When Senior biodiversity scientist Vimukthi Weeratunga speaks of Sinharaja, his voice carries the weight of four decades spent beneath its dripping emerald canopy. To him, Sri Lanka’s last great ...

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 ...

Dawn breaks gently over the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, and with it comes a rising chorus of birdsong that has, in recent weeks, drawn an unprecedented stream of visitors to the Kalawana–Kudawa entrance ...

Sri Lanka’s wildlife deaths have begun the New Year on a grim note, with the first reported leopard death of 2026 occurring in Neluwa, Galle, after the animal was caught in an illegal wire snare.

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has received numerous emails with third-party information regarding the construction of a concrete road passing through the World Heritage property “Sinharaja Forest ...

Hundreds of scientific publications have been published on this important real estate, but much of the information is out of reach for general public. Hence, four authors have compiled a book on the ...

Reporting trend based on the frequency at which the World Heritage Committee has deliberated over this property over the past 15 years. 0 = minimum reports, 100 = maximum reports.

A rare new orchid species found in the UNESCO-declared heritage lowland rainforest Sinharaja has been named in honor of two pioneering forest ecologists, Nimal and Savithri Gunatilleke. The botanists ...

Journey into the richly biodiverse heart of Sri Lanka on this unique entomology and ecosystems-focused expedition. From lush forests and misty highlands to tropical rainforests and lowland savannahs, ...