Senanayake Reservoir is protected only if this forest is protected This forest is being destroyed by many people every day However only less than 20% of the lands have licenses The rest of the lands ...

Uva Pathanbima, which includes the Nilgala Forest, is a forest which is rapidly falling prey to chena cultivators Uva Pathanbima, which includes the Nilgala Forest, one of the four unique ecological ...

COLOMBO — Nestled in the eastern edge of Sri Lanka’s Uva province, Nilgala stands out as a landscape of remarkable ecological and cultural importance. Long overlooked in mainstream conservation ...

A new species of day gecko has been recorded from a savanna forest with rock outcrops and prehistoric granite caves in Sri Lanka. The Nilgala savanna forest is home to 17 species of geckos, as well as ...

The Nilgala herbal forest in the Monaragala District from where medicinal plants are obtained for Ayurvedic treatments was among several areas from where wildfires were reported this week. Forest ...

This article by Noopura Liyanage was originally published on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen media website from Sri Lanka. An edited version is published here as part of a content-sharing ...

Sri Lanka has declared the Nilgala wilderness, a unique landscape harboring the island’s largest savanna ecosystem interwoven with a mosaic of unique habitats, as a national forest reserve. Despite ...