Department of Wildlife Conservation Conserves the Biodiversity of Sri Lanka. The individual species are provided legal protection through the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance No 2 of 1937. Habitats and the associated biodiversity are protected through a network of Protected Areas.
International Trade of Wild Species are Regulated both using the provisions Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance a the Provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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