SRI LANKA - RAIN FOREST [ SINHARAJA ]

Sinharaja Forest Reserve
IUCN Category II (National Park)
View from the Blue Magpie Lodge
Location	Sabaragamuwa and Southern Provinces, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°25′00″N 80°30′00″ECoordinates: 6°25′00″N 80°30′00″E
Area	88.64 km2 (34.22 sq mi)
Established	April, 1978
Governing body	Department of ForestConservation

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is 

of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World 

Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved 

from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World 

Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name 

translates as Kingdom of the Lion.

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