest, in a nod to the ecological significance of the region. The Sinharaja Forest Reserve currently spans 8,864 hectares (21,903 acres) in the island’s southwest and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site…

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