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Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Sri Lanka
Date of Inscription: 1988
Criteria: (ix)(x)
Core zone: 8564 ha
Sabaragamuwa and Southern Provinces
N6 25 E80 30
Ref: 405

Brief Description

Located in south-west Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them are considered rare. There is much endemic wildlife, especially birds, but the reserve is also home to over 50% of Sri Lanka's endemic species of mammals and butterflies, as well as many kinds of insects, reptiles and rare amphibians.

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