Conservation of threatened rainforest tree species in Southwestern Sri Lanka

Conservation of threatened rainforest tree species in Southwestern Sri Lanka

Conservation of 13 threatened rainforest tree species in Southwestern Sri Lanka through corridor landscape restoration, capacity building for threatened tree conservation, and policy influencing at the local level.

Partner: Dilmah Conservation
Years: 2021-2024

Located in the Endana Rainforest Corridor in SW Sri Lanka within the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, this project aims to conserve 13 threatened rainforest tree species through the restoration of a corridor connecting two rainforest fragments of the Greater Sinharaja Rainforest World Heritage Site.

Vateria copallifera (Endane Plant Nursery, may 2021)

Located in the Endana Rainforest Corridor in SW Sri Lanka within the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, this project aims to restore a corridor connecting two rainforest fragments of the Greater Sinharaja Rainforest World Heritage Site using seedlings propagated locally from seeds of 13 threatened rainforest tree species. This project also aims to secure the genetic diversity of local subpopulations of these threatened species while facilitating, in the longer-term, gene flow among the outbreeding subpopulations while also building capacity and raising awareness at several levels (schools, universities, governmental and non-governmental field officers) to the conservation and importance of endemic and threatened species of the rich forest landscape of Southwestern Sri Lanka.

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