The Sinharaja Forest Reserve located in the southwest of Sri Lanka, is the country’s last viable primary tropical rainforest. It is a biodiversity hotspot and due to its international significance has ...

Sinharaja is reportedly home to two male elephants who make a round trip of the range through villages annually, from March to August, sometimes resulting in conflicts with villagers They usually head ...

According to folklore ‘Sinharaja’ derived its name from the lion king that dwelt in and protected this rain forest. It will interest readers to know that the three largest rainforests in the world are ...

By Mongabay.com For a small village near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka, “snow-white monkeys” have become a major tourist attraction, reports contributor Malaka Rodrigo for Mongabay.

But in a small village near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an unusual population of langurs has captured attention, becoming a local tourist attraction.

The Sinharaja Forest Reserve currently spans 8,864 hectares (21,903 acres) ... told Mongabay that it took a long time for the demarcation of new boundaries, starting in early 2000.

In addition, the Centre transmitted to IUCN an additional letter, dated 30 May 2000, from the Sinharaja Plantations Organic Ltd. The Forest Department confirmed that the process to release land to ...