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In 2017, Sri Lanka set a goal to increase its forest cover to 32% by 2030 (Sri Lanka UN-REDD, 2017). However, on November 4th 2020, the government published circular MWFC/1/2020 revoking the circular 5/2001 of August 10th 2001, one of the country's most crucial forest protection directives. The

A bibliography on the Testudines and Crocodilians of Sri Lanka: a Checklist and an Annotated Bibliography (de Silva, 1998) was published approximately 23 years earlier. It listed 378 references pertaining to testudines and crocodilians of the country. The current monograph list 852 references

Provides a comprehensive report on the status of species in Sri Lanka, including new species discovered during 2020, species recorded for the first time in Sri Lanka, changes in the distribution status of species, changes in nomenclature, new invasive species recorded and overall update on the

Sri Lanka submitted its initial NDCs in September 2016 as a country that ratified the Paris Agreement. In 2020, the Climate Change Secretariat began a process of updating the NDCs to be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change prior to the 26th Conference of Parties.

After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity and the consequent loss of services that ecosystems provide humans. Therefore

In September 2019, the IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit held a workshop to complete IUCN Red List assessments for 169 species of snakes and lizards of the 230 currently (September 2019) described reptile species known from Sri Lanka, as part of the Global Reptile Assessment. Additionally, a

The National Red List of Flora 2020 is the most updated and comprehensive source of information on available species, threatened plants and health of biodiversity in this country. It was last updated and published in 2012. Since then many development programmes, climatic changes as well as new

Sri Lanka’s location, historic and geologic isolation from the continental landmass, topography and climate act to shape its biogeography and biodiversity, including conferring a remarkably high level of endemism, given its close proximity to the mainland. The island hosts several ‘point endemic1

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