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Despite its relatively small size, Sri Lanka possesses
a high level of
bio-diversity. Details can be found in this section |
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Explore natural beauty of this Indian Ocean Island in
our Eco-tourism
pages |
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| Institute
of Biology (IOB) is a leading professional body of
Biologists in Sri Lanka. The key objective of IOB is to
promote and advance the Science of Biology and its application
in Sri Lanka. |
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For
updated information, please visit our sites at www.EnvironmentLanka.com and
www.ybasrilanka.org
| Ecotourism
in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka has an exotic and
vibrant resource base of Ecotourism. - Fifteen (15) distinct
bioregions different landscapes and wildlife oppertunities
- with an ancient civilization contemporary to that of the
Greeks and Romans and numerous cultural sites of antiquity,
including six world heritage sites. Key ecotourism attactions
include Sinharaja
World Hetitage Forest, Naional
Parks and Water
falls. |
Activities relating to Sri Lankan students
- Study tips, forum, galleries, paper downloads for students.
Biological diversity of Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka
is an island, 65,610 km2 in area situated close to the
Southeast corner of the peninsula of India. Despite its
relatively small size, Sri Lanka possesses a high level
of bioddiversity. A nortworthy feature of Sri Lanka's
biodiversity is the remarkable high proportion of endemic
species among its flora
and fauna: 23% of the flowering plants and 16% of
the mammals in the island are endemic. Sri Lanka has a
wide range of topographic and climatic variation and this
contributes to the special features of its biodiversity.
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Picture Galleries - Selection of images contianing
wild
life, birds
etc. You may also post
your images, or view images sent by our users. |
Environmental Issues - Although an overall current environmental
issues in Asia reveals that Sri Lanka's problems are, to
some extent , similar to those of other developing countries,
they are unique in the context of Sri Lanka's size, topography,
location of water bodies, the large number of micro ecological
systems , population growth and movements and trends of
social and economic development. |
Sri Lanka - Environmental Background |
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