The National Red List of Sri Lanka 2012

The first list of threatened flora of Sri Lanka was prepared by Prof. B.A. Abeywickrama in 1987. This list was reproduced by Wijesinghe et al. in 1987 which also included a list of nationally threatened fauna. This list was updated by Wijesinghe et al., in 1993, using the data gathered from the National Conservation Review of the natural forests of Sri Lanka. Although these lists were used widely by the scientific community and policymakers, they were not accepted on a global scale as all these lists were prepared subjectively by a few experts using their personal experience.