Tag: Kanneliya

Invasive plants pose threat to endemic wildlife in Kanneliya forest

Environment CIR Web Editor - March 17, 2026

Introduced to Sri Lanka during the 1950s to control deforestation and to support the plywood industry, hard alstonia or...

Falling wings: The fragile future of Sri Lanka’s rainforest butterflies

Environment CIR Web Editor - March 12, 2026

Speed Read: Sri Lanka’s lowland rainforests support many endemic butterfly species that depend on intact forest habitats. Disturbance and fragmentation reduce...

Buffer of Sri Lanka’s second largest lowland rainforest faces deforestation

Environment CIR Web Editor - February 27, 2026

Speed Read: Unprotected forest patches around Sri Lanka’s Kanneliya rainforest, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot, face ongoing deforestation. Despite a 2004...

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