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It is the government department responsible for maintaining national parks, nature reserves and wildlife in wilderness areas in Sri Lanka. [3] Forest reserves and wilderness areas are maintained by the Department of Forest Conservation. [4] The head of the department is the Director General of Wildlife Conservation, formally known as Warden.
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The Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation [2] (Sinhala: වනජීවී හා වන සම්සත් සංරක්ෂණ අමාත් ...
In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka. [4] The national park is situated 245 kilometres (152 mi) southeast of Colombo. [5]
Sri Lanka: Offshore patrol vessels: 1: 330 tons: Former navy ship handed over to coast guard in 2021 [11] Future Offshore patrol vessels (3) VARD 7 085 Sri Lanka: Offshore patrol vessels: 3: 1900 tons: The Sri Lankan cabinet approved a $180 million order for three OPVs built at the Colombo Dockyard to a Vard 7 85 metre design.
The men haul in the daily catch. The women sort the fish and hang the most pungent species, Bombay duck, on bamboo trellises to dry. Much of the product gets shipped across India and to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Anawilundawa Ramsar Wetland National Sanctuary: North Western Province: 11 June 1997: 13.97 5.39 Anuradhapura National Sanctuary: North Central Province: 27 May 1938: 35.01 13.52 Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary: North Western Province: 3 April 1992: 306.70 118.42 Bellanwila-Attidiya Wetland National Sanctuary: Western Province: 25 July 1990: 3.72 1.44
Vankalai Sanctuary, also known as the Mannar Bird Sanctuary, is located in the northwest of Sri Lanka in the Mannar District. This site covers an area of 4,839 ha (11,960 acres). This site covers an area of 4,839 ha (11,960 acres).