Designing an optimum protected areas system for Sri Lanka's natural forests. Volume 1

United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
dc.coverage.spatial	Sri Lanka
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T19:57:06Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T19:57:06Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/7481
dc.description	Sri Lanka is a small but biologically diverse country that is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot of global importance for plants. Many plants and animals are endemic to the island, 26% in the case of flowering plants and from 45% to 76% for certain taxonomic groups of animals. Much of this diversity is found in the south-west wet zone which occupies one-third of the country. Closed canopy normal forest covers 24% of the country but it is least extensive in the wet zone where human population pressures are highest. The over-riding objective of this National Conservation Review (NCR) of remaining natural forest in Sri Lanka is to define a national system of conservation forests in which watersheds important for soil conservation and hydrology are protected, forest biodiversity is fully represented and cultural, economic and social needs are met.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	protected area
dc.subject	natural forest
dc.subject	forest conservation
dc.subject	forest cover destruction
dc.subject	forest ecosystem
dc.subject	forest exploitation
dc.subject	forest management
dc.subject	forest policy
dc.subject	forest protection
dc.title	Designing an optimum protected areas system for Sri Lanka's natural forests. Volume 1
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets	en_US
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 15 - Life on Land	en_US
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049