ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE KANNELlYA DEDIYAGALA-NAKIYADENIYA (KDN) FOREST COMPLEX

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  • B.M.P. Singhakumara Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jaycwardenapura.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31357/fesympo.v0i0.1214

Abstract

A plant-ecological survey ofthe complex was carried out ill November J 993 10January J 99-1. 11 is concluded that the Kanneliya reserve should be made atotally protected area, with buffer zones included within the present boundaries,and the other two reserves put under sustained managementfor multiple uses. Interms ofendemism, number ofspecies, hydrological importance, etc. Kanneliyaisfound to he second on Sri Lanka only 10 Sinharaja in its conservation interest.

Author Biography

B.M.P. Singhakumara, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jaycwardenapura.

Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jaycwardenapura.

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Published

2013-06-19

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Forestry and Natural Resource Management