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Sinharaja Forest Reserve

辛哈拉加森林保护区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

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World Heritage record

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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Wikidata reference

QIDQ375634

Inception1978

Area88.64 ha

Administrative areaQ876308

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.
(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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Cultural archive

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Brief synthesis Encompassing the last extensive patch of primary lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, Sinharaja Forest Reserve is situated in the south-west lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka.

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